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Slide 1: Conference Outcomes
Slide 2: • Express sincere thanks to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz for his generous patronage of the First International Conference on e-learning and Distance Learning, which is an essential for supporting the continuing success. • Build and develop a set of standards to control and accredit software and applications of e-learning and distance learning. • Initiate to set a national strategic plan to implement, localize and spread e-learning and distance learning in institutions of higher education in Saudi Arabia through the National Center. • Allocate enough budgets through the National Center for eLearning and Distance Learning for the construction and development of software and applications of e-learning, including e-courses. Recommendations
Slide 3: • Activate the role of vocational authorities and specialized groups in enhancing procedures of quality assurance which are related to academic programs of e-learning and distance learning. • Encourage using LMS and e-learning technologies by faculty members and students in academic sectors in addition to create a clear process to support and motivate interested people. • Develop and adopt standard tools to recognize the planning and implement e-learning in Saudi Universities and academic sectors. • Provide e-learning training programs for faculty members that guarantee acquiring the necessary skills by high efficiency.
Slide 4: • Establishing an infrastructure that includes: providing an appropriate network connection as well as smart class rooms equipped with the latest technologies. • Support fruitful researches on e-learning & distance learning . • Collaborate with private, non-profit, and governmental institutes to develop e-learning programs for people with special needs. • Encourage Universities and higher education institutes to participate in building the educational content and make available for all. • Encourage partnerships with international bodies to utilize their e-learning experience on planning, designing, administration and implementation.
Slide 5: • Build a knowledge base for various glossaries and definitions of e-learning. • Build a model for educational tanks based upon the agreed standards of e-learning organizations and scientific committees. • Coordinate among educational institutions in the field of elearning & distance learning. • Spread the awareness of e-learning and distance learning across the society. • Strengthen the ties between research institutes and industrial establishments in the field of e-learning.
Slide 6: • • • • • Support investment in developing e-learning systems in accordance with modern trends Assess the experiences of Saudi universities in field of elearning and distance learning Assess the experience of open universities and distance learning universities and identify the foundations of its success Assess e-learning systems and how far the students and faculty members utilization. Hold the Second International Conference on e-learning and Distance Learning.
Slide 7: Thank you