Technological Readiness of the UAE Higher Education Institutions for the 21st Century

Asma Al Blooshi, Zoheir Ezziane
2013 Journal of Education and Learning  
Educational institutions are considered as main indicator of a nation's competitiveness and the excellence of implementing their goals and objectives increase a nation's sense of competitiveness. Thus, it is important to receive a progress report showing how close the educational institutions are in accomplishing the 21 st century visions and goals. The aim of this study are to investigate how ready the educational institutions for the 21 st century, identify 21 st century tools that are used
more » ... the three educational institutions, examine the abilities of students to learn from any where any time and study the type of assessment tools which are practiced in the educational institutions. 235 instructors participated in the study from three United Arab Emirates educational institutions. The results indicate that there is relatively change in the average scores for all three measures.
doi:10.5539/jel.v2n4p123 fatcat:yuswlblhpfe6jkbguuvv4w6hqu