For Registration, visit: http://ofid.qu.edu.qa/. For the detailed program, scroll down. Venue: College of Business and Economics Zone D Time Venue: D107- CBE D104 - CBE D105 - CBE D111 - CBE 8:00 8:30 AM Registration & Coffee 8:30 9:30 AM Pearson E-Books & Digital solutions (Invited Publisher الكتب االلكترونية Presentation) والحلول الرقمية من بيرسون Facilitators: Ms. Debbie Kirkham and Mr. Jane Qass (Pearson) 9:54 10:54 AM The effective Use of the ipad as an Innovative Teaching Tool Facilitator: Mr. Faouzi Abousalham (FP) 11:00 AM 12:00 PM : A fun way to engage students outside the classroom using their Mobile devices Facilitator: Dr. Shankar Munusamy (CPH) Getting Ready for BB 9.1 مقدمة الى بالك بورد 1.9 المقدم: د. عبد الجبار سعيد( CSIS ) Facilitator: Mr. Amith Khandakar (OFID) Improving students استخدام المدونات في تفعيل التعلم interaction in class using النشط من خالل البالك بورد المقدم: د. عبد الجبار سعيد( CSIS ) Clickers Technology through Mobile/Tablet devices Facilitator: Mr. Aw Swee Liang (OFID) The effect of االستخدام الفع ال لألجهزة اللوحية ( يآ MYMathLab environment باد( كأداة تعليمي ة مبتكرة (FP) المقدم: أ. فوزي ابو سلهم in transferring students to independent learners Facilitator: Dr. را Mohammed Chabi (FP) 12:30 2:00 PM Collaboration with Google زيادة تفاعل الطلبة في الصف باستخدام Personalized Learning Docs تكنولوجيا كليكرز عن طريق أجهزة Projects Using Web 2.0 Facilitator: Mr. Hamud الهاتف الذكية Technologies Abdulkader (CAS) Facilitator: Mr. Ismael المقدمون : أ. جمانا سمارة (OFID) أ. (CPH) آالء العويسي و أ. شيماء أز Fayed (FP) 2:00 3:00 PM Lunch Wikis for Collaborative Learning ( a new tool in BB 9.1) Facilitator: Mr. Amith Khandakar (OFID) LaTeX : Writing Professional Scientific Documents Facilitator: Dr. Tamer Elsayed and Ms. Maram Hasanain (CENG)
Details of the Second OFID EduTech Day program Wednesday 12 June 2013 Concurrent Sessions A 8:30 9:30 AM Seminar: Pearson ebooks and Digital Solutions الكتب االلكترونية والحلول الرقمية من بيرسون التحدث متاح باللغة االنجليزية والعربية Facilitators: Ms. Debbie Kirkham and Mr. Jane Qass (Pearson) Debbie Kirkham has been working as the Sales Manager of Higher Education in the Gulf for 3.5 years. During this time she has witnessed the transformation to digital teaching and learning and has been involved in many implementations of e-learning initiatives. Jane Qass has been an Academic Sales Consultant in the region for 4 years and brings a wide breadth of knowledge in the digital area. She is also an Arabic speaker. Session Description: This is the third presentation in the series of E-books and Digital Solutions. After McGraw-Hill and Wiley, Pearson will highlight the key features in their etext through a presentation and a live demo including the below. They will also discuss best practices of using the etext for the learning experience and touch their Pearson MyLabs. Personalization Highlighting and Notes (Personal and Shared) Full text search Access via secure bookshelf, Digital Library or from an LMSAccess to interactive media, documents and web content MyLabs capabilities ورشة عمل: مقدمة الى بالك بورد 1.9 مالحظه للمشاركين : يرجى إحضار أجهزة الحاسب اآللي المقدم: د. عبد الجبار سعيد )CSIS( د. عبد الجبار سعيد استاذ مشارك في كلية الشريعة والدراسات االسالمية قسم الدراسات االسالمية مدرب بالك بورد حاصل على جائزة جامعة قطر للتعليم