THE IMPACT OF ROLES OVERRIDES IN E-LEARNING PLATFORM ON STUDENTS AUTONOMY: THE CASE OF SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY

This study aims at investigating the impact using roles overrides in E-learning platform on students' autonomy at Saudi Electronic University (SEU). The study uses descriptive and analytical approach to collect the research data by surveying (1103) students at SEU. Results indicate that teachers at SEU assign students different roles at a roughly equal percentage of non-assigned new roles. Results proved that students who played different roles possess higher automates learning skills than their peers, who have had no over role override experience. This result assumes the importance of utilizing role override service provided by Blackboard portal. Moreover, it can be said that using role override can support students autonomous learning and help-seeking skills to improve their robustness role while teaching their peers.