Designing an Online Quranic Recitation (Qirā’āt) Framework Using Massive Open Online Courses

摘要

Understanding variations in Quranic recitations is essential in ensuring that the recitations convey the actual meaning of Quranic verses. Traditionally, in increasing the levels of accuracy and precision of the verses, extensive practice sessions are conducted with instructors via individual face-to-face session. Yet, this is problematic with large groups of learners, as individualized learning sessions cannot be conducted. Moreover, there is also the issue of pace of learning in which some learners require higher levels of learning times that are compared to others. Previous studies have indicated that integration of technology via massive open online courses could potentially solve these problems. As such, this study proposes a Design Framework to develop MOOCs for Quranic recitation. This design was based on findings gathered from experts’ judgement and consensus. Various approaches and different learning activities have resulted in the failure of correct pronunciation in Quranic recitation. Therefore, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was used to determine suitable elements for MOOC learning content design with regards to Quranic recitation learning. 15 experts from different fields of study were involved as experts in the FGD session. The findings were analyzed using a thematic analysis. This study concludes by highlighting the proposed framework by verifying Quranic recitation ( Qirā ’ āt ) constructs needed for the development of MOOC.