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Traditional forms of educational instruction have witnessed a sharp inclination towards the use of educational technology and various e-learning tools and platforms. Educational technology is seen as a facilitator for learning, it motivates students and tends to increase their confidence. Up to the present day, the majority of the available research on this subject has been dominated by a Western perspective, while the needs and expectations of Arabic speaking students in context to educational technology has been ignored in the past. The focus of our on-going research is to understand the potential needs, requirements and expectations of the Saudi students (including college level, undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students) in regards to educational interfaces and technology. In this work in progress paper, we have presented our on-going research by discussing its motivation, the methodology (including detailed information on the underlying questions characterising the research), methods and study participants, and finally research process practiced in the on-going research is presented.
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Boreqqah, A.A., Dhir, A., Buragga, K. (2013). Designing Educational Interfaces for Saudi Students. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) HCI International 2013 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts. HCI 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 374. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39476-8_3
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