Online courses are becoming widely
used in higher education institutions to provide learning material for both
on-campus as well as off-campus students. One of the main advantages of
online courses can be attributed to the convenience that they provide to
students in receiving education at anytime and any place, a feature that can
be utilized by traditional institutions to supplement face-to-face teaching
and distance education institutions to access a much wider audience beyond
the students attending on-campus classes. Another advantage of online
courses is the opportunity to enhance learner-centered education which
encourages students to be responsible for acquiring the knowledge themselves
and becoming self-learners.
Some
of the main benefits of online courses that KFUPM would like to utilize can
be summarized in the following:
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Enhance teaching and learning and
supplement traditional ways of learning.
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Promote learner-centered
education.
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Flexibility to access quality
educational material from any where and at any time.
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Engage learners actively in the
learning process.
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Access to additional online
resources.
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Standardize delivery of course
material.
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