The Existing Formats and Functions of the Media Units in the Omani Higher Education

Abstract

This study aimed at determining the existing conditions of the Omani Higher Education Media Units resulting from the financial, administrative and technical developments during the 1990s. The sample of the study consisted of twenty organizations. The results showed that the respondents support the increases in awareness of the worldwide technology explosion and that the need to establish instructional development programs exists. An increase in staff employment level and a need to develop the human and technical resources for technology infusion were also expressed. Major recommendations were made to promote the status of the media units in higher education in Oman.