Authors:
Bouchaib Riyami
1
;
Khalifa Mansouri
2
and
Franck Poirier
3
Affiliations:
1
Université Bretagne Sud and Hassan II University, France
;
2
Hassan II University, Morocco
;
3
Université Bretagne Sud, France
Keyword(s):
ICT, ICTE, Mooc, Moroccan Educational System, Moroccan Higher Education, Distance Learning, e-Learning, Collaborative Work.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Authoring Tools and Content Development
;
Computer-Supported Education
;
e-Learning
;
e-Learning Platforms
;
Information Technologies Supporting Learning
;
Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Simulation Tools and Platforms
;
Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning
Abstract:
In the Moroccan university educational system, courses, tutorials and hands-on exercises are taught in face-to-
face lectures. This means that learners’ attendance is required in all training sessions. Learners do not
have access to alternatives courses, nor to the explanations and lecture notes. There is also a lack of distance
education (henceforth, e-learning system) allowing them to have flexible access to course content. For these
reasons, the learners, especially those who, for some reason or other, cannot attend the face-to-face lectures,
prefer to work in groups to re-discuss and rework all course sections not seen with their teachers.
Our contribution is to highlight the different uses of ICT tools by Moroccan university students during their
daily collaborative work in relation to projects and assignments requested by their teachers, and also to
advance a practical means to revise some sections of the course with learners with difficulties, and explain
the difficult parts t
o learners who have not attended the face-to-face sessions. We then unveil some
obstacles which hamper the success of "e-learning” in the Moroccan university educational system, relying
on our daily experience as university teachers for the last fifteen years, as well as on statistical data on the
appropriation of ICT by university students.
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