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RESEARCH PAPER
Evaluating the Design of Mathematics Courses Available on the Blackboard Platform at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University According to Quality Matters Standards
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Department of Educational Sciences, College of Education in Wadi Al-Dawasir, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, SAUDI ARABIA
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Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, Damietta University, EGYPT
Publication date: 2022-03-25
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2022;18(4):em2098
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Considering COVID-19 pandemic, interest in e-learning has increased at the global level.
Therefore, the current study aimed to evaluate the quality of designing online mathematics
courses according to quality matters (QM) standards at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University.
The study relied on a qualitative mixed explanatory sequential research design for data collection
and analysis. A questionnaire based on the quality matters rubric (QMR) sixth edition was used to
collect quantitative data from 31 mathematics faculty members and 75 university students
studying mathematics courses online. To collect qualitative data, interviews were held with 10 of
the participants. Intentionally based on the responses given in the questionnaire. SPSS 24.0
software was used to analyze quantitative data. The results indicated a high percentage of
achievement of QM standards in mathematics courses from the point of view of the faculty
members and achieved to a moderate degree from the students’ point of view. Moreover, the
results indicated that there are statistically significant differences (α<0.05) between the estimates
of faculty members and students in favor of faculty members in favor of faculty members. The
results also revealed that there were statistically significant differences (α<0.05) between the
students’ estimates of the academic achievement variable in favor of the outstanding students,
while the results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences (α<0.05)
attributed to the level of computer skills variable. The results of the interviews revealed the
existence of some suggested improvements on the Blackboard platform to suit mathematics
courses and learning them online, and some obstacles faced students during the online learning
period were identified. The study presented many recommendations and research proposals as
future work.
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