Author Name: أنوار ØµØ§Ù„Ø ØºØ§Ù†Ù… الخياط
Description:
The current research aims to investigate the effectiveness of a suggested support system for an environment of mobile training based on the application of "Instagram" in order to develop cognitive news editing and performance competencies in Kuwait. The study's experiment is applied on news editors working in the news sector in the Ministry of Information, State of Kuwait. An experimental research method with a Quasi-design was implemented on a sample consisting of 36 news editors, divided randomly into two groups, a control and experimental group of 18 individuals in each group. One of the two groups conduct the pretest method. While research instruments applied the assessment test in order to assess the cognitive competencies while a checklist was developed to investigate the performance competencies. The general model of instructional design ADDEI was utilized for designing the proposed mobile support system of the current research. The current research's experiment was carried out on editors using appropriate statistical procedures so that to test the research hypothesis. Hence, the results of the current research indicated significant differences in favor of the experimental group in both assessment test and checklist. In addition to significant differences in favor of assessment and checklist posttest scores.
Reference: الخياط, Ø. Ø. (2016). Designing a Support System for Mobile Training Environment Based on Instagram and its Effect on Developing News Editors’ Competencies in Kuwait. Kingdom of Bahrain: Arabian Gulf University.