The Effectiveness of a Virtual Learning Environment in Developing the Knowledge and Skills of Female Graduates to Prepare the Bodice Pattern using the Helen Armstrong Method

Author

Apparel and Textile, College of Art and Design -Umm AL-Qura University

Abstract

    The researcher aimed to identify the necessary needs for building virtual learning environments. Preparing a virtual learning environment to develop the knowledge and skills of the graduates to prepare the bodice pattern using the Helen Armstrong method, then measuring the effectiveness of the virtual learning environment in providing the graduates with the basic knowledge and skills needed to prepare the bodice pattern using the Helen Armstrong method.
    Also the researcher followed the quasi-experimental approach in the research procedures, where it was applied to (25) graduates of the faculty of Designs Umm Al-Qura University, where she applied an cognitive achievement test (before / after) to measure the knowledge contained in the virtual learning environment, as well as an applied skill test (before / after) to measure The skills included in the virtual learning environment, then it applied a rating scale to measure the skills and evaluate the results contained in the virtual environment.
    The most important results came to confirm the existence of statistically significant differences between the average scores of female graduates in the pre and post application of the cognitive achievement test and the skill performance test in favor of the post application.