Organizing a Joint Workshop between the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching and the Quality Assurance Unit on the Evaluation in Higher Education Institutions

As part of the joint activities between the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching and the Quality Assurance Unit at An-Najah University a special workshop was organized about evaluation in higher education institutions. The event was administered by Dr. Christopher Naber from Queen’s University in Canada, and Professor Robert Canon from the University of Adelaide in Australia, in addition to Dr. Allam Mousa, An-Najah University President Assistant for Planning and Development.

Attendees to the workshop included: Prof. Maher Abu Eid, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Ali Habayeb, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Deans of the Faculties of Engineering, Science, Information Technology, Educational Sciences and the Fine Arts, as well as Heads of the Departments at the abovementioned Faculties.

The workshop aimed to discuss the evaluation forms of the programs and faculties, follow-up on the evaluation results, measure the level of satisfaction among the graduates regarding the performance level of the different academic programs, build the performance indicators system for An-Najah University, and finally introduce the events and services that the Center for Excellence in learning and Teaching offers that seek to facilitate shifting to the student-centered education.