The Adoption and Adaptation of Online Learning Models in the Framework of Online Da’wah


   Volume 3, Issue 1
MUHAMAD FAISAL ASHAARI

Published online: 22 February 2017

Abstract


The online da’wa could be associated with online learning due to similarity of in the means of educating people but little but both are different in terms of objective. As online learning has been established for more than decades, it can be adopted and adapted in the framework of online da’wa. Two models of online learning are seen compatible with online da’wa namely, Community of Inquiry (CoI) and e-moderation. CoI concerns with three types of presence namely teaching presence, social presence and cognitive presence. With the huge target group of da’wa in online environment, this model can be adopted and adapted in online da’wa with da’wa presence, social presence and consciousness presence. It guides the way to reach a specific target group and manage conveying the message of Islam. E-moderation has five levels of learning namely begins with access and motivation, participation, information exchange, knowledge construction and development. The spirit of this model is the closeness in facilitating online learners, thus it guides the way to approach the target group of da’wah using the principle of the gradient. It has adopted and adapted online dawa with three levels of activity in online environment namely viability, sociability and competency.

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To Cite this article

Ashaari, M. F. (2017). The adoption and adaptation of online learning models in the framework of online da’wah. International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 3(1), 1-8