االلكتروني للعام 2102 نشر العديد من االبحاث العلمية والكتب مستشار لعدد من المجالت والمؤسسات العلمية وصف الورشة: تتيح هذا الورشة للمشاركين فرصة االطالع على بعض ما هو جديد في النسخة المحدثة في البالك بورد 1.0 بما في ذلك : نافذة التصفح الجديدة من اجل الدخول وضبط اإلعدادات بشكل اسرع تغيير تصميم المقرر التحسينات في مجال المحتوى بما في ذلك اضافة وسائط متعددة ومحرر النصوص المحدث الجديد في مركز التقديرات Workshop: Getting Ready for BB 9.1 Facilitator: Mr. Amith Khandakar (OFID) Mr. Amith Khandakar (OFID) is an Educational Technologist Designer at OFID. He has been giving workshops on the best use of Technology in the classroom. He has around 3 years of teaching experience at Qatar University and currently working on the use of gaming devices to increase interactivity in the classroom. Session Description: This workshop will introduce you to some of the new features in Blackboard 9.1 including: The new navigation window for quick access and settings Changing Course theme and teaching style Enhancements in the Content area including Mashups What s new in the Grade Center
Concurrent Sessions B 9:45 10:45 AM Workshop: The effective Use of the ipad as an Innovative Teaching Tool. Participants are encouraged to bring their ipad, iphone or ipod. A list of recommended applications will be emailed to registered participants prior to the workshops. Facilitator: Mr. Faouzi Abousalham (FP) Mr. Faouzi Abousalham is a math lecturer in the foundation program at QU. ورشة عمل: استخدام المدونات في تفعيل التعلم النشط من خالل البالك بورد مالحظه للمشاركين : يرجى إحضار أجهزة الحاسب اآللي المقدم: د. عبد الجبار سعيد )CSIS( د. عبد الجبار سعيد استاذ مشارك في كلية الشريعة والدراسات االسالمية قسم الدراسات االسالمية مدرب بالك بورد حاصل على جائزة جامعة قطر للتعليم االلكتروني للعام 2102 نشرت العديد من االبحاث العلمية والكتب مستشار لعدد من المجالت والمؤسسات العلمية Workshop: Improving students interaction in class using Clickers Technology through Mobile/Tablet devices Participants need to bring their mobile/tablet Apple device or Android device Facilitator: Mr. Aw Swee Liang (OFID) Mr. Swee Liang Aw is an Educational Technologist at the Office of Faculty and Instructional Development at Qatar University. He joined Qatar university in 2008 as a Teaching Assistant of Information Technology at the Foundation Program. He is a Certified Microsoft Trainer. Liang received his Bachelor degree from Universiti Utara Malaysia. Session Description: This workshop shows strategies for using ipads in classrooms so faculty can learn new and innovative methods for using technology to enhance teaching and learning. Participants in this workshop will learn about applications that could make a difference for students learning such as making videos, saving classnotes in i- book, organizing attendance and grades. وصف الورشة: يتوقع من المشارك في الورشة بعد االنتهاء منها أن يحقق المخرجات التالية: القدرة على استخدام المدونة في البالك بورد إدراج المدونات ضمن عناصر التقييم في المقررات المدرجة في البالك بورد وضع سلم تقييم مناسب للمدونة ادخال استخدام المدونة في عملية التقويم في المقرر Session Description: In this workshop, you will learn how to use free web tools such as Socrative to improve the students interaction in class by doing live surveys and get live group response. We can access these online tools via a computer or any web-enabled mobile device.
