The UAE is aiming to become the foremost centre for e-learning in the region, according to a minister.
The priority of all our institutions and government agencies is to make sure that the country achieves that at the earliest, said Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Education, while opening the fourth annual e-Merging e-Learning Conference at the Emirates Palace yesterday.
The three-day conference, being organised by the Higher Colleges of Technology, will run at the Abu Dhabi Men's College until tomorrow.
Shaikh Nahyan said the e-learning revolution is actually less about machines than it is about people.
"The advances in cognitive science, combined with the advances in technology, have dramatically changed both the teaching and learning process," he said. "We require an education system that will allow people to learn throughout their lives," he said.
The conference will focus on technology aided learning in schools and higher education, and will host e-learning experts from around the world.
The conference will also tackle the challenges of effective use of technology in the K-12 educational environment.
The conference will host e-learning experts such as Sean C. Rush, General Manager of IBM's Global Education Industry, Dr Edward Guiliano, President of the New York Institute of Technology, and Ellen Wanger, Senior Director of Worldwide Education Solutions with Macro Media and mobile learning expert.
