The 10th Learning and Technology Conference: Cloudscaping: The Global Learning Experience Feb 2013

Principal Keynote Speaker Dr. Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al-Suwaiyel, KACST, KSA Dr. Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al-Suwaiyel is the current President of the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Riyadh, KSA, and since July 2007, also holds a ministerial rank in the government of KSA. Having studied for a B.Sc. degree in General Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), KSA, he then obtained M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, USA. During his time as an academic, Dr. Al-Suwaiyel delivered a number of courses in Computer Science, Mathematics and Data Security at King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, and also at King Saud University. His research interests centred on Discrete Mathematics, Computational Complexity, Algorithms and Cryptography on which he has published a number of papers in journals and at international conferences.

Dr. Al-Suwaiyel secured a number of appointments at King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, namely the Chairman of the Systems Engineering Department, Chairman of Computer Science Department and thereafter Dean of the Computer Science and Engineering College, from 1979 – 1991. From 1991 until 2003, he was the Vice President of the Research Institutes at KACST and subsequently, served as Governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission from March 2003 to July 2007.

He serves on the board of numerous and diverse bodies, most notably he is a member of the Board of Directors of Saudi Aramco since December 2001, a member of the Board of Directors of the Military Industries Organization, a member of the Supreme Council for Petroleum and Mineral Resources, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, International Award for Translation, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the King Abdul Aziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity.

Further, Dr. Al-Suwaiyel is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Prince Salman Center for Disability Research, a member of the International Advisory Council of King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) and a member of the International Advisory Council of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC). He is also a member of the Supreme Council for the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE) and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Award for Inventors and the Gifted, and the Chairman of the Management Committee of the Saudi Energy Efficiency Center.

Amongst his various awards are the Medal of Merit (First Class), presented by the late King Fahad in July 1985, the Best Teacher Award at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in June 1989, and the Middle East CEO of the Year Award in March 2007.

Keynote Speakers Mr. Francisco Marmolejo, World Bank Group, USA Mr. Francisco Marmolejo serves as the World Bank’s Lead Tertiary Education Specialist and Coordinator of its Network of Higher Education Specialists.

Previously, he was the founding Executive Director of the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration, an international network of more than 160 higher education institutions and organizations from 25 countries. He has held a number of prestigious and varied positions including Vice President for Administration and Academic Vice President at the University of the Americas in Mexico, ACE Fellow at the University of Massachusetts, Vice President at the University of Arizona, and International Consultant at the OECD Programme on Institutional Management of Higher Education in Paris. He has been part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and World Bank peer review teams conducting evaluations of higher education in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Mr. Marmolejo serves on numerous advisory and governing boards at a variety of universities and professional organizations. He holds an MA in Organizational Administration from the Autonomous University of San Luis PotosĂ­, and has conducted doctoral work at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Mr. Tony Swainston, ECM Connections, UK Mr. Tony Swainston is the CEO of ECM (Every Child Matters) Connections in the UK and a world-renowned coach, trainer, researcher and speaker. He has a B.Sc. Honors degree in Physics and an M.A. in Leadership and Management and he works in the private and public sectors with individuals, groups and whole organizations on leadership, management, cultural change, coaching and motivation. Mr. Swainston is a qualified coach, an NLP practitioner, a practitioner in hypnotherapy and in Time-Line therapy. Before he founded his company, ECM Connections Ltd, in 2006, he worked for the Government on effective professional development in education and prior to this, he was a teacher for 20 years. Mr. Swainston has written and published four books. His passion is for developing individuals and thereby impacting on their personal and professional life. He believes that this is the way that organizations are truly able to flourish and grow.

Dr. Cindy Gunn, American University of Sharjah, UAE Dr. Cindy Gunn is the Director of the Faculty Development Center, and Associate Professor in the Department of English at the American University of Sharjah (AUS). She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Bath, UK, an M.A. from the School for International Training, Vermont, USA and a B.A. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Before moving to the United Arab Emirates in 2001, she lived and taught in Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand, Turkey and the United States. Her main research paradigm is Exploratory Practice which emphasizes examining and reflecting upon the contributions that teachers and learners make to the learning process.

Guest Speakers Dr. Hunter Hoffman, University of Washington, USA Dr. Hunter Hoffman currently holds a number of positions at the University of Washington in USA. He is the Director of the Virtual Reality Analgesia Research Centre at the Human Interface Technology Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Psychology. He obtained his B. Sc. in Psychology from the University of Tulsa, conducted pre-doctoral research on human memory at Princeton University, and his Masters and Ph. D. degrees in Cognition and Perception from the University of Seattle in Washington, USA. His interdisciplinary research projects involve the use of virtual reality in the distraction of burn patients during wound care, in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and for treating spider phobia.

Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb, University of Miami, USA Dr. Mohamed Abdul-Mottaleb is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Chair of the Department at the University of Miami, USA. He received his B. Sc. in Computer Engineering and a M. Sc. in Computer Science and Environmental Studies, both from the University of Alexandria in Egypt, followed by a doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, in the United States. Dr. Abdel-Mottaleb’s research is focused on image processing, computer vision, 3D face, ear and dental biometric recognition, and image and video databases, on which he has published extensively. He is on the

editorial board of Pattern Recognition journal and is a fellow of IEEE.

Panel Moderator Dr. Mehtab Currey, Department for International Development, UK Dr. Mehtab Currey, Development Counsellor for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) has served in senior advisory and programme management roles internationally before her posting to Saudi Arabia. Following her doctoral studies in Population and Public Health from the University of Hawaii, USA, she has held a number of senior positions internationally in academia, in research institutions and with the UN before joining DFID. Her publications centre on addressing global health inequalities, women in famine and food crises, health systems management and on reproductive health. More recently, she has worked with the European Union to improve the effectiveness of its approximately $12 billion annual development financing. In

Saudi Arabia she is working to enhance DFID’s collaboration with the Saudi government and with the Islamic Development Bank for economic development and poverty reduction in developing countries.

Program Monday 25th February 2013 8:00am – 9:00am

Coffee & Registration

Lobby, Effat Hall, Effat University

9:00am – 10:15am

Opening Session

Effat Hall, Effat University

Recitation of the Holy Qur’an National Anthem of KSA Welcome Address : Dr. Houria Oudghiri, Provost, Effat University, KSA Opening Keynote Address : Global Trends in Higher Education : Redefining the Role of Universities in Today's World Mr. Francisco Marmolejo, Lead Tertiary Education Specialist and Coordinator of the Network of Higher Education Specialists, World Bank Group, USA 10:15am – 12:30am

Session 1

Effat Hall, Effat University

Paper Session : Chair :

Integrating Technology Into Education Ms. Reema Barqawi, Effat University, KSA

Digital Technology in Higher Education : A Potential Revolution *Dr. Sabria Jawhar, King Saud bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Sciences, KSA Museums Are Global Learning Laboratories *Professor Aya Kinoshita, Tokai University, Japan Latest Developments in Virtual Reality *Dr. Hunter Hoffman, University of Washington, USA Computer Vision for Distance Learning System *Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb, University of Miami, USA

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Lunch and Prayer Break

Lobby, Effat Hall and TC108, Effat University

Students’ Poster Session

Lobby, Effat Hall, Effat University

1:30pm – 3:30pm

Session 2

Chair :

Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad, Effat University, KSA

Effat Hall, Effat University

Keynote Address : Growing as a Brilliant Leader Mr. Tony Swainston, CEO, ECM Connections, UK Panel Discussion :

Current Trends and Advances in Global Learning : Valuable Lessons for KSA

Panel Moderator :

Dr. Mehtab Currey, Department for International Development, UK

Panelists :

Mr. Francisco Marmolejo, Lead Tertiary Education Specialist and Coordinator of the Network of Higher Education Specialists, World Bank Group, USA Mr. Tony Swainston, CEO, ECM Connections, UK Dr. Cindy Gunn, Director Faculty Development Center, American University of Sharjah, UAE Ms. Nawell Mossalli, Principal, Advanced Generation Schools, KSA Ms. Sarah Al-Harthy, Student Government President, Effat University, KSA

3:30pm – 5:00pm

Session 3

Paper Session : Chair :

Global Learning Environment Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad, Effat University, KSA

Effat Hall, Effat University

Integration of Mobile Collaborative Technologies in Global Learning Environment *Mr. AbdulHafeez Muhammad, International Islamic University Malaysia; Mr. Hasnain Zafar, University Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia; Ms. Noorminshah Ahad, Mr. Abdul Rahman, Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia

Experiencing e-Learning Best Practices : Perspectives from a Case Study of Three Online Courses *Mr. Mohd Faiz Hilmi, Universiti Sains; Ms. Yanti Aspha Ameira Mustapha, Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia Ethical Perspective of Students in the Global Learning Environment *Mr. AbdulHafeez Muhammad, International Islamic University, Malaysia

