The Students' Perspectives of Online Training at Kuwait University

Autor/in	Safar, Ammar H.
Titel	The Students' Perspectives of Online Training at Kuwait University
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 46 (2012) 2, S.436-458 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Electronic Learning; Online Courses; Undergraduate Students; Evaluation Research; Student Attitudes; Higher Education; Educational Technology; Information Technology; Schools of Education; Distance Education; Internet; Females; College Students; Likert Scales; Kuwait + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Online course; Online-Kurs; Evaluationsforschung; Schülerverhalten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Unterrichtsmedien; Informationstechnologie; Erziehungswissenschaftliche Fakultät; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Weibliches Geschlecht; Collegestudent; Likert-Skala
Abstract	Computers, the Internet, smartphones, and telecommunication technologies have all changed the way we live--how we think, socialize, entertain, work, teach, learn, and train as well. One of the modern ICT trends of organizations involve the integration of e-learning, in general, and online training systems, in particular, as new methods for delivering training programs/courses online. This longitudinal study aimed to scrutinize and assess the reaction-based satisfaction level, indeed the first level of Kirkpatrick's classic 4-level evaluation research model, of Kuwait University's (KU's) students regarding the online training system service provided by KU to its faculty, students, and employees alike. A total of 700 undergraduate students from the College of Education (COE) at KU participated in this study. Even though the majority of the participants, 97.4 percent, were not aware about the online training system service. However, the findings demonstrate that the reaction-based satisfaction level of KU's students is significantly high. Students' feelings, perceptions, and attitudes toward e-training courses are significantly encouraging. KU's students consider the contents/materials provided in the online training courses as being pertinent and useful to their work/study. They were satisfied with what they learn using the online training system. The majority of the participants, about 95 percent, asserted that they are eager to take more training courses offered online. (Contains 10 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10