CELT held several symposia with an aim of identifying and disseminating best teaching and learning practices. The strategy CELT adopted is that of engaging faculty members in an ongoing process to raise awareness, improve understanding and stimulate activities, with the overall purpose of enhancing innovative teaching and learning. These symposia focused on the significance of informal reflections and interactions between staff as valuable opportunities to learn from colleagues about good teaching and learning practice. The following table summarizes the aims and content of each symposium.
List of symposia titles and plans
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Challenges of ABET project and Assessment
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Engineering
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Reflecting upon the key issues and challenges of ABET project on the educational process
Introducing innovative methods of assessment in learning and teaching
Sharing good practices of assessment in learning and teaching
Recommending action plans for addressing the identified challenges and opportunities
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Using Rubrics to Assess Graduation Projects
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Information Technology
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Introducing and defining what is a rubric and the multiple uses of rubrics
Applying step-by-step procedures for developing a rubric
Sharing good practices of using rubrics for assessment of graduation projects
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Using problem-based learning method in teaching digital image processing and its applications
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Information Technology
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Promoting excellence in teaching
Introducing a new methods of assessment
Improving teaching practices through integrating technology in teaching and learning
Promoting research in teaching and learning
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Problem Based Learning
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Medical & Health Sciences
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Developing analytical and creative thinking skills
Encouraging co-operative learning
Developing self-directed learning ability
Integrating application of knowledge and skills within practice
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Local Area Network Based Examination
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Providing immediate feedback for both the learner and the instructor
Materializing the level of attainment realization of the intended learning objectives
Building test banks that can be updated easily with various types of questions linked to an ILO and a difficulty level
Improving assessment by providing questions with graphics, colored images, equations, and web links
Effectively utilize instructors’ time, and significant savings and costs reductions
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Learning Through Practical Experience
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English
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Increasing interest in voluntary work culture and encouraging belonging to local community institutions
Developing students practical skills (simulation of work experience)
Helping students acquire advanced language communication skills especially when it comes to sharing their stories of experience, their evaluation of the experience and report writing (learning off-campus and outside classroom
Allowing students to acquire team work skills, professional orientation (preparation of students for the workplace in the future)
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