(877.pdf) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A PROPOSED DESIGN OF A VIRTUAL WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND THE PROMOTION OF THE CULTURE OF QUALITY AMONG THE FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION, JAZAN UNIVERSITY

摘要

This study examines the effectiveness of a proposed Virtual Working Environment (VWE) throughwhich faculty members in the scientific departments of the Faculty of Education, Jazan University, canmaintain academic cooperative duties. The duties include such as, holding periodic meetings,exchanging and follow-up of daily performance reports, arranging seminars, exchanging academicconsultations in the field of course description, developing educational activities, holding virtualworkshops, developing joint research projects, student academic guiding, analyzing the evaluationresults of academic curricula, and developing academic plans. A questionnaire was designed whichincluded questions about academic communication skills measure and promotion of the culture ofquality and applied to the faculty members. The researcher used specialized Internet software(Microsoft Groove 2007) to create a workspace through official networks of the faculty. The resultsshowed the effectiveness of the proposed design of a virtual workspace in the advancement ofacademic communication skills, and the promotion of the culture of quality among the sample of thestudy.