Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted Breathing New Life into Overlooked Urban Heritage Sites by Employing Emerging Technologies to Increase User Engagement(Savannah College of Art and Design, 2024-05) AlManaa, Nourah; El-Wakeel, Halah; McClung, Kelley; Gorgensen, BillUrban heritage sites are pivotal for understanding cultural identity and promoting tourism. In Saudi Arabia, Vision 2030 emphasizes transforming these sites into vibrant cultural tourism destinations. Despite their significance, many still need to be utilized. This thesis explores how temporary non-invasive exhibitions can revive these sites, engaging visitors through present-sensitive and future-driven design. Integrating intangible cultural heritage elements with immersive experiences, these exhibitions not only attract more visitors but also foster a deeper connection to the heritage. The research findings validate the efficacy of this approach, highlighting its potential to enhance cultural tourism, promote community engagement, and ensure the economic sustainability of heritage sites.35 0Item Restricted Ephemeral: Interaction Interior Design Sculpture for Luxury Hotel Lobbies(University of Edinburgh, 2024) Albinali, Sarah; Craig, LynneThis dissertation explores the role of interactive interior design sculptures in enhancing guest experiences within luxury hotel lobbies. By integrating kinetic elements and simple technologies such as shape memory alloys and PIR motion sensor to offer interaction for users as most as possible. The study aims to create engaging aesthetic environments that align with the evolving expectations of contemporary travellers. A mixed-method approach, combining qualitative questions with quantitative surveys, was employed to assess the proposed design and measure its impact the interaction sculpture on the users' feeling in the context of luxury hotel lobbies.67 0Item Restricted Enhancing Students engagement among Saudi EFL learners: Empirical investigation(Saudi Digital Library, 2023-12-15) Fatimah, Hamoud; Aizawa, IkuyaStudent engagement plays a key role in the achievement of academic excellence among students. In particular, student engagement for EFL learners is crucial due to its role in shaping their abilities in language acquisition. This study aims to investigate the student engagement of EFL learners in an Arabic context. The study adopts a cross-sectional design with a descriptive-analytical research approach to review the available literature and collect data from concerned EFL learners to reach accurate results to answer the research question. The study relied on a questionnaire as the main research instrument which was developed based on reviewing the available and relevant literature. Additionally, the study adopts non-probability sampling techniques and convenient sampling methods. The data was collected by distributing the research questionnaire electronically to EFL learners at Jazan University in Saudi Arabia, where 105 responses were collected for analysis. The findings indicated a low to moderate extent of engagement and interactions among EFL learners. Further, the findings indicated that there is a strong positive correlation between student's overall engagement with their learning efforts, activities, interaction with peers and teachers and their social engagement. It was found that students' overall engagement is significantly influenced by interaction with peers and teachers along with learning activities, however, social engagement and learning efforts were not found to be influential. Finally, the results indicated that gender is the only variable contributing to the variance in the learning effort, activities, and the interaction of EFL students with peers and teachers. This study adds to the literature by being the first study to investigate students' EFL engagement in an Arabic context; further, it presents the role of student's characteristics in diversifying the extent of their engagement and interactions.30 0