5:00pm – 5:30pm

Day One Closing Session

Effat Hall, Effat University

Dr. Kathleen Guillaume, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Effat University, KSA

Monday 25th February 2013 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Social and Networking Session

Park Hyatt Hotel

7:30pm – 8:30pm

Evening Session

Park Hyatt Hotel

Recitation of the Holy Qur’an

National Anthem of KSA

Master of Ceremony :

Dr. Kholood Ashgar, Effat University, KSA

Welcome Address : Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-Lail, President, Effat University, KSA Principal Keynote Address : Dr. Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al-Suwaiyel, President, KACST, KSA 8:30pm – 9:30pm

Award Ceremony

Park Hyatt Hotel

Announcement of Best Conference Paper

Award of Certificates for Participation

9:30pm – 10:30pm

Gala Dinner

Park Hyatt Hotel

Tuesday 26th February 2013 8:00am – 8:30am

Coffee

Lobby, Effat Hall, Effat University

8:30am – 9:30am

Opening Session

Effat Hall, Effat University

Recitation of the Holy Qur’an Keynote Address : The Demands of Teaching and Learning with Technology in a Changing World Dr. Cindy Gunn, Director, Faculty Development Center, and Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah, UAE

9:30am – 12:30pm

Session 4

Effat Hall, Effat University

Paper Session: Chair:

Pedagogy in Teaching Ms. Noor Al-Sawadi, Effat University, KSA

I Am an Arab and This Is My Imagination *Mr. Muqeem Khan, Northwestern University, Qatar Trading Up to a Cloud-Based Integrated Library System *Dr. Grete Pasch, Effat University, KSA; Mr. Rodrigo Arias Palomo, Mr. Julio Pineda Chinchilla, Ms. Alejandra Canahui, GLIFOS, Guatemala; Mr. Anes Essid, Effat University, KSA Adopting Teaching and Learning Technology *Dr. Rick Van Sant, Blackboard Middle East Essential Learning Skills: Enabling Success for Today’s Diverse Online Students * Dr. Barbara D'Elia, Dr. Heather Frederick, Northcentral University, USA Fostering Mobile Learning Apps in English Language Learning *Mr. Mustafa Md. Hanafiah, Yanbu Industrial College, KSA Cyber Security Awareness: An Introduction *Mr. Mohd Faiz Hilmi, Universiti Sains, Malaysia

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Lunch and Prayer Break

Students’ Poster Session

Lobby, Effat Hall and TC108, Effat University

Lobby, Effat Hall, Effat University

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Session 5

Effat Hall, Effat University

Paper Session: Chair:

Pedagogy in Teaching (continued) Ms. Noor Al-Sawadi, Effat University, KSA

The Effect of Overuse of IT on Social Life *Dr. Ayman Fayoumi, King Abdul Aziz University, KSA Twittering About Learning : Using Technology to Enhance Female College Students’ Involvement *Abdel Razak Mohamed Ahmed El-Sagheer Cloud Education *Mr. Abdullah Al-Swaha, Operations Director, CISCO, KSA

2:30pm – 4:30pm

Parallel Workshop Sessions

Workshop Rooms, Effat University

Innovations in Teaching and Learning *Dr. Saddiga Al Ghalib, Effat University, KSA (Workshop Room : BUS 115) Are We Ready to Score Higher in PIRLS? *Ms. Fatmah Alhawsawi, Safaa for Educational Consulting, KSA (Workshop Room : BUS 205) Recognizing and Avoiding Plagiarism: Particular Plague of Information Age *Ms. Kristina Bilello, Ms. Shaheda Banu, Effat University, KSA (Workshop Room : BUS 101) Imagination with Adobe Aftereffect for Students *Mr. Muqeem Khan, Northwestern University, Qatar (Workshop Room : BUS 102)

How Creative Writing Can Help to Improve Foreign Language Competence *Dr. Anja Urachim, German-Jordanian University, Madaba, Jordan *Dr. Susanne Karam, Effat University, KSA (Workshop Room : BUS 204) Dynamic Virtual Modeling Scheduling and Pre-Compaction in Cloud Computing Systems *Suzan Katamoura, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, KSA (Workshop Room : BUS 105) Online Education and Assessment : Determining Quality at a Distance *Dr. Heather Frederick, Dr. Barbara D'Elia, Northcentral University, USA (Workshop Room : BUS 216)

4:30pm – 5:00pm

Wrap-Up Session

Effat Hall, Effat University

Dr. Kathleen Guillaume, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Effat University, KSA

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