Ali Sharaf Al Musawi

E‐learning at Sultan Qaboos University: status and future Ali Sharaf Al Musawi and Ahmed Yousif Abdelraheem

Describes issues emerging from research conducted on e-learning in higher education in Oman. E-learning at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU); Positive points regarding e-learning instruction; Research on information technology in teaching at SQU.

The Instructional and Learning Technologies Department (ILT) in the College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University

The Instructional and Learning Technologies (ILT) Department in the College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), was established in 2005. Its mission is to achieve excellence in its provision of teaching, research and social services in the field of ILT. It offers a BA in ILT to meet the potential needs for information technology (IT) teachers and learning resources centres (LRC) specialists at both Omani basic education and general education levels. In this chapter, I will present main departmental, programme and prospective issues.