Designing An E-Course In Light of Quality Matters Standards, And Measuring Its Effectiveness on Developing The Skills of Educational Infographic Design And Attitudes Towards The E-Course Among Postgraduate Female Students At Hail University.

Abstract

This study aimed at designing an e-course in light of Quality Matters (QM) standards, and measuring its effectiveness on developing the skills of educational infographic design and attitudes towards the e-course among postgraduate female students at Hail university. The study adopted the quasi-experimental methodology based on one-group design. To achieve the objectives of the study, the course of "new trends in education technology" was designed as an e-course in light of QM standards, an achievement test for the cognitive aspect of the skills of educational infographic design was designed, an evaluation card for the educational infographic design, and an attitude scale towards the e-course were prepared. The study sample consisted of (22) female students of master's degree at Hail university. The results showed a statistically significant difference at level (α ≤ 0.05) between the mean scores of the study sample in the pre and post application of the achievement test, the evaluation card and the attitudes scale, the differences were in favor of the post application. The results also showed the effectiveness of the e-course on developing the performance side of infographic design skills, and in developing attitudes towards the e-course among the sample of the study.