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appreciating and acknowledging e-learning to the state of actually adopting and
implementing it.

In addition, AlTameem (2013) has pointed out that though e-learning has grown
considerably, failures are still occurring. While technology is the enabler of e-learning,
in many institutions it is also an obstacle affecting the full utilization of its own potential.

Above all, AlFahad (2010) concludes the discussion that despite a recent
educational revolution in Saudi Arabian educational systems, the issue of access to
higher education still remains one of the more enduring challenges. The need for more
delivery modes that take education to learners wherever they are, and not within the
boundaries of the campus, is thus a necessity. E-learning could dramatically increase
access to both education and training, especially for those learners who were once
denied learning opportunities for any reason, such as health, distance, or the like. Yet,
successful implementation of e-learning requires an understanding of the issues that
promote the effective use of the technologies.

Out of the above discussions about the positives and pitfalls of e-learning in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, one can put it clear that such a topic deserves to be revisited
in order to be searched according to scientific principles.

2. Context of the problem:

As a visiting scholar and staff at the University of Florida since September 27,
2013, the researcher has frequently dealt as an adjunct lecturer with Arab students
enrolled at the English Language Institute (ELI).

Most recently, the researcher has taught some international classes during the
summer semester of 2019 where he had the honor to teach the Arab students the
course of “Reading/Writing 50” as a core course where students learn to read and write
more effectively. Classwork usually helps students increase their reading speed and
their understanding of what they read. Moreover, students practice techniques such as
scanning, skimming, finding the main ideas, and making inferences. Students, also,
practice writing good sentences, paragraphs, and essays; in addition, they learn ways
to plan, organize, revise, and edit their writing. The practice is essential for improving
reading and writing competence, so homework is usually given daily with a sort of focus
on finding academic resources in the library and online.

Anyhow, the researcher has realized that the participation of some students is
not so good particularly when the issues of online and e-learning activities are raised;
so there was a strong need for searching such a problem according to scientific
principles.

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