Using Edublogs for Developing Secondary School Students’ Islamic Concepts and Self-Motivation
Naif Adeeb Al-Otaibi, Loloua Sami Abdulrahman Alsaad
This study aims to identify the effectiveness of using Educational blogs (Edublogs) in developing secondary school students’ Islamic concepts and self-motivation. To achieve this objective, the study adopted a quasi-experimental research design (pre–post test design for the experimental and the control group). The research sample was (114) students: the experimental group was (64) students from the twentieth secondary school in Dammam, and the control group was (50) students from the twenty-third secondary school in Dammam. The research tools consisted of Islamic concepts test and self-motivation scale. The results showed the effectiveness of using Edublogs in developing first-grade secondary school students’ Islamic concepts and self-motivation and there is a significant positive correlation at (a≤0.05) between developing Islamic concepts and self-motivation among the students who were studied using the Edublogs. The study concluded the effectiveness of Edublogs in developing Islamic concepts and self- motivation among students. The study recommended the necessity of using Edublogs as a tool to learn the cognitive aspects and enhance the Affective aspects of students.
Keywords: Edublogs, Technological tools, Islamic concepts, Self-motivation, Secondary School
