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female are not supposed to be mix<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>side <strong>the</strong> classroom.<br />

Synchronous and asynchronous were utilised to facilitate<br />

communication between students which helped <strong>the</strong> student to overcome<br />

<strong>the</strong> gender restriction. Chapter eight will give more details about this<br />

issue.<br />

6.8 Conclusion<br />

This chapter outl<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> layers support<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> development process <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> VDS environment as well as <strong>the</strong> process <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> action research<br />

support<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> development process. The four layers: pedagogical,<br />

technological, behavioural, and socio-cultural are all discussed <strong>in</strong> detail<br />

with provid<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> support<strong>in</strong>g material through <strong>the</strong> literature and <strong>the</strong><br />

technology used. The f<strong>in</strong>al VDS is <strong>the</strong>n developed and <strong>the</strong> next chapter<br />

will evaluate <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>al version <strong>of</strong> VDS and its impact and use <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> UAE-<br />

The University <strong>of</strong> Sharjah.<br />

308 Hill, C. E., Loch, K. D., Straub, D. W., El-Sheshai, K. (1998) ‘A qaualitative assessment <strong>of</strong> Arab culture<br />

and <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation technology transfer’. Journal <strong>of</strong> Global In<strong>for</strong>mation Management. 6(3). p29-38.<br />

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