Every day we grow proud of our ability in the Emirates to continue education under the current circumstances, and this space of time that passes by us and we see our country facing this challenge with daily solutions and achievements, obliges us to think more broadly in investing the success of the distance learning experience, and to get out of its way In just lectures and classes, to see it as a student life remotely, we take advantage of today's technological capabilities of the generation and its constant welcome of technologies as part of their daily lives.
Today our students live an open digital life, and as educational institutions that bear an aspect of social responsibility, it is necessary for us to invest youth energies and direct them to what is useful, and to establish the principle of social security, meaning that the student before distance learning, was receiving his education on the regular school or university campus while Technology gadgets are often an aspect of entertainment and entertainment. But today, when distance education has become, the digital world is no longer confined to entertainment and other unplanned purposes. Rather, it has become the daily life of students, and here the role of educational institutions is highlighted by the necessity to go beyond the educational role to build "digital behavior" by enriching student life. Creative and thoughtful digital.
We want our educational institutions to contribute directly to building the student’s personality in the digital world, so we offer him through our educational platforms new and diverse opportunities that support investing his time in building his personality and enhancing his interaction with his colleagues, as we were before the distance learning stage, we offer students an integrated student life, including what it includes Extracurricular activities, leadership programs, professional and academic guidance, employment fairs, and even recreational activities, we need today to turn this into an interesting digital reality that occupies students' times and helps them to build their personalities and develop themselves, and set their goals for the current and future stages, to take full advantage of this opportunity Knowledge and experience new skills and enhance their careers and future career opportunities.
The student, after completing his classes or his lectures, "Online", our role must continue to communicate with him, through open channels throughout the day, so that he finds himself in front of a vital digital platform that provides him with student and life services remotely, from: psychological guidance and support to overcome challenges, programs Interactive with classmates across student clubs, remote volunteer opportunities, reading and open dialogue platforms, and even academic support centers via remote peer teaching, programs to learn new skills and languages and obtain accredited certificates, as well as opening the way to entertainment content through sports, video games and competitions.
Today, there is an opportunity for educational institutions to creatively enrich students ’lives remotely in a manner that supports the optimal investment of their time, and reflects their responsibility to direct digital behavior of young people and enhance community security.
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