1. Using wiki to build an e-learning system in statistics in the Arabic language.
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Ahmad, Taleb, Härdle, Wolfgang, Klinke, Sigbert, and Alawadhi, Shafiqah
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DISTANCE education administration ,COMPUTER networks ,ARABIC language ,STATISTICS education ,WIKIS ,DISTANCE education ,COMPUTER network resources - Abstract
E-learning plays an important role in education as it supports online teaching via computer networks and provides educational services by utilising information technologies. This paper presents a case study describing the development of an Arabic language e-learning course in statistics. Under discussion are problems concerning e-learning in Arab countries with special focus on the difficulties of the application of e-learning in the Arabic world as well as designing an Arabic platform with its language and technical challenges. For the platform we have chosen a wiki that supports LTX for formulas and R to generate tables and figures as well as some interactivity. Our system, Arabic MM*Stat, can be found at . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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