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Education has always been influenced by the new understandings of learning and teaching processes... more Education has always been influenced by the new understandings of learning and teaching processes. From simple inculcation and memorization to modern learner counseling and flipped classrooms, the new ideas and hypotheses of learner roles, teacher training and human knowledge processing have shaped our understanding of the educational field today. The present article aspires to shed light on one of the most influential, 11 century Muslim scholars, Al Ghazali (10581111CE), in and outside the Muslim world and compare his ideas and thoughts on education with modern theories and approaches. His personal reflections have included teaching methods, knowledge, the relationship between teachers and learners, and testing methods and principles. The following article focuses mainly on the teaching and learning aspects of his theory. A list of the most important theories in the contemporary educational field, but not necessarily a comprehensive list, will be presented in the comparison and dis...
The paper at hand presents a research study, carried out in three public high schools in Rabat, M... more The paper at hand presents a research study, carried out in three public high schools in Rabat, Morocco, which aims at exploring the perceptions of students and teachers as to the use of e-learning Learning tools in the language classroom, the challenges they meet and approaches to practically enhance the pedagogical use of e-learning tools in language teaching. The study, adopting qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, interviewed 30 English teachers and administered a five-point Likert scale questionnaire with 40 high school EFL learners. A coding system was used to analyze the qualitative data and the Microsoft Excel program was used for the quantitative data; the main techniques used here were percentages and mean scores. The study has come out with the findings that both the teachers and learners have the perception that ICT integration in EFL learning helps the latter control and determine their learning processes, that it paves the way for a diversification of a...
The present research attempts an overview of web-based learning (WBL/online) technologies and a d... more The present research attempts an overview of web-based learning (WBL/online) technologies and a description of their status of understanding, in the literature. The paper also tries to explain it can be adapted for various online education environments. The paper has also touched on the foundations of design, advantages, and obstacles of evaluation in online learning. The best practices and feedback of learners and educators have also been touched upon in the present review of literature. Due to swift advances in technology today, the research points to the fact that institutions are in need of being acquainted with the fast emerging tools every now and then. There is a continuous need for digital literacy as a key skill for instructors who are committed to quality online learning, and developing individuals’ ICT knowledge is an urgent need for WBL. Educational institutions also need to provide opportunities and maintain these crucial skills. WBL also needs to cultivate constructivi...
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
This study aspires to explore the attitudes of students and teachers vis a vis the general comput... more This study aspires to explore the attitudes of students and teachers vis a vis the general computer assisted language learning (CALL) in the English language classroom, the obstacles and the solutions perceived to better use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. 30 English teachers and 40 high school EFL learners have been interviewed and asked to fill in a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. The software Excel has been used to carry out the main statistical measures: mean scores and percentages. The results of the study support the claims advanced in previous research literature that the integration of ICT in the EFL classroom enriches the motivation of both teachers and students, facilitates the learning process and enriches the classroom interaction. Nevertheless, the paper has also found out that there are many challenges that hamper the full integration and use of ICT in the Moroccan EFL classroom. The latter have been categorized into three main categories: administrative, technical and human.
Education has always been influenced by the new understandings of learning and teaching processes... more Education has always been influenced by the new understandings of learning and teaching processes. From simple inculcation and memorization to modern learner counseling and flipped classrooms, the new ideas and hypotheses of learner roles, teacher training and human knowledge processing have shaped our understanding of the educational field today. The present article aspires to shed light on one of the most influential, 11 century Muslim scholars, Al Ghazali (10581111CE), in and outside the Muslim world and compare his ideas and thoughts on education with modern theories and approaches. His personal reflections have included teaching methods, knowledge, the relationship between teachers and learners, and testing methods and principles. The following article focuses mainly on the teaching and learning aspects of his theory. A list of the most important theories in the contemporary educational field, but not necessarily a comprehensive list, will be presented in the comparison and dis...
The paper at hand presents a research study, carried out in three public high schools in Rabat, M... more The paper at hand presents a research study, carried out in three public high schools in Rabat, Morocco, which aims at exploring the perceptions of students and teachers as to the use of e-learning Learning tools in the language classroom, the challenges they meet and approaches to practically enhance the pedagogical use of e-learning tools in language teaching. The study, adopting qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, interviewed 30 English teachers and administered a five-point Likert scale questionnaire with 40 high school EFL learners. A coding system was used to analyze the qualitative data and the Microsoft Excel program was used for the quantitative data; the main techniques used here were percentages and mean scores. The study has come out with the findings that both the teachers and learners have the perception that ICT integration in EFL learning helps the latter control and determine their learning processes, that it paves the way for a diversification of a...
The present research attempts an overview of web-based learning (WBL/online) technologies and a d... more The present research attempts an overview of web-based learning (WBL/online) technologies and a description of their status of understanding, in the literature. The paper also tries to explain it can be adapted for various online education environments. The paper has also touched on the foundations of design, advantages, and obstacles of evaluation in online learning. The best practices and feedback of learners and educators have also been touched upon in the present review of literature. Due to swift advances in technology today, the research points to the fact that institutions are in need of being acquainted with the fast emerging tools every now and then. There is a continuous need for digital literacy as a key skill for instructors who are committed to quality online learning, and developing individuals’ ICT knowledge is an urgent need for WBL. Educational institutions also need to provide opportunities and maintain these crucial skills. WBL also needs to cultivate constructivi...
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
This study aspires to explore the attitudes of students and teachers vis a vis the general comput... more This study aspires to explore the attitudes of students and teachers vis a vis the general computer assisted language learning (CALL) in the English language classroom, the obstacles and the solutions perceived to better use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. 30 English teachers and 40 high school EFL learners have been interviewed and asked to fill in a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. The software Excel has been used to carry out the main statistical measures: mean scores and percentages. The results of the study support the claims advanced in previous research literature that the integration of ICT in the EFL classroom enriches the motivation of both teachers and students, facilitates the learning process and enriches the classroom interaction. Nevertheless, the paper has also found out that there are many challenges that hamper the full integration and use of ICT in the Moroccan EFL classroom. The latter have been categorized into three main categories: administrative, technical and human.