Web-Based Learning in Qatar and the GCC States

Weber, Alan S.

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“…The increase can be attributed to several factors: governments' development of information and communications technology in general, including e-learning, e-health and e-governance, as part of Gulf economic diversification strategies (knowledge economies); progress in medical education, biomedical research and health informatics programmes and associations in the region; growing health consumerism by the public due to rising levels of educational attainment; and increasing use of the Internet in the region in general (e.g. by 2008-09 Qatar and the UAE were categorized by the International Telecommunication Union as Internet "highly penetrated countries") (2).…”

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Typology and credibility of Internet health websites originating from Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Verjee

et al. 2014

East Mediterr Health J

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The quality of information available on health websites in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has not been comprehensively assessed. From November to December 2012 we retrieved all functional health-related websites (n = 925) originating in GCC countries. Data on authorship, language, date, information content and type of site were recorded. A novel website checklist was developed based on the credibility and trust criteria of the Internet assessment organization Health On the Net Foundation (HON). Only 5 sites (0.5%) fulfilled all checklist categories. All websites except one were in English or Arabic languages. Only 10.1% of websites posted a privacy policy, 2.7% stated the authorship of information, 51.0% disclosed website ownership, 80.6% provided contact details and 58.5% dated information. Only 1.7% reported their advertising policy and 23.5% revealed sponsorships. GCC health website owners should consider working with the HON or similar organizations to meet internationally recognized credibility criteria. Department of Medical Education, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar (Correspondence to A.S. Weber: alw2010@qatar-med.cornell.edu). Typologie et crédibilité des sites Web de santé créés dans des pays du Conseil de Coopération du GolfeRÉSUMÉ La qualité des informations disponibles sur les sites Web de santé des pays du Conseil de Coopération du Golfe n'a pas été évaluée de manière exhaustive. De novembre à décembre 2012, nous avons répertorié tous les sites Web actifs consacrées aux questions de santé (n = 925) créés dans des pays du Conseil de Coopération du Golfe. Les données sur les auteurs, la langue, la date et les informations disponibles ainsi que sur le type de site Web ont été enregistrées. Une nouvelle liste de contrôle des sites Web innovante a été élaborée à partir des critères de crédibilité et de confiance de la fondation Health On the Net (HON) -la Santé sur Internet, organisme d'évaluation des sites Web. Seuls cinq sites (0,5 %) avaient des résultats satisfaisants pour toutes les catégories de la liste de contrôle. Tous les sites Web, sauf un, étaient en langue anglaise ou langue arabe. Seuls 10,1 % des sites avaient publié une politique de confidentialité ; 2,7 % citaient les auteurs des informations ; 51,0 % révélaient l'identité du propriétaire du site ; 80,6 % fournissaient des coordonnées et 58,5 % avaient daté les informations publiées. Seuls 1,7 % précisait leur politique en matière de publicité et 23,5 % indiquaient les parrainages. Les propriétaires des sites dédiés à la santé dans des pays du Conseil de Coopération du Golfe devraient envisager de collaborer avec la fondation HON ou des organisations similaires pour satisfaire aux critères de crédibilité internationalement reconnus. ‫املتوسط‬ ‫لرشق‬ ‫الصحية‬ ‫املجلة‬ ‫العرشون‬ ‫املجلد‬ ‫عرش‬ ‫الثاين‬ ‫العدد‬ 805

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Typology and credibility of Internet health websites originating from Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Verjee

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East Mediterr Health J

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“…The challenges were highlighted in the work of Weber using web technologies include the computer literacy, lack of Arabic language learning objects, interoperability issues, cross-platform issues, etc. in the Gulf countries [4]. The important factor for a rejection for the COOP training system by most of the people found to be due to lack of awareness of internet usage and various applications related to internet and computer based training activities in various Gulf countries [4].…”

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“…in the Gulf countries [4]. The important factor for a rejection for the COOP training system by most of the people found to be due to lack of awareness of internet usage and various applications related to internet and computer based training activities in various Gulf countries [4]. Such a situation of the students completing the graduation with no computer and internet skills lead to a worst situation for most of the private employees.…”

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“…In a recent report, world economic forum criticized the inadequate educated workforce as a major problem in Qatar to do any kind of business. Hence, having COOP training programs will encourage both the industries and colleges to obtain encouraging results out of present demand for the qualified workforce [4]. The usage of web based learning has seen a grater improvement according to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as shown in Fig.…”

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Web-Based COOP Training System to Enhance the Quality, Accuracy and Usability Access

Jadi¹,

Alsolami²

2018

ijacsa

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Abstract-In this paper, a web based COOP training system is demonstrated to ensure usable process of task interactions between various participants. In the existing method various issues related with the paper work, communication gap, etc. raised serious issues between the colleges and industries while implementing the COOP training programs. The primary data was collected by conducting interviews with the supervisors and also by taking the opinion of students to improve the proposed COOP system. The proposed system is capable of reducing the complexity of operations to a greater extent by avoiding overlapping of the information, reducing the communication gap and by increasing the accuracy of the information. The outcomes of the proposed system proved to be very fruitful in terms of results obtained from the point of view of all the participants in the COOP system. The performance, accuracy, quality and assessment of the student reports found to be improved to deliver excellent results.

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“…Private and legally protected student data stored in the cloud such as grades and health records may be vulnerable to internal misuse, sale to third parties without adequate consent, or hacking [23]. Privacy is particularly important in the Qatari society as the revealing of private family matters on social media and the inappropriate use of photographs (doctoring of images in Photoshop by malicious persons to make them obscene or blasphemous) can have grave consequences for individuals, such as ostracization (shunning) [24]. In a 2013 survey of households and individuals in Qatar, only 0-1% of Qataris, including both the young and the old, said that they felt safe online due to malware, viruses, phishing, information and identity theft, etc.…”

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Analytical Review of e-Learning in the State of Qatar

Weber¹

2017

IJIET

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Abstract-This contribution provides a comprehensive analytical overview of e-learning in the State of Qatar. A systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature was carried out in Sciverse, Web of Knowledge, IEEE Xplore, Proquest, SpringerLink, and Google Scholar. Government reports and white papers were additionally obtained from the Internet regulatory agency ictQatar. The history, development, and current state of e-learning as well as related e-services such as e-governance are presented in an analytical narrative. In addition to providing a valuable case study of technological advancement in a developing nation in the Middle East, the topic is of great interest internationally due to Qatar's national development strategy to diversify its resource-based economy to include education, training, and ICT research and development. Lessons learned from Qatar's e-learning initiatives and investments in communications infrastructure (Ooredoo) and cybersecurity (Q-Cert) are instructive for other developing nations, in particular Muslim-majority and Arab-speaking nations since several key cultural and social factors in e-learning services provision are being actively resolved by the State of Qatar.

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Web-Based Learning in Qatar and the GCC States

Cited by 14 publications

References 31 publications

Typology and credibility of Internet health websites originating from Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Typology and credibility of Internet health websites originating from Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Web-Based COOP Training System to Enhance the Quality, Accuracy and Usability Access

Analytical Review of e-Learning in the State of Qatar

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