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- PublicationA Study On Academic Staff’s Perceptions Of Internationalisation Of The Curriculum In University Of Technology And Applied Science, Salalah(2023-08)Kathiri, Ali Mohammed Fael Hubais AlThe internationalisation of the curriculum (IoC) has been a significant trend in higher education across the globe. However, there is a dearth of empirical studies on this area of research in the Arab countries, including the Omani higher education context. Thus, this study was conducted to explore academic staff’s perceptions of curriculum internationalisation at: institutional, departmental and course levels at University of Technology and Applied Science (UTAS-Salalah), Salalah, Oman. Additionally, the study investigated how academic staff’s perceptions of curriculum internationalisation differ according to their years of experience in higher education, years of experience at UTAS-Salalah, and departments. The study also tried to explore academic staff’s perceptions of the three core levels of curriculum internationalisation (awareness, competence, and expertise) at UTAS-Salalah and identify challenges that academic staff encounter in the internationalisation of the curriculum at UTAS-Salalah. The two-phased explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was utilized to answer five research questions addressed by the study. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. While the quantitative data were collected using an adapted questionnaire, the qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The samples of the study included 267 academic lecturers in the quantitative phase and nine academic staff for the semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA in SPSS, whereas the qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis
- PublicationFactors Influencing Esp Learners’ Behavioural Intention Towards The Use Of Edmodo At A Malaysian Public University(2022-09)Muniandy, JayanthiEdmodo, a social learning network site has been acknowledged for its potential in enhancing learners’ language skills and online discussions. Nevertheless, studies on the intention to use Edmodo as a platform for a virtual learning community among ESP learners are still in dearth. The concept of a virtual learning community has emerged as an avenue to unite learners through an online learning platform although they are separated by physical distance. In the field of technology acceptance in education, studies have measured the acceptance of Edmodo through technology acceptance factors but have neglected the educational factors. Therefore, the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) that consists of technology acceptance factors such as performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating condition was expanded by incorporating an educational factor, namely virtual community of practice (VCoP) to determine factors influencing ESP learners’ behavioural intention in using Edmodo as a platform for a virtual learning community. In addition, ESP learners’ individual differences such as gender, fields of study, and proficiency level were integrated as the moderating effects. The study was carried out by disseminating a questionnaire survey to 200 ESP learners and conducting focus group interviews with 16 learners