The Use of Avatars in Gender Segregated Online Learning Within MOOCs in Saudi Arabia - A Rwaq Case Study

Raniah Adham; Pat Parslow; Yota Dimitriadi; Karsten Lundqvist

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 19, No. 1 (Feb 23, 2018)

In Saudi Arabia, gender-segregation is a known issue within higher education that often deprives female tutors from providing online learning and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). As well, students may not be getting the benefit of their...