The present study aims to identify the most significant roles of the invisible web in improving academic research and the main obstacles and challenges facing the use of the invisible web in improving academic research from the perspective of academics in Saudi universities. The descriptive analytical approach was utilized in this study. It covered all faculty members in Saudi universities. It applied a 20-paragraph questionnaire to a randomly selected sample of 168 academics. It concluded that the participants agreed on the role of the invisible web in improving academic research, with an arithmetic means of 3.91. They also agreed on the obstacles of using invisible web for the improvement of academic research, with an arithmetic means of 4.107. The study provides ideas that would develop the use of the invisible web in higher education institutions in Saudi Arabia, in particular, and the Arab countries, in general. Furthermore, it is hoped that such results may provide decision-makers, educational designers and programmers with solutions for the development of research engines and academic databases in Arabic.

The present study aimed to examine the extent of utilizing Open Educational Resources (OER) in mathematics instruction for the intermediate school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It also aimed at identifying the benefits, the challenges, and the opportunities of applying OER in the educational process. For achieving the study objectives, the descriptive analytical approach was adopted. The study population comprised all the teachers of the intermediate school in Riyadh. A questionnaire was prepared and applied to a randomly selected sample of (113) teachers of the intermediate school. In the light of the findings, a set of recommendations and further studies were formulated.

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The current research aimed at investigating the impact of blended learning on developing the skills of using virtual math labs among postgraduate female students at the College of Education, King Saud University, Riyadh. The researchers used the quasi-experimental design, and the research sample consisted of (16) female postgraduate (MA and Ph.D.) students specializing in curriculum and teaching methods of mathematics. The research followed the experimental and descriptive methods. The research tool and measure consisted of a performance test and a note card (prepared by the researchers). The results of the study showed that there are statistically significant differences between the pre and post test scores of experimental group in favor of the post test scores. The study concluded with some recommendations and suggestions in the light of the study results.