The 2nd International Conference for Learning and Teaching in the Digital World Recommendations
Participating researchers of the 2nd International Conference for Learning and Teaching in the Digital World recommended the necessity to use the internet with great caution as computer devises and social networks might lead to a breach in the privacy. To confront this difficulty, the researchers recommended raising social awareness on internet addiction and offering cognitive restructuring training programmes to enhance students’ self-efficacy.
They also recommended offering entrepreneurship and innovative learning the needed support, making a quantum leap in smart learning, offering the teachers training programmes on smart learning and developing the schools’ infrastructure.
The conference was over two days from March 29th-30th, 2017 and took place at the Prince Turkey Ben Abdul Aziz Theatre in the New Campus.
The conference included local and international experts and researchers who presented 27 papers on smart learning. The conference themes were on smart learning pedagogy, smart learning role in teaching language, economics of smart learning, safety in smart learning, smart learning concept and requirements, methods of quality assurance in smart learning, smart learning role in raising entrepreneurial culture and smart learning role in raising health awareness.
The conference outcomes including raising awareness of smart learning, highlighting the best experiences and practices of smart learning, getting in touch with leading institutions of smart learning and employing recent smart learning strategies in educational institutions were achieved through the conference presentations and workshops.
The conference preparatory committee also recommended developing smart learning based study plans, setting a plan by the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education to employ smart learning in the educational process, encouraging researchers to do research on employing smart learning in teaching languages and establishing a journal on smart learning in addition to other important recommendations related to the topic.
The conference scientific committee invited the participants to keep doing research and publishing articles on smart learning.
On this occasion, Dr. Saida Affouneh, Director of the E-Learning Centre and Conference Chairperson thanked the participants and the sponsors; the Arab Islamic Bank, PalTel Group Foundation, Rawabi, AMRA Information Technology, the AMIDEAST, ETS Global and IRIS Solutions.
Notes:
Smart learning is concerned with context-aware ubiquitous learning. Contexts include the interactions between learners and environments. Therefore, smart learning environments can be deemed technology-supported learning environments that implement adaptations and provide appropriate support in the right places and at the right time on the basis of individual learners’ needs.
