elearning pioneers: transforming teaching and learning in saudia arabia with the open education...

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Una Daly, Open Education ConsortiumLisa Young, Scottsdale Community CollegeApril 13, 2016

Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0eLearning Pioneers:Transforming Teaching and Learning in Saudi Arabia

Welcome

Una Daly, Director Curriculum Design & College OutreachOpen Education Consortium

Dr. Lisa Young, Faculty Director, Center for Teaching & Learning Scottsdale Community College

eLearning Pioneers ProgramOverview

ParticipantsTimelinePersonal Development PlansTraining EventsTechnology

Open Book Project 2013

Promote creation, translation, and use of free Open Educational Resources in Arabic with focus on science and technology.

State Department & Arab League

Motivations

Saudi Ministry of Education wants to expand access through online and blended learning.

Overcome the perception that online learning is lower quality than traditional classroom.

Cultural and religious restrictions on females can make online learning an attractive option.

Participants

25 Faculty

25 Administrators

Appointed by their universities

13 universities throughout Saudi Arabia nominated female faculty

Image: King Abdul University, wikipedia

Timeline

MentoringPersonal Development Plans Year-long relationship to encourage and assess progress of participants.

Mentors assigned based on discipline and social groups.

role is to help you assess your plans, stay on track, give you perspectives, ask questions and give you support that will help you reach these goals.

Training EventsOnsite in Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaOLC teaching certificateSummer U.S. placementsWebinars, QM, & MOOCsOnline Ed Conferences

178 hours online workshops and webinars

U.S Summer Placements

Highlights of Two-week US Visit

Met 154 faculty and administratorsParticipated in student panelsVisited academic technology centers220 hours of training, meetings, tours, and discussions

Reactions"I realized how important to analyze learning... Consequently, I aim to propose a learning analysis project to the Excellence of Teaching and Learning Center at King Saud University." on EADTU

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Reactions"I realized that the quality of e-learning is still under investigation This raised the importance of having R & D project that develops e-learning guidelines by the National Center of E-learning.

The Elearning pioneers could be the researchers at such project." - on EADTU


Feedback from Saudi Faculty

eLearning isn't about the technology. It's about people and connections.Institutional support structuresCooperation/collaboration among faculty and institutionsEnjoyed new cultural experiences in United States

Outcomes

Blended coursesFlipped classroom strategiesPeer group assignmentsInteractivity in coursesEncouraging student feedbackMobile apps and tablets increase communication and feeling of connectedness.

Photo by permission: Dr. Basema Saddik, MPH, PhDCollege of Public Health & Health InformaticsKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Final ProjectsSomething was missing: My students voice by Dr. Hind Alotaibi, PhD, King Saud University, Riyadh

ReactionsWhen I attended the program, I had the notion that we are the far east and west coming together with many differences, but I realized that in the case of Blended Learning and our wishes to improve the educational environment we are almost the same


Reactions...I listened carefully and critically to speakers who are just whispering we are the same and we share the same anxieties and daily concerns.


To be the student, the faculty, and the decision maker in one experience is really unique

ReactionsThe program has provided me with great opportunities to understand e-learning context in US, KSA and Europe


Thank you for coming!

Contact Info:Una Daly: [email protected]. Lisa Young: [email protected]

Questions?

ReactionsThe program was a very great chance for me to enhance my personal skills, teaching skills or even my time management skills it widen my vision toward the online courses,


It is a great chance for me to meet such brilliant tutors and Saudi ladies across universities

ReactionsI started a series of meetings in my College about Successful Stories of using Blackboard.. My aim is to encourage faculty to use Blackboard by sharing with them some successful stories at the college


ReactionsThe application of quality Matters guidelines inspired me I assessed the UoD LMS platform and realized ... the project I did is based on the latest practices of eLearning and quality Matters.

Without having the workshop, I do not think that I may succeed in connecting the gaps This workshop completed what we achieved earlier with the OLC
