DEC
The Arab Institute for Leadership Development at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport organized a workshop at the Academy headquarters in Abu Qir - Alexandria
The Arab Institute for Leadership Development at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport organized a workshop at the Academy headquarters in Abu Qir - Alexandria entitled "The role of higher education institutions in providing skills for the digital age" in cooperation with the Arab-European leadership Network for training ARELEN at the General Secretariat of the Federation of Arab Universities. With The presence of Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama, Secretary of the Federation of Arab Universities and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Arab European Leadership Network – ARELEN, Major General Khaled Said, Chairman of the Administrative Control Authority in Alexandria, Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghaffar Ismail Faraj, President of the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Dr. Masaki Suzuki Vice-President of the Egyptian Japanese University for International and Regional Relations, Mr. David Locke, Secretary-General of the Arab European leadership Network ARELEN, and Dr. Essam Kurdy, President of Alexandria University, Dr. Mohamed Salem, Minister ofCommunications and InformationTechnology and Dr. Hanan Goda, dean of the Arab Institute for Leadership Development at the Academy and a group of experts and university presidents in the field of technology and higher education.
in his speech D Abdel Ghaffar emphasized that The Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport is an educational organization specialized in science, technology and maritime transport, affiliated with the League of Arab States is aiming to education, training, and research work. He indicated also the necessity of investment in technology and infrastructure in order to keeping pace with the era of artificial intelligence. For his part, Dr. Amr Ezzat, Secretary of the Federation of Arab Universities, said”this workshop aims to monitor the impact of technology on education and to redesign the axes of higher education to Commensurate with the modern digital mechanisms and their development in the coming years.
Also Dr. Hanan Goda, Dean of the Arab Institute for Leadership Development at the Academy, welcomed the attendees and said that the Institute has the honor to organize this workshop in cooperation with the Arab-European Network for Training University Leaders ARELEN .
She added: “We are honored to have respected experts to discuss main topics in digital and life skills.”
The workshop discussed a set of important topics, including ways to develop digital skills in higher education, how to improve graduate skills to align with the job market in addition to empowering teachers and students in education technology
- Published on:Wednesday,18 Dec 2019
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