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Factors affecting Saudi medical students’ engagement during synchronous and asynchronous eLearning and their impacts on the students’ academic achievement: a national survey | BMC Medical Education

Shelia Pearson
Factors affecting Saudi medical students’ engagement during synchronous and asynchronous eLearning and their impacts on the students’ academic achievement: a national survey | BMC Medical Education

The total number of participants was 1371 students from the included universities and colleges (Table 1). Most participants were from governmental universities (n = 976, 71.19%) and the central region (n = 50.91%). The distribution of the participants among the universities were as follows: Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (n = 188, 18.18%), Qassim University (n = 149, 14.41%), Jazan University (n = 110, 10.64%), Unaizah College of Medicine (n = 97, 9.38%), Majmah University (n = 89, 8.61%), King Faisal University (n = 57, 5.51%), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (n = 28, 2.71%). Significant differences in eLearning and interaction methods were found among the universities in the different kingdom regions. In the absence of standardisation of teaching methods among the Saudi universities, the synchronous method of eLearning was the most commonly used (n = 862, 62.87%). However, recorded lectures were not always available amongst 50.40% (n = 691) of the included universities. The student interaction with the instructor during live lecture was bidirectional in 52.15% of the respondents (n = 467). After the lecture, the main method of interaction was via email (

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Help kids learn to read with these expert tips and tools – National

Shelia Pearson
Help kids learn to read with these expert tips and tools – National

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Parents celebrate all kinds of milestones in their children’s lives. First steps, first words, and first foods, for example. One of the greatest things to experience as a parent is watching your children read their first words. Getting there, however, starts earlier than you’d think.

According to the Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation (CCLF), developing early literacy skills is essential in setting your kids up for success in school. These skills also teach empathy and perspective, effective communication, and emotional and social resilience.

Nina J. Shukla, the director of the CCLF’s Early Words program, is also a registered speech-language pathologist with 15 years of experience. She says creating a language-rich environment for children starts at birth.

“That means engaging in early literacy activities,” she says. “Talking with them, being with them, and sharing books with them. That builds a language-rich environment and builds their language skills, which will help them grow up ready and with the foundational skills to learn how to read.”

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Bulgaria expels Russian journalist as an alleged threat to national security

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Bulgaria expels Russian journalist as an alleged threat to national security




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