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A forward-thinking Dubai university has helped tens of thousands of teachers across the world embrace the switch to digital learning since the Covid-19 pandemic began
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Hamdan bin Mohammed Smart University was better placed than most to adapt to a new era of education when the virus spread all over the globe, forcing in-person lessons to move online.
The UAE’s first accredited smart university, already heavily focused on digital innovation and preparing pupils for the hi-tech jobs of the future, devised online crash courses to tutor teachers which sparked massive interest overseas.
The university partnered with the Ministry of Education in March to ensure students were covered and teachers had the skills required.