Concurrent Sessions C 11:00 AM 12:00 PM Workshop: : A fun way to engage students outside the classroom Participants are encouraged to install App in their Smart phones/tablet PC/iPads prior to the session Facilitators: Dr. Shankar Munusamy (CPH) Dr. Shankar Munusamy is an Assistant Professor in the College of Pharmacy at Qatar university. Prior to joining QU in 2011, Dr. Shankar was working as an Instructor in the Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA. Dr. Shankar received his PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA in 2008 Session Description: is a free website providing learning tools for students, including flashcards, study and game modes. By the end of the session, the participant will be able to: Set up an account in Create a class and add students to your class in Make study sets in Import study sets shared by others into your account Review and learn the course material on Use the game mode to self-evaluate the learned course material on Generate and print flash cards and tables from ورشة عمل: االستخدام الفع ال لألجهزة اللوحية ( يآ باد( كأداة تعليمي ة مبتكرة الجمهور: جميع أعضاء هيئة التدريس يشجع المشاركون على إحضار آي باد اي فون واي بود حيث سترسل لهم مجموعة من التطبيقات الموصى بها عبر البريد االلكتروني قبل موعد الورشة. المقدم: أ. فوزي ابو سلهم )FP( أ. فوزي ابو سلهم استاذ محاضر رياضيات في البرنامج التأسيسي وصف الورشة: تتناول هذه الورشة استراتيجيات وطرق جديدة ومبتكرة الستخدام التكنولوجيا في تعزيز التعليم والتعلم في الفصول الدراسية ومنها استخدام االجهزة اللوحية )جهازآي باد على سبيل المثال). سيتعرف المشاركون في هذه الورشة على تطبيقات قد تحدث فرقا بالنسبة للطالب مثل اعداد فيديوهات وتدوين المالحظات الصفية في الكتب االلكترونية وتنظيم الحضور و رصد الدرجات Seminar: The effect of MYMathLab environment in transferring students to independent learners Facilitators: Dr. Mohammed Chabi (FP) Dr. Mohammed Chabi is a Lecturer and Academic Math Coordinator at the Foundation Program. He joined Qatar University in 2004. He has a PhD Degree in Math education. He taught Several math course at University Of north British Colombia an Simon Fraser University in Canada and published several papers in field of math education. Dr. Chabi was a runner up in the QU Exemplary online Course award 2010-2011 Session Description: This seminar will discuss the experience of adapting MyMathLab (a computer based environment) as a teaching tool to monitor and assess students progress. Collected data show how students benefit from using this tool to diagnose their areas of difficulty as well as remediate themselves and give them several tools that can help them to be independent learners. This tool is available for subjects other than math Workshop: Wikis for Collaborative Learning (a new tool in BB 9.1) Venue: CBE D111 Facilitator: Mr. Amith Khandakar (OFID) Mr. Amith Khandakar (OFID) is an Educational Technologist Designer at OFID. He has been giving workshops on the best use of Technology in the classroom. He has around 3 years of teaching experience at Qatar University and currently working on the use of gaming devices to increase interactivity in the classroom. Session Description: This workshop will demonstrate the new Wikis tools that has been added to BB 9.1. The workshop will include the following topics: What are Wikis Creating a Wiki Wiki Options including creating and using a rubric How can students use a wiki Reviewing students participations Reviewing comparisons in the participant s contributions page Grading participation (with or without a rubric)
Concurrent Sessions D 12:30 PM 2:00 PM Workshop: Collaboration with Google Docs Venue: CBE D111 Facilitator: Mr. Hamud Abdulkader (CAS) Hamud A Abdulkadir earned his Bachelor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bachelor of Education and Master s degree in Information Technology from Brisbane, Australia. He worked as a Telecommunications Engineer for several years in Australia before joining Qatar University in 2006 as a Lecturer in the Foundation Program till 2012. Hamud is currently a team member of the CAS Educational Technology Center. Session Description: Google Docs is a freeware web-based office suite offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Google Docs suite includes Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentation, Forms and Drawing online applications. The objective of the workshop it to allow the participants to collaborate on a short project using Google Docs online Document program. Grading participation (with or without a rubric) ورشة عمل: زيادة تفاعل الطلبة في الصف باستخدام تكنولوجيا كليكرز عن طريق أجهزة الهاتف الذكية يرجى من المشاركين احضار اجهزة اجهزة الهواتف الذكية أو االجهزة اللوحية المقدمون : أ. جمانا سمارة )OFID( أ. آالء العويسي و أ. شيماء عزار )CPH( جمانا سمارة حائزة على ماجستير في علوم الحاسب من الواليات المتحدة األميركي ة و لديها خبرة تفوق عشر سنوات في تدريس تكنولوجيا المعلومات في االمارات العربية المتحدة. انضمت جمانا الى جامعة قطر عام 2100 وتعمل االن كمسؤول لتكنولوجيا التعليم في مكتب التنمية المهنية وتطوير عمليات التعليم. آالء العويسي محاضر في كلية الصيدلة. تخرجت آالء من جامعة ستراثكليد في مدينة غالسجوا) المملكة المتحدة( عام 2110 بدرجة الماجستير في الصيدلة ثم حصلت آالء على درجة الماجستير في تخصص prescribing science من جامعة روبرت غوردن )المملكة المتحدة( عام 2111. قبل انضمامها لكلية الصيدلة في جامعة قطر عام 2100 عملت آالء ولمدة تزيد عن 1 سنوات كمتخصصة صيدالنية كلينيكية في اسكتلندا. تحضر آالء في الوقت الحاضر لرسالة الدكتوراه في جامعة روبرت جوردن. شيماء أزار محاضر في كلية الصيدلة حائزة على بكالوريوس صيدلة و ماجستير إدارة جودة األدوية من جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا في األردن. عملت في مجال االدوية والصيدلة في استراليا واالردن. وصف الورشة: سيتعرف المشاركون في هذه الورشة على كيفية استخدام ادوات مجانية مثل "Socrative" بهدف تحسين تفاعل الطالب في الصف من خالل القيام بمسح مباشر والحصول على اجابات مباشرة من الطالب. باإلمكان االستفادة من هذه االدوات بواسطة جهاز الحاسب او الهواتف الذكية. Workshop: Personalized Learning Projects Using Web 2.0 Technologies Facilitators: Mr. Ismael Fayed (FP) Ismail Fayed is the E-Learning Facilitator and English Lecturer in the Foundation English Program at QU. He is currently conducting his PhD research on Mobile Learning. He obtained his MA in Educational Technology and TESOL from the University of Manchester and post-graduate diplomas from Ain Shams and Mansoura Universities. With a vivid interest in educational technology, he has worked in several educational technology research projects including elearning, Web 2.0, media production and most recently m-learning. Session Description: Cloud computing and Web 2.0 are global digital gifts for educators and teachers today. With the introduction of smartphones and other tablet devices, tomorrow s technology and learning seem to go more personalized than ever. In this workshop, the participants are going to learn about using Web 2.0 free technologies in their teaching to emphasize learning autonomy, creativity and criticalthinking. Participants are going to use several platforms including voice-recording, visual stories and comics, and social networks. Follow up discussions and further development of this initiative will be proposed to participants. Workshop: LaTeX - Writing Professional Scientific Documents Facilitators: Dr. Tamer Elsayed and Ms. Maram Hasanain (CENG) Dr. Tamer Elsayed is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the College of Engineering, QU. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from Alexandria University in Egypt in 1997 and 2001, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) in the US in 2005 and 2009. His main research interest lies in information retrieval with an emphasis on largescale text analysis. Maram Hasanain received a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Qatar University in 2012. She is currently pursuing a M.S. degree in Computing at Qatar University and working as a graduate assistant at the College of Engineering Requirement Unit. Session Description: LaTeX is a document preparation system that is most often used for technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing. This workshop will cover the following topics: What is LaTeX? How does it compare to MS Word? Basic concepts: sections, labels, figures, lists, etc. References and Bibliography building Software downloads that are required A demonstration