Networking and Events
The e-Learning forum is by nature the best place for e-Learning professionals, educators, and trainers to initiate business relationship and networking allowing to generate or increase business opportunities. Throughout the three days of the forum a variety of formal and informal networking opportunities will in addition to a number of pre-planned special and social events. These include:
Three Forum Lunch with the Keynote Speakers. The forum registration fee for the 3 days includes the lunch with the keynotes speakers on February 1st, 2nd and 3rd. For those who will register for one day, the lunch of the particular day for which the registration is made will be included.
The Forum Gala Dinner, hosted by Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University, it will take place on February 2nd at 21:00 hrs at The Address Dubai Mall. During the Gala Dinner a number of activities will take place among which is the acknowledgment of the forum partners and sponsors and the announcement of the winners of the best paper and presentation award. The Gala Dinner fee is not included within the Forum fee. Forum participants may however register for the Gala Dinner at the rate of 150 AED per person.
Refreshment and Networking Opportunities will be proposed throughout the event for participants to get to know each other.
Every morning, the forum offers a Discussion Panel on a topic related to the keynote addresses of the day. In a lively interaction with the keynote speakers, participants are invited to express their personal opinion on specific questions and issues related to these topics,using electronic voting devices and microphones.
The first Discussion Panel proposes to discuss ‘Bringing Global Quality to a Local Context’, the second one ‘Learning, Teaching & Quality’, while the third one addresses ‘Effectiveness of e-learning policies, implementation and delivery’.
On the afternoon of the second day, a Research Panel allowing to discuss research trends in quality e-Learning, will be chaired by Prof Mohamed Abd El Hafeez Youssef, the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Scientific Research at Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University.
