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Preliminary Conference Program

Monday Oct. 31, 2011

8:30-9:00	Registration
9:00-9:30	Welcome Address
9:00-9:30	Professor Bassem Kaissi – HEIC 2011 General Chair Professor Hatem Alamy – HEIC 2011 Host Chair His Excellency Professor Hassan Diab – Lebanese Minister of Education & Higher Education.
9:30-10:00	Coffee Break
10:00-10:20	Keynote Address I Professor Achim Hopbach – President – European Association for Quality Assurance in higher Education (ENQA).
10:30-11:30	Session I: Quality Assurance & Accreditation in Higher Education. Session Chair : Professor Ahmad Jammal – Director General for Higher Education in Lebanon Development of Institutional Accreditation Model: Case of Estonia Professor Maiki Udam Estonian Higher Education Quality Agency – Estonia A Quality Assurance Guide for Arab Universities Professor Mohammed Al Subu Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission – Palestine
11:35-12:45	Session II: Assessment Methodologies and Rubrics in Higher Education. Session Chair : Professor Amer Helwani – Lebanese University Utilizing KPIs in Evaluating Academic Programs Professor Shaker Rizk Suez Canal University – Egypt The Implications of Constructivism for Rubric Design and Use Professor Al Mothana Gasaymeh Al Hussein Bin Talal University – Jordan A model for Program Evaluation in a Student Centered Undergraduate MBBS program at Alfaisal University Professors Khaled Kattan – Wael Kattan and Ahmed Yaqinuddin Al Faisal University – Saudi Arabia.
12:45-1:40	Lunch (for registered participants)
1:45-2:45	Session III: Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Session Chair : Professor Nizam Najd – Modern University for Business and Science Using Innovative Financial Approaches to sustain your School. Mr. Alan Yngve Yngve Associates ( USA ) Entrepreneurship Education outside the Classroom: Consultant-client interaction and entrepreneurial learning Professor Stephen Malone Staffordshire University (UK)
2:50-3:50	Session IV: Lifelong Learning , Industry Partnerships , and service to Society. Session Chair : Professor Mounir Mabsut – American University of Beirut A community Collaborative to Educate Peer recovery coaches . Professor Chad Audi MaryGrove College – USA التعليم المتواصل ومتطلبات الحياة العصرية Professor Ounis Abdel Majid Université de la Formation Continue ( UFC)- Algeria
3:55-5:00	Session V: Technology in Higher Education Session Chair : Professor Abdullah Zoubi – Princess Sumaya University of Technology Quality Measures, Human Factor and Failures of E-learning Professor Krzysztof Gurba Pontifical University of John Paul II– Poland فاعلية برنامج تدريبي قائم على على منحى النظم في إكتساب مهارتي تصميم القطع التعليمية الإلكترونية وإنتاجها لدى طلبة كليات العلوم التربوية في الأردن. Professor Mustapha Jwaifell Al – Hussein Bin Talal University – Jordan دور البنية التحتية في تفعيل وتسهيل خدمات الإدارة الإلكترونية في المؤسسات الجامعية Dr. Abdallah Belouanas – Dr. Amina Kedaifa Boumerdes University – Algeria
5:05-6:00	Session VI : Technology in Higher Education Session Chair : Professor Imad Elhajj – American University of Beirut Using Technology to Bring Real time Global experience to your Own Classroom Professor Rosina Chia & Professor Elmer Poe East Carolina University – USA Institutions of Higher Education : Optimizing Your Security Spending , Efficiency and Effectiveness and Achieve Measurable ROI Mr. John DiMaria – President – HISPI - USA
8:00	Dinner in Downtown Beirut (by invitation)

Tuesday Nov. 1, 2011

9:00-9:20	Keynote Address II Professor Sultan Abu Orabi - Secretary General - Association of Arab Universities.
9:20-9:45	Coffee Break
9:50-11:10	Session VII: Quality Assurance & Accreditation in Higher Education Session Chair : Professor Charbel El Kfoury – Lebanese University- Lebanon. Key Findings from a Quality Review ( Using a Thematic Review of Methodology ) of Academic Supports for Students : an Irish Case Study. Professor Roy Ferguson University College Dublin – Ireland نحو نظام فاعل للإعتماد المؤسسي : دروس مستقاة من تجربة سلطنة عمان . Dr. Salim Razvi / Fakhriya Al Habsi /Dr. Ali Al Hassnawi/Tess Goodliff Oman Academic Accreditation Authority. Sharing Approaches to a Shared Goal: Establishing a Quality Assurance System at Salahaddin University Mrs. Kate Quantrell – Coventry University – UK Dr. Jaafar Khiddir – Salahaddin University – Erbil - Iraq
11:15-12:15	Session VIII: Internationalization in Higher Education / International HE projects Session Chair : Professor Aref Soufi – National Tempus Office Coordinator - Lebanon. AlTair TEMPUS Project : Progress and Challenges Professor Nizar Ayadi University of Alicante - Spain Entrepreneurship Education – the progress of ASPIRE TