DSpace Community: National Center for Youth Studies http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2132 The Community's search engine Search the Channel search http://repository.ksu.edu.sa/jspui/simple-search Connecting students across universities in Saudi Arabia http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4076 Title: Connecting students across universities in Saudi Arabia<br/><br/>Authors: Al-Jarf, Reima Sado<br/><br/>Abstract: The present study reports results of an experiment in which the author and herstudents at King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia shared an onlinegrammar course with a professor and his students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU)in Makkah, Saudi Arabia using www.makkahelearning.net. The experiment proved tobe a total failure. Factors contributing to students' inadequate participation in the onlinecourse, and hesitation to register and interact are discussed.