National Strategic Plan to localize and Implement e-learning in Universities



The events of the First International Conference for e-learning and Distance Learning have been rapid up last Wednesday. A set of recommendations have been issued including:
– Express sincere thanks to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz for his generous patronage of the First International Conference on e-learning and Distance Learning,  which is an essential for supporting the continuing success.
– Build and develop a set of standards to control and accredit software and applications of e-learning and distance learning.
– Initiate to set a national strategic plan to implement, localize and spread e-learning and distance learning in institutions of higher education in Saudi Arabia through the National Center.
– Allocate enough budgets through the National Center for e-Learning and Distance Learning for the construction and development of software and applications of e-learning, including e-courses.
– Develop and adopt standard tools to recognize  the planning and implement e-learning in Saudi Universities and academic sectors. 
– Provide e-learning training programs for faculty members that guarantee acquiring the necessary skills by high efficiency. 
– Establishing an infrastructure that includes: providing an appropriate network connection as well as smart class rooms equipped with the latest technologies. 
– Support fruitful researches on e-learning & distance learning .
– Collaborate with private, non-profit, and governmental institutes to develop e-learning programs for people with special needs.
– Encourage Universities and higher education institutes to participate in building the educational content and make available for all.
– Encourage partnerships with international bodies to utilize their e-learning experience on planning, designing, administration and implementation.
– Build a knowledge base for various glossaries and definitions of e-learning.
– Build a model for educational tanks based upon the agreed standards of e-learning organizations and scientific committees.  
– Coordinate among educational institutions in the field of e-learning & distance learning.
– Spread the awareness of e-learning and distance learning across the society.
– Strengthen the ties between research institutes and industrial establishments in the field of e-learning.
– Support investment in developing e-learning systems in accordance with modern trends
– Assess the experiences of Saudi universities in field of e-learning and distance learning
– Assess the experience of open universities and distance learning universities and identify the foundations of its success
– Assess e-learning systems and how far the students and faculty members utilization.
– Hold the Second International Conference on e-learning and Distance Learning.


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