EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF ICT RESOURCES AND ICT CAPABILITIES IN SAUDI ARABIA HIGHER INSTITUTES
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https://doi.org/10.47672/ejt.269Keywords:
Effective utilization / ICT resources, ICT capabilities, higher institutesAbstract
Purpose: The research aims to identify the reality of the contribution of information and communication technology to keep pace with the educational trends that adopt call to the quality of performance and improving the educational system with a view to the composition of the forces of human, economic growth and social council, and contribute to the building of civilization on the basis of racial superiority and discrimination.
Methodology: The study used a quantitative research method in order to uncover the problems of the effective utilization of information technology in learning in private colleges.
Results: The Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia has always been working closely with Saudi Universities to improve the quality of higher education to ensure that university graduates have the skills and learning outcomes. Saudi’s young student generation needs to acquire new skills and capabilities to meet the current diversification objectives and to be competitive with the best students from anywhere in the world. This study proposed effective framework to ensure that acceptable quality educational standards are fulfilled in private colleges. Saudi’s young student generation needs to acquire new skills and capabilities to meet the current diversification objectives and to be competitive with the best students from anywhere in the world. This study proposed effective framework to ensure that acceptable quality educational standards are fulfilled in private colleges. This study will focus on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) resources and capabilities.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: This study can contribute in both empirical study and theoretical approach to understand the effective utilization of ICT in higher educational institutional
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