TY - GEN
T1 - The JOVITAL Project
T2 - 2nd International Conference on New Trends in Computing Sciences, ICTCS 2019
AU - Wimpenny, Katherine
AU - Adefila, Arinola
AU - Dewinter, Alun
AU - Dermol, Valerii
AU - Sirca, Nada Trunk
AU - Trunk, Ales
PY - 2019/12/5
Y1 - 2019/12/5
N2 - This qualitative paper presents the preliminary findings of an ongoing education-focused project JOVITAL an international cooperation project co-funded by the Erasmus + Capacity Building in HE programme of the European Union during the period October 2017-2020 involving four European institutions and five Jordanian universities11Full List of JOVITAL Partners: Technische Universität Dresden, Coventry University, International Business School for Social and Business Studies Slovenia, UNIMED, Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), German Jordanian University (GJU), Tafila Technical University (TTU), Al-Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU), and Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). Our paper outlines how new and emerging technologies are being innovatively used in institutions around the world and on this basis, how they are being adapted and implemented in Jordan as part of JOVITAL. Regulations and instructions on an institutional and national level have been continuously changing over the years, with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR) approving the blended model within 25% of programmes, placing a cap on the amount of online learning that take place within a HE programme. However, an alliance of three or more Jordanian universities can establish a fully online programme as well. That being said, MOHESR has expressed some constraints regarding quality assurance including the way exams are conducted, how learning outcomes are measured and how course funding and cultural perceptions are considered. Challenges in the open education methodology, therefore, still exist in the academic medium in Jordan, where three main issues are of particular note: The governmental policies instructed by Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research; the alignment of these policies with regulations published by Jordanian accreditation institutes; and the cultural acceptability of open education and distance learning in general. The ideas we present here include applications of technology for domestic online learning, as well as global partnerships that support the development of intercultural competencies through the use of Virtual Collaborative Learning (VCL) or Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). This paper presents the activities and the findings of our project work to date and provides a snapshot of the JOVITAL project during its delivery.
AB - This qualitative paper presents the preliminary findings of an ongoing education-focused project JOVITAL an international cooperation project co-funded by the Erasmus + Capacity Building in HE programme of the European Union during the period October 2017-2020 involving four European institutions and five Jordanian universities11Full List of JOVITAL Partners: Technische Universität Dresden, Coventry University, International Business School for Social and Business Studies Slovenia, UNIMED, Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), German Jordanian University (GJU), Tafila Technical University (TTU), Al-Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU), and Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). Our paper outlines how new and emerging technologies are being innovatively used in institutions around the world and on this basis, how they are being adapted and implemented in Jordan as part of JOVITAL. Regulations and instructions on an institutional and national level have been continuously changing over the years, with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR) approving the blended model within 25% of programmes, placing a cap on the amount of online learning that take place within a HE programme. However, an alliance of three or more Jordanian universities can establish a fully online programme as well. That being said, MOHESR has expressed some constraints regarding quality assurance including the way exams are conducted, how learning outcomes are measured and how course funding and cultural perceptions are considered. Challenges in the open education methodology, therefore, still exist in the academic medium in Jordan, where three main issues are of particular note: The governmental policies instructed by Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research; the alignment of these policies with regulations published by Jordanian accreditation institutes; and the cultural acceptability of open education and distance learning in general. The ideas we present here include applications of technology for domestic online learning, as well as global partnerships that support the development of intercultural competencies through the use of Virtual Collaborative Learning (VCL) or Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). This paper presents the activities and the findings of our project work to date and provides a snapshot of the JOVITAL project during its delivery.
KW - COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING
KW - E-LEARNING
KW - HIGHER EDUCATION
KW - Jordan
KW - JOVITAL
KW - LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
KW - ONLINE LEARNING
KW - TEACHING AND LEARNING
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077203036&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICTCS.2019.8923041
DO - 10.1109/ICTCS.2019.8923041
M3 - Conference proceeding
SN - 9781728128832
T3 - 2019 2nd International Conference on New Trends in Computing Sciences, ICTCS 2019 - Proceedings
BT - 2019 2nd International Conference on New Trends in Computing Sciences, ICTCS 2019 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 9 October 2019 through 11 October 2019
ER -