Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education - AROQA |

Program

Day 1: Thursday, 1 December 2016 Bathish Auditorium, West Hall for the Joint Opening
Room No	08:00-09:00	Registration
The Mahmoud Malhas Common Room, West Hall	09:00-10:30	08:00-09:50 Opening Ceremony and Welcoming Remarks with ASREN - Video - Dr. Mohammad Harajili, Provost of AUB, Lebanon - H.E. Yasser AbdulMunem, Minister Plenipotentiary, League of Arab States, Egypt - H.E. Talal Abu Ghazaleh, Chairman of AROQA, Jordan - H. E Boutrous Harb, Minister of Telecommunication, Lebanon. 09:50 - 10:10 Keynote (1): Stéphanie Truillé-Baurens, “International Cooperation in an Era of Information Explosion”, International Cooperation Officer, European Commission, Belgium 10:20 - 10:30 Appreciation and Recognition Moderator: Salem Alagtash, Arab States Research and Education Network, Jordan
	10:30- 11:00	Coffee break
	11:00-11:15	Keynote (2): Hana A. El-Ghali, “Tertiary Education in the MENA Region: Achieving Competitiveness and Employability through Good Governance", AUB/ World bank, Lebanon
	11:15- 12:40	session 2: Quality standards and systems - Video Chair: Prof. Ziad al-Saad Stephen Halbrook, "Managing Assessment Data and Accreditation Reporting in a Single System" Regional Consultant, Naseej, Lebanon Rajai Alkhanji, "Training Programs in Jordan and the Arab World: A Proposed Model for Quality Education in Translation and Necessary Criteria to Follow”, University of Jordan, Jordan. Ahmed Ibrahim, “Course descriptions and the content in accordance with the quality standards in the Association of Arab Universities: Sudan University of Science and Technology as a model”, Sudan. Mahmood Alrubaey, “Development of higher education according to quality management requirements”, Al Mustaqbal University College, Iraq. Salha Abdullah Issan, “Quality Management System at SQU", Sultan Qaboos University, Oman Lubna K. Touqan, “The added value of Queen Rania Al Abdullah Award for Excellence in Education in the educational sector of government to improve the quality of education", Queen Rania Award, Jordan.
	12:40-14:00	Lunch
	14:00- 14:15	Keynote (3): Ziad Al Saad, “Quality assurance of teaching and learning at Yarmouk University-Jordan", Yarmouk University, Jordan
	14:15- 15:30	session 3: Accreditation, governance, practices, Case studies, and research methodologies of quality - Video Chair: Prof. Salha Issan, Sultan Qaboos University, Saltanate of Oman Rebecca Lauther, “Using Benchmarking in the Accreditation Type Decision – Exemplified by European Universities", Aachen University, Germany Khadmalla Kanary, “The quality of education from point of view of the students in the Sudanese university”, AlMughtaribeen University, Sudan Haider Hatem Faleh & Amer Ali Sahib " Ways to develop the methods and procedures of institutional evaluation and self-programmatic in Arab universities” University of Babylon, Iraq Hamzah Almamori, "The impact of educational systems on the university work environment and the economics of quality", University of Babylon, Iraq Mohammad Hileh, "Role of heads of departments in implementing quality and corporate governance", Middle East University, Jordan Taki Al Abduwani "Omani Undergraduate Students’ Strategy Use During Their Independent Learning Hours: A Cross-Generational Study " Gulf College, Oman
	16:00-16:15	Keynote (4): Karim Nasr, “Perspectives on the Notion of Quality, its Management, and its Assurance”, University of Balamand, Lebanon
	16:15-17:30	Session 4: Quality tools and methods in education - Video Chair: Dr. Hana A. El-Ghali, AUB, Lebanon Timo Staub, "Between Culture, Structure and Strategy How Can Universities of Applied Sciences Recruit Good Lecturers?”, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Marwan Abdul Hameed Ashour, “Comparative analysis of Arab universities in the world (rankings universities)”, Baghdad University, Iraq Hisham Saleh, "Quality tools and methods in education", Alomareyah Schools, Jordan Majedah AlSarairah,“The Features and Trends of Global Quality Education: Arab world Perspectives", Jordanian Women Solidarity Institute, Jordan Joseph Cuarteros " Extent of participation, benefits and problems encountered by Gulf College students in extra curricular activities", Gulf College, Oman Edriss Ahmed Ali " From Localization to Internationalization through Accreditation: (The Case of Arab World Educational Institutions)" Al Ghurair University, UAE
Room 310, West Hall	19:00- 20:00	Annual General Assembly meeting

Day 2: Friday 2 December 2016
Room No	7:30-8:00	Registration and opening
Room 310, West Hall	08:00-10:30	Session 5: Workshop on Processes and Procedures for ABET Accreditation: Hands-on Steps for the Implementation of Continuous Improvement Processes Instructors - Karim Nasr, University of Balamand - Mwaffaq Otoom, Yarmouk University Introduction to Quality Management - Basic information about ABET, Inc. - Defining Program - Mission statement in consistency with Mission and Vision of the college/school of Eng./Institution - Constructing Program Objectives in cooperation with various constituents - Defining Educational Outcomes (Student Outcomes) - Program Criteria (Needs of professional societies) - Best Practices in meeting the various criteria concerning the objectives and outcomes - ABET Evaluation (Visit/Process) and Results - Implementation challenges (Open Discussion)
	10:30-11:00	Coffee break
	11:00 – 13:00	- Assessing Program Outcomes - Introducing the Fundamentals of Assessment - Defining Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) fundamentals - Introduction to assessment plan cycle - Developing measurable performance criteria - Simplifying curriculum mapping - Reviewing and selecting assessment tools - Developing efficient processes - Reviewing an assessment-planning matrix - Reporting results - Writing the SSR (Self-Study Templates)
	13:00-14:00	Lunch
	14:00-15:30	Session 6: Workshop on Benchmarking of accreditation processes in HEI – Challenges, Criteria and Approach. Instructor - Rebecca Lauther, Aachen University Introduction - Quality Management in Higher Education Institutions - Concept of Benchmarking Criteria to distinguish between different Higher Education Institutions
	15:30-16:00	Lunch break
	14:00-15:30	Workshop 2: The Outstanding Leadership Role in the Institutional Improvement and Development Session 1: - What distinguishes the leadership and management in terms of concept and characteristics? - Leadership Qualifications
	16:30-17:30	Practices - Benchmarking of Higher Education Institutions - Individual work and discussion in small and whole group Benchmarking scheme for Higher Education Institutions
Bathish Auditorium, West Hall	17:30 - 18:00	Closing Session (Joint) Closing Keynote: Ramin Sedehi, Chief Operating Officer, American University of Beirut Beirut Declaration and event conclusion: Yousef Torman and Salem Alagtash Welcome by the host of e-AGE 2017 and AROQA 2017: Dina Barakat, Egypt University Network Thank You, Appreciation and Group Photo.

Posters:

Dr. Mohammed Elhassan Abubaker Ismaeel, " Virtual learning" United Consulting Group - Sudan".

Prof.Mahmood Dawood Salman ”Organizational culture and its relationship to job performance level"- Al Mustaqbal University College – Iraq

Oday Zuhair M. Nadeem1, (Ph.D.) , Abdulsalam Ali Hussein AL-Noori2, (Ph.D.) and Aida A. Saleh AL-Hassan 3 (M.P.Adm.) "Towards a Strategic Vision for Iraqi Universities Readiness in accreditation and world ranking: Case study at Anbar University" Anbar University - Iraq

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