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Dr. Mansour Al Awar Discusses Importance of Smart Learning at QS-Maple 2017 Conference in Dubai

Dr. Mansour Al Awar, Chancellor of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, claimed that the HBMSU is the first version of the 10X effort, a vision of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The HBMSU design, when formed in 2002 was One Decade ahead of its time, Dr. Al Awar kept in mind and included that the university is now set to offer one more version of the 10X initiative to keep its leadership in advance of one more One Decade, which will put the university at the forefront of higher education in the world. The declaration was made throughout his engagement as a visitor audio speaker at the recently ended '7th QS-Maple Conference: The Future of Higher Education in the Middle East and Africa' held at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The seminar was gone to by scholastic specialists and chancellors of universities from 40 nations, representing 150 leading academic and educational institutions and governmental entities, from around the world.

Dr. Al Awar stated that under the leadership of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Royal prince of Dubai and the President of the University, the University stays identified to maintain its 10-year lead among educational institutions. He discussed that this will be attained with the smart education model, which the university relies upon to offer outstanding education to all participants of culture. He better stated that the University will continue to reinforce the technology-based education system and the chance to lead the procedure of changing education right into a modern incorporated system that could assist meet the goals of students and keep pace with technological developments in accordance with 21st-Century needs.

Entitled 'Education for All: Smart Education Shaping the Future,' Dr. Al Awar's presentation highlighted the learning philosophy in the new period where creativity and innovation are the key driving forces for producing a risk-free and sustainable future for present and future generations. He explained the significance of the transformation of college through the adoption of smart knowing. The Chancellor stated that it helps in keeping abreast with advancement to make sure that the duty of the learners and the academic establishments could be reorganized, with the previous transformed from just being a knowledge receiver and adaptor to a knowledge developer and the last serving as an atmosphere for higher-order thinking abilities and deeper lifelong understanding. He highlighted the demand for creating a brand new instructional atmosphere to ensure that the university could be a facility for improving knowledge, developing intellectual abilities, and establishing logical abilities that are based on a lifelong learning approach.

The Chancellor demonstrated the fundamental columns for enhancing the values of the long-lasting learning strategy which he described are based on openness and versatility along with a contextualized design established in order to help learners of all ages gain knowledge and produce an effect on culture. Moreover, he said that the smart learning model characterizes the core of the lifelong discovering strategy and acts as the platform for improving the future of learning and education based upon smart knowing, innovation and high quality. Dr. Al Awar likewise cited his book titled 'Top quality and the Future of College' to demonstrate the smart learning columns such as obtaining knowledge, making use of social networks, and the inclusivity of application. He added that these would certainly boost the effectiveness of smart knowing in enhancing the duty of students via raised flexibility and dexterity throughout the understanding procedure, along with widening the source of knowledge and facilitating communication for accomplishing the goals.

"We are privileged to join the QS-Maple Meeting and showcase the instance of HBMSU as a success tale within a really short time to give the most effective academic chances for future trendsetters in the Arab World. The University is owned by an aspirational strategy that is based on utilizing creative thinking, innovation and modern technology to far better warranty optimal financial investment in the innovative abilities and skills of young people that are thought about the real ton of money and foundation of the future," added. Dr. Al Awar.

A discussion was provided on the academic programs, digital learning atmospheres and interactive multimedia made use of by HBMSU which are thought about the core of smart knowing and remote understanding in the UAE and the Arab World. The discussion mainly provided an one-of-a-kind knowing experience that aims to construct future generations capable of owning detailed advancement to sustain a knowledge-based economic climate.

Dr. Al Awar called additional adoption of smart learning and to diligently and progressively intensify joint efforts in predicting and forming the future of learning and education inning accordance with the innovative techniques and highest possible standards of the 21st century. He explained that as the very first accredited university in the region to take on smart discovering, HBMSU continues to advertise and enhance the pillars of innovation, top quality and knowledge as being the core values of the smart understanding design. "We are completely convinced that education should be available to individuals of every ages within an innovative environment based on efficiency and flexibility which prepares the next generations to be more capable of taking on the duty of development, progress and growth," he wrapped up.

QS-Maple 2017 functioned as a platform to discuss the current and emerging challenges that academic institutions are dealing with at both the regional and global levels. It highlighted the very best possible methods to enhance higher education by resolving relevant topics, consisting of the educational environment, the academic curricula, clinical research, tactical preparation, innovation and quality assurance, and scholastic accreditation. The QS-Maple Greater Educational Meeting and Exhibit is held each year under 'QS Asia,' the regional company affiliated to QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the popular British organization specializing in education and overseas research; ranking of the universities; and the issuance of QS World University Rankings.

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