For many students it was their first experience of taking
courses online, the study
.
. taking engineering, pharmacy or business courses in English, or law, education or communication in Arabic.
The performance of students in the first two terms of the 2019-2020 academic year, when courses moved online, was analysed. With face-to-face teaching, 38 per cent of students achieved a semester grade point average between 3.0 and 4.0, whereas with distance learning, the figure was 49 per cent.
In their paper, published in the
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
, the researchers said the improved performance may be the result of
“the use of innovative technologies and digital resources in distance learning”.
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Meet the UAE s best university professor
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Dr Badreya Al Jenaibi has 28 awards to her name.
A female Emirati professor at the UAE University in Al Ain has been named the best university professor in the country. She has been recognised for her dedication in teaching students and research work on current societal issues.
Dr Badreya Al Jenaibi from the Department of Media and Creative Industries won this year’s Emirates Award organised by the Ministry of Education. Overall, she has bagged more than 28 awards in teaching and community service.
“I feel honoured for my work. This award means a real and objective evaluation from the government, she told Khaleej Times on Monday.
Emirati photographer Salem Sarhan wins big with Nat Geo comp
Salem at work
Contest winner aims to showcase UAE to the world through his work
Given 2020’s global situation, the annual ‘Moments’ competition, one of the largest photography contests across the Middle East and North Africa, was always going to be a bit different. Adapting to the climate early, hosts National Geographic Abu Dhabi and Almarai tweaked the theme accordingly titling it ‘2020 Moments: A Year Lived Differently.’ In spite of this alteration, as usual, the entries flooded in and led to tough decisions from the judging panel, which included two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and National Geographic photographer Mohammad Muheisen. Though recently a victor was chosen: 27-year-old Salem Sarhan from Al Ain has become the first Emirati to win the competition in its ten-year history and with it will have his photograph released in the National Geographic Alarabiya Magazine, and receive $10,000 worth