English abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the Omani distance learning program to teach the Holy Qur'an (DLPTHQ) and identify its technical and scientific advantages, disadvantages and obstacles to its use from the point of view of the beneficiaries (administrators, teachers, students) and the proposed solutions. The study used both analytical and descriptive approaches. It analyzed the technological efforts made to serve the Holy Qur'an in the Sultanate of Oman. In addition to identifying the regulatory framework for (DLPTHQ), its development, its administrators and beneficiaries as well as the programs it offers, its strengths and the results of its implementation. The study sample was selected using purposive sampling to be representative of the study community of administrators, teachers and students. A survey questionnaire was the first study tool, designed and measured to ensure its validity and reliability. It consisted of three themes: the technical components of the program, its educational components and obstacles of use. The interview was the second study tool and held with one of the officials at the Omani Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs. The research consisted of three chapters. The first defines the Holy Quran and meaning of its teaching and institutions; and examples of technological efforts of its education in the Sultanate of Oman. The second describes the (DLPTHQ). The third analyses technically and scientifically the (DLPTHQ), obstacles to its use, and development proposals. The study findings revealed the models of technological efforts in serving the teaching of the Holy Qur'an in the Sultanate of Oman. It is attributed either to individuals such as the "Omani CD project", or to institutions such as the "Common Errors in the Recitation". There was an acceptance among the public and private audience of the recent implementation of (DLPTHQ). The findings also showed that all stakeholders perceived the program as effective with high satisfaction on most of the questionnaire's items. Findings showed that there was no statistically significant differences between the stakeholders' views in terms of gender (males/females) variable in any of the three themes items. The study concluded with a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: to promote the positives of the (DLPTHQ) highlighted by the study; and to develop it in the light of the improvements emerged from the study. Similar studies should be conducted on dimensions that were not addressed in this study on (DLPTHQ) at a distance such as the institutional and administrative dimensions of the program
