Designing a Collaborative e-Learning Environment and its Effect on Learning Outcomes of an English Language Course at the Arabian Gulf University

أسم المؤلف: Huda Sultan Ahmed Saleem

الوصف:
The current study aimed at investigating the effect of designing a collaborative elearning environment on learning outcomes and motivation towards learning English for academic purposes course (Eng-500) at the Arabian Gulf University. The researcher applied the developmental research method. She selected purposeful research sample which consisted of (20) graduates from technical studies programs, all students who were enrolled in (Eng-500) course in the first semester of the academic year 2014/2015. The researcher then generated the learning outcomes of the course, and built the designing standards for the collaborative eLearning environment, after that the researcher applied Elgazzar (2014) ISD model and developed the collaborative eLearning environment according to the designing standards. The researcher built the following research instruments: Achievement test for writing and reading skills, Observation checklist for speaking skill, and Keller's Course Interest Survey (CIS) for Motivation. Then, the researcher measured their validity and reliability, and applied the collaborative eLearning environment, besides she applied the instruments before and after the experiment. And appropriate statistical analysis used to test the seven research hypotheses. The results indicated that the students improved by 80% in the academic reading skill, and they improved by 70% of mastery level in motivation and speaking skill, and there was a statistical significant difference at (0.05) in reading skill test (achievement). And there was not any statistical significant difference in writing, speaking, and motivation. Based on the study findings, relevant recommendations were made and suggested studies were proposed. Keywords: Developing collaborative eLearning environment, students of the Arabian Gulf University, English for academic purposes (Eng-500), Elgazzar (2014) ISD model, learning outcomes, achievement in language courses, ARCS motivation measurement scale.

التوثيق: Saleem, H. S. (2015). Designing a Collaborative e-Learning Environment and its Effect on Learning Outcomes of an English Language Course at the Arabian Gulf University. Kingdom of Bahrain: Arabian Gulf University.