The Ministry of Education, the Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, the Emirates University, Zayed University, the Higher Colleges of Technology, Khalifa University, Fatima Colleges of Health Sciences, and Abu Dhabi Polytechnic have announced their readiness to implement distance education, and schools and universities have obligated students not to work today, and to receive Classes and lectures, from their homes remotely, as a experimental measure starting to implement it permanently after the end of the two-week spring vacation, in implementation of the Ministry of Education’s decision, while more than 50 thousand mobile devices (laptops) were distributed yesterday to students of 151 government schools, in Special Procedures Framework It is implementing it in conjunction with the "distance learning" initiative launched by the Ministry of Education.

In detail, yesterday the Ministry of Education implemented the experimental application of the distance learning initiative for the second cycle students (grades five to eight) in the evening period from five to seven in the evening, while today, Thursday, the experimental application is implemented on secondary school students, where all students of the stage are absent Secondary school to receive education from their homes, and their entire school day begins at a date, but students receive the lessons in their homes, pointing out that every student currently in the secondary circle has a laptop, and the teacher will be following students from the school, where the teachers ’time will be in school and Filleting in their homes, the ministry also provided options for students to receive distance education, whether through a computer or laptop, or iPad or smartphone.

The company "Alif for Education" announced its distribution yesterday, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, more than 50 thousand mobile devices (laptops) to students of 151 government schools, within the framework of the special procedures implemented by it in conjunction with the "distance learning" initiative launched by the Ministry Education.

The company pointed out that the technical teams and its technical support cadres worked to prepare and motivate all students and teachers on the strategies and basics of "distance learning", in an effort to continue the education wheel, and to ensure that students continue to pursue their academic and scientific achievement without interruption, noting the distribution of mobile devices in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Al Ain city and Al Dhafra region, in addition to the Emirate of Fujairah.

For its part, the Higher Colleges of Technology announced the implementation of the experimental stage for smart learning outside the campus for all of its students, where 24 thousand students were logged in to the smart system to attend the lectures using the global Blackboard technologies and video media (video), during the morning period (from 8 To 11 in the morning), and the faculty members provided about 1340 hours of study, which reflected a great commitment and interaction of students on the distance learning system, and an effective response to the experiment, and 64 student complaints received by the colleges were successfully dealt with during the trial period.

The colleges indicated that their students, who numbered about 23 thousand students, began their studies (via distance) according to their regular study schedules, while the faculty members presented their lectures to students via smart platforms from within the colleges.

The Director of the Higher Colleges of Technology Complex, Dr. Abdullatif Al-Shamsi stressed that the colleges implemented the experimental stage of smart learning from outside the campus, and achieved great success in applying them at the level of all students from various programs and specializations, within the framework of an action plan developed for that, during which students were directed and introduced to a mechanism Dealing with this experience, as well as faculty members who gave their lectures from within colleges to students outside the campus, indicating that the development of a smart learning system in colleges has been worked on by colleges during the past few years, and in partnership with Blackboard International, which was done through Here the development of education technology and digital learning, in line with national visions and trends in the application of advanced technology and to enable members of the community of them.

For his part, Vice President of Zayed University, Dr. Michael Wilson said that the Zayed University Center for Educational Innovation began yesterday to provide a one-hour orientation session, to prepare students for a successful experience in distance learning, at different times throughout the day to cover the largest possible number of Faculty members.

Meanwhile, the university's IT department, with the assistance of some faculty members of the College of Technical Innovation, is developing an educational video related to distance learning mechanisms, which will be shared with students during the next few days.

While the UAE University indicated its readiness to implement "distance learning" for undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines, noting that it has launched an extensive campaign and awareness program, during the past days, for faculty and students in preparation for confronting emergencies and crises, and special instructions on distance learning.

Abu Dhabi Technical

The Abu Dhabi Technical and Vocational Education and Training Center announced its implementation, today, of its “smart study” initiative for students from their homes and teachers in the classroom, in all of its secondary and university educational institutions, including the Fatima Colleges of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi Polytechnic, high schools of applied technology, and the Abu Dhabi Education Center And professional development.

"a spider"

"Anabut", the Emirates National Advanced Network for Education and Research, which is managed by Khalifa University of Science and Technology, yesterday announced its readiness and willingness to ensure the continuity of distance learning operations, and to provide smoothness of all network services related to schools and higher education institutions in the country, where the data center in the network Spider quality performance and protection without any interruptions, and it also provides many benefits that include specialized solutions and security without breakdowns or stops around the clock and seven days a week.

The CEO of "Anabut", Fahim Al Nuaimi, said: "Anaboot Cloud Services will ensure continuity of operations through secure and flexible support, which continues throughout the week, around the clock and under any circumstances, to ensure that operations are carried out effectively in cases of distance learning, office services and computerization. Research, and access to various applications ».