A Workshop at UOB Discusses Innovation in Interactive E-Learning

A Workshop at UOB
Discusses Innovation in Interactive E-Learning

Dr. Fay Al
Khalifa: The University Is Looking to Expand Its Cooperation With
“Blackboard”

Participants in a workshop organized by the E-Learning
Center at the University of Bahrain (UOB) confirmed that the upgraded
blackboard platform would help in further innovation in interactive education,
noting that they have made great use of the platform in the past years.

The Director of the E-Learning Center, Dr. Fay Bint Abdullah
Al Khalifa, explained that the blackboard system is an information system for
education management, following up students and monitoring the efficiency of
the educational process in the educational institution.”

Furthermore, she pointed out that “this system provides
great opportunities for students to be in touch with the course outside class,
anywhere and at any time, and that is through various tools to view the content
of the educational material of the course and to easily interact with it, in
addition to communicating electronically with the professor and the rest of the
students registered in same the course. “

The workshop was presented by a team from the Blackboard, in
which about 30 employees and professors at the University participated, and it
explored the options offered by the system to promote intergated learning and
innovation in the teaching and learning process.

According to Dr. Fay Al Khalifa, the University is offering
900 integrated courses on the Blackboard learning platform, from which about
12,000 students from the University’s nine colleges can benefit, confirming the
University’s endeavor to expand the experience of cooperation with the
international platform (Blackboard).

Moreover, the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department
at the College of Engineering Dr. Bader Darwish Al-Mannai also participated in
the workshop and stated that “The blackboard system facilitates several
operations, such as communication, informing students about assignments evaluations
and allowing them to follow up their course of study in the course,” stressing
that “The applications and tools that the system provides facilitate the
teaching and learning process for students and professors alike.

Also, Hanan Mubarak Albuflasa, who is a member of the
faculty in the Physics Department at the College of Science, stated that Blackboard
strengthens the University’s efforts towards digital transformation and
improves the education process, especially in light of the steady increase in
the number of students.

Furthermore, she stated that ” According to what the
lecturers reviewed in the workshop, the upgraded version of the Blackboard
system shall help in effectively developing and updating the course material,
and increasing communication between the parties to the educational
process.”