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عنوان البحث:

A Critical Investigation into the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Architecture Supporting Virtual Universities

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تاريخ النشر:

10/03/2014

موجز عن البحث:

A critical investigation into the information communication technology (ICT) architecture supporting virtual universities confirmed that service oriented architecture (SOA) is the ICT architecture supporting virtual universities.

The study was motivated by the desire to have an in-depth understanding of the ICT architecture supporting virtual universities after considering an upwards trend in a large number of organizations interacting in real time over real, large geographic distances creating a virtual world.

Using published work, the study established that different technologies and protocols, such as Service Oriented Architecture SOA, Remote Procedure Call RPC, Transport Protocol TP, Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP and Extensible Markup Language XML , are being used and can be used to support a third generation virtual university. The study established strengths and weaknesses of SOA and virtual universities who offer all services in an integrated way such as e-learning, specialized virtual centres for developmental educational courses, libraries and administrative functions, interactive environments for asynchronous and synchronous communications and collaboration.

Key words: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA); virtual university.

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عنوان البحث:

The past, present and future of ICT in higher education a survey of twenty UK institutions of higher education

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تاريخ النشر:

March 2014

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Based on a survey of twenty UK institutions of higher education this paper presents a critical discussion on the past,

present and future of Information Communication Technology

(ICT) in higher education. From the survey of specifically selected higher education institutions in last three months 2013 it was established that all higher education institutions from conventional lecture theatre approaches are utilising virtual

learning environments and are moving towards third generation virtual education. The most popular Virtual Learning

Environments (VLE) are Blackboard and Moodle.

Keywords : Information Communicatio Technology,Virtual Learning Enveronment, Higher Education

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المؤتمر (1):

عنوان المؤتمر:

The 2014 WEI International Academic Conference Proceedings

تاريخ الإنعقاد:

07/01/2014

بلد ومكان الإنعقاد:

Turkey- Antalya

طبيعة المشاركة:

Paper

عنوان المشاركة:

IT Applications Readiness using Balanced Score cards measurement

ملخص المشاركة:

Information Technology is one of the most important things used in our daily lives where most organizations are dependent

on the system to facilitate the tasks of work, Balanced Scorecard is one of the most successful means to measure the

performance of the organization and achieve the strategic goals, Readiness in IT should be aligned to prevent gaps that

are created as a result of ineffective configuration between the IT deployed and the business requirements. To bridge this

gap, organizations implement IT as well as business strategies at the same time (topdown planning) ignoring other factors

necessary for IT readiness.

المؤتمر (2):

عنوان المؤتمر:

International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design (ICCMTD)

تاريخ الإنعقاد:

21/04/2014

بلد ومكان الإنعقاد:

Turkey- Istanbul 

طبيعة المشاركة:

Peaper

عنوان المشاركة:

UML Analysis a Virtual University: A proposed model for Saudi Arabia

ملخص المشاركة:

The state of higher education systems worldwide has often been described as being in crisis. A number of change factors impinge on systems such as globalization and revolution of technology connectivity through the Internet, which results in a globalization of information and easy access in anywhere .Virtual Universities exist without temporal/geographical constraints. This paper investigates whether the virtual university would be viable in Saudi Arabia and how to apply frameworks of existing VUs there. Considering the differences and similarities between traditional universities, e-learning and VUs, the study traces notable VU origins in the UK and Europe. The tools, forums and methods in use in these VUs include the Blackboard, Discussion board, online classrooms. Based on a survey of twenty UK institutions of higher education this paper presents a critical discussion what is the proposed model suitable for virtual university in KSA. From the survey of specifically selected higher education institutions in last three months of 2013 it was established that all higher education institutions from conventional lecture theatre approaches are utilising virtual learning environments and are moving towards third generation virtual education. The most popular VLE are Blackboard and Moodle. The main purpose from this paper is to explain our VUKSA components. This view will be illustrated by using the UML language diagrams as use-case diagram, data flow diagram, flowchart, and activity diagram. Virtual university, if properly implemented, would be adequate to support higher education in KSA.