Stakeholders’
Perception of Quality and Potential Improvements in the Learning Resources
Contents at Omani Basic Education School
Ali Al Musawi &
Talal Amer (2017)
LRC (Learning Resource Center) is
an educational institution based on teaching, learning, and research supported
by interaction with teachers for guidance on the use of IT in education. LRC is
designed, produced, and evaluated various instructional and media development
resources for group and individual learning or training based on pre-determined
instructional objective by trained staff. The objective of LRC is to create the
best possible framework for the facilitation of the learning environment of the
students, teachers, and researchers. In fact, experimental evidence shows that
Omani LRC are challenged with lack of necessary competencies and characterized
by a poor performance and low moral among the staffs. So, this study aimed to
investigate the stakeholders’ perception of quality and prospective improvement
in the LRC at Omani basic educational
School.
Lance (1994) found that “the size
of the librarian media center’s total staff and the size and variety of its
collection are important characteristics of LRCs, continuous’ professional
development is necessary to LRC staff to keep abreast of innovation”. The role
of LRC occurs with regard to the use and adoption of information and
communication technology (AL Musawi, 2004; Healthlink worldwide, 2005; OECD,
1998). The Introduction of the concept of a learning resource centre indicates a
major shift in the service provision.
To find out the result of the
study, the authors used descriptive research method with questionnaire survey
as instrument. 110 LRC specialists, 977 teachers, 192 participants, 43
supervisors and 35 administrators. The findings show that the service have no
improve yet and reach better levels of quality standards since they are not
‘always’ implemented with quality. Evidence shows that the need for retaining
LRC specialists was insurmountable. A training model for the Omani schools was
recommended in light of the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
and International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) criteria and
competencies.
One of the facts in this paper that surprised me is the number of respondents in this paper. That's huge and complex!. Talking about ISTE, do our education system also use that system or is that already included in KKNI?
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