TY - JOUR T1 - THE ROLE OF E-TRAINING IN DEVELOPING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF FACULTY MEMBERS IMAM MUHAMMAD BIN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY AU - Alharbi, Yousef Saud Z. AU - Bin Yussuf, Ahmed AU - Bin Syed Abdul Rahman, Syed Mohammad Hilmi PY - 2019 DA - January DO - 10.18769/ijasos.459372 JF - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences JO - IJASOS PB - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research WT - DergiPark SN - 2411-183X SP - 887 EP - 899 VL - 4 IS - 12 LA - en AB - Thisquantitative study discussed the role of e-training in the improvement of theprofessional development of faculty members at Imam Muhammad bin Saud IslamicUniversity. The problem is that there is a lack of willingness on the part of lecturersto participate in these courses because of the resistance to change into e-learningand the preference for traditional education. Along with the existence of someobstacles to the professional development of the faculty member. The researcherchose the descriptive analytical method and designed a questionnaire consistingof (40) paragraphs covering four axes of professional development. Thequestionnaire was distributed to a sample of (50) lecturers and professors atthe university. The results have shown that training plays a major role in thedevelopment of professional development. The development of technicaldevelopment, the development of educational professional growth, and thedevelopment of academic development have been significant. Whileself-development was medium. This finding underscores the importance ofelectronic training for faculty academic members. KW - e-training KW - professional development KW - technology KW - academics CR - Gasaymeh, A. M. (2009). A Study of faculty attitudes toward internet-based distance education: A Survey of two Jordanian public universities, doctoral dissertation, Education College, Ohio UniversityGusky, Thomas R ٍ (2000).Evaluating Professional Development. California: Corwin press Inc.Latchem, C. and Jung, I. (2010). Distance and blended learning in Asia Routledge. New York; Taylor & Francis Group.Loveder, Phil (2005). World Trends in Staff Development: Implications on the Performance of Technical Education Institutions. Paper Presented to National Seminar: The Development of Technology and Technical Vocational Education and Training in an era of Globalization, 23-24 August, p4.Newby, j., et al. (2000). Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning (2nd Ed.) New Jersey Prentice-Hall. Inc.Speck, M. & Knipe, C (2005).Why can’t we get it right? Designing High Quality Professional Development for Standards – based Schools. (2nd Ed). Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press UR - https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.459372 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/619784 ER -