The Impact of Distance Learning in the Education Economics Case Study of a Sample of Public and Private Universities in Jordan

Hisham Mohammad Al-Smadi, Ahmad Abdullah Al- Jarrah

Abstract


Abstract

This study aims to identify the impact of distance learning in the education economics; to achieve this purpose the study followed the descriptive method. A questionnaire was developed and distributed for (145) faculty members from the faculties of economics, administrative sciences, computer science and information technology in the private and public Jordanian universities. The results show that distance-learning effect the economics of education in a high degree and the rationale of distance learning on economic came in a high degree. The results also shows that there are no significant differences in the impact of distance learning in the economics education from the faculty member’s point of view in both the private and public Jordanian universities. Finally, the study illustrated that related to gender variable, and the academic qualification of the participant’s behavior toward distance learning in the education economics.

 

 

 

                                                                       

 

أثر التعـــــلم عن بعد في اقتصاديــــــــات التعلــــــــــــيم

 

ملخص

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى التعرف على أثر التعلم عن بعد في اقتصاديات التعليم، واعتمدت الدراسة على المنهج الوصفي المسحي، وتمَّ استخدام الاستبانة لجمع البيانات، وتكونت عينة الدراسة من (145) عضواً من أعضاء هيئة التدريس من كليات الاقتصاد والعلوم الإدارية وعلوم الحاسوب وتكنولوجيا المعلومات في الجامعات الحكومية والخاصة الأردنية. أظهرت النتائج وجود أثر للتعلم عن بعد في اقتصاديات التعليم بدرجة مرتفعة، وجاءت مسوغات التعلم عن بعد وتأثير التعلم عن بعد على الاقتصاد بدرجة مرتفعة، كما أشارت النتائج إلى عدم وجود فروق دالة إحصائياً في أثر التعلم عن بعد في اقتصاديات التعليم من وجهة نظر أعضاء هيئة التدريس في الجامعات الحكومية والخاصة الأردنية تبعاً لمتغيرات الجنس، والمؤهل العلمي، ونوع الجامعة.

 


Keywords


distance learning, economics of education, e-learning, faculty members, Jordanian universities. التعلم عن بعد، اقتصاديات التعليم، التعلم الإلكتروني، أعضاء هيئة التدريس، الجامعات الأردنية.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.35682/1157

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