INCREASING STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT IN BLACKBAORD LEARNING SYSTEM
Journal Title: Asian Journal Social Sciences & Humanities - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
This study explored faculty members’ preferable strategies used for increasing students’ engagement in Blackboard learning system. These strategies were identified in three domains: Establishing an e-learning community with a sense of belonging, building a well-designed course and providing assessment and feedback. The population consisted of (66) male and female faculty members from four departments in Preparatory Year Program (PYP) - Najran University during the second semester of the academic year 2017-2018. A three-point Likert Scale was used to collect the data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations, and t-test formula) .Findings revealed a high preferable level of using strategies for increasing students’ engagement in Blackboard learning system in the three domains according to the following order: Building a well-designed course, providing assessment and feedback and finally establishing an e-learning community with a sense of belonging. Findings also indicated that there aren’t any statistically significant differences in preferring level of using these strategies related to the gender of faculty members.
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Arwa Rafeeq Arna’out
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