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Etr592 Kim
Mona Alenezi
ETR592
Faculty and Student Perceptions of Adobe Connect as an Instructional Tool
Introduction:
emerging process. This is due to the slow growth of technology in Saudi Arabia as a whole and
the low level of technological use in the rural areas of Saudi Arabia, where many Princess Norah
Adobe Connect is an e-meeting room for online meetings, lectures and presentations.
Adobe Connect provided a solution to the problem of how to provide education to a distance
learning student. Use real-time communication or educational delivery for enriched meetings and
seminars with interactive presentations and discussion capabilities. Instructors can integrate
existing learning content with real-time interaction between bidders and students to engage
collaborative learning and learning experiences. Presenters can use PowerPoint slides, live and
video recording, flash animation, live screen sharing, voice, and text chat in two directions to
Adobe Connect at Princess Norah University will enable faculty to instruct and support students
who cannot attend class in person due to the cultural restrictions of womanhood and digital
access in Saudi Arabia; Princess Norah University is an all-female university. The integration of
instructional technology will also enable large Saudi institutions like Princess Norah to operate
like other major international universities in terms of technology. Finally, Adobe Connect
training will enhance the technological skills of Princess Norah faculty and force Princess Norah
Princess Norah bent Abdulrahman University is located in Riyadh city and is considered
the first university in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia especially for girls. The University was
The researcher has located five articles that discuss the lack of technology training and
integration at Princess Norah University and Saudi Arabia. In her research on Princess Norah
University, Alfaleh (2017) indicates a need for the development of IT educational courses and
developing an educational training program for the students to enhance their competencies. This
article supports the researchers framework of creating a training course for educational
technology like Adobe Connect and the need to improve student competences regarding
technology use.
educational opportunities for female learners in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. This article
speaks directly to universities like Princess Norah since it is an all-female institution. The article
also supports the qualitative data the researcher has gathered through interviews with Princess
Norah faculty. With that said, the female learners will be both faculty and students.
Altowitz (2005) writes that the educational system has not maximized the efficiency of
using computers as a tool for outside instructionand that distance learning will not hinder, but
help to educate the rank and file of college students. This author discusses the need for
instructional technology in Saudi Arabia. Though this article was published in 2005, the
problems discussed in the article still persists today. Thus, validating the need for a study like the
educational purposes in Saudi Arabia. This article further proves the need for integration of
Finally, Alamri (2011) describes online education as an important element that is missing
in higher education in Saudi Arabia. The author states, Online education is not supported and it
Method
The researcher will use two qualitative approaches: a survey and face-to-face interviews.
The research context will be Princess Norah University. I will interview five faculty at Princess
Norah University and five students. I will create surveys using Qualtrics to provide to the
participants and I will use Skyping to conduct interviews until I have returned to my country.
Once in Saudi Arabia, I will conduct face-to-face interviews to gather more detailed data from
the participants.
I chose this method because a survey will help me to gather data based on direct
questions regarding my topic and face-to-face interviews will allow me get the best details,
clearly understand the participants ideas, and to break down any digital barriers between the
researcher and the participants. The researcher believes that the participants will feel more
comfortable face-to-face given that the researcher is a Saudi woman and is fluent in Arabic.
I plan to travel to Saudi Arabia in Summer 2018. I plan to interview the participants first
via Internet during the Spring 2018 semester. I will collect data in both the Spring and Summer
2018 semesters. I will begin to analyze the data in the 2018-2019 academic year.
Clustering is a statistical method of grouping a set of data. I would use clustering analysis
to investigate the instructional engagement in two different class formats (face-to-face and
synchronous online) in relation to their experience with Adobe Connect during instruction. This
clustering technique might reveal information about the level of engagement in each faculty and
to see how each engagement type affects instructional outcomes. This data will provide feedback
to me on whether or not Adobe Connect would be an effective instructional tool for Princess
I will use the clustering method in research not only to rate the performance of my
student participants but also to arrange the data in a manner that reveals the effectiveness of
Adobe Connect in the Princess Norah University context. In this case, I will have two options.
First, I would give both the faculty and students a survey. The students will also receive a mock
assignment that will allow them to compare the effectiveness of Blackboard and Adobe Connect
as instructional tools.
Data collection: Faculty Survey, Student Survey, and Mock Quiz for Students
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