The effect of personal learning environments on participants’ higher order thinking skills and satisfaction

ABSTRACT

The present study aimed to examine the effect of Personal Learning Environments on participants’ higher-order thinking skills and satisfaction. Two main instruments, namely a test for higher-order thinking skills and a scale for participants’ satisfaction with the course content of educational techniques were developed to achieve this aim. I-Google Portal and Blackboard System were also used. The experimental approach was used to detect the relationship between the dependent variable, i.e. Personal Learning Environments versus Blackboard and the dependent variables mainly participants' higher-order thinking skills and satisfaction. Fifty students took part in the present study. Findings showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the modified gain ratio of participants’ degrees in the first experimental group that was taught through the Personal Learning Environments and second experimental group that received learning via Learning Management System in accordance to participants’ higher-order thinking and satisfaction in favor of the first experimental group.

KEYWORDS:

• Personal learning environments
• Learning Management System
• blackboard
• higher order thinking skills
• and students’ satisfaction

Statements on open data, ethics

1. Data can be accessed by contacting the authors.

2. No agreements of any type were needed as all participant students were enrolled in a course that I was teaching at Najran university.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

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Abdellah Ibrahim Mohammed Elfeky

Abdellah Ibrahim Mohammed Elfeky is an assistant professor at the department of educational technology at Kafrelsheikh University in Egypt. Nowadays he is working at the department of curricula and instruction at Najran University in Saudi Arabia. His research interests involve the use of computer and multimedia in teaching, current methods of teaching, the use of social media in teaching, and teacher professional development and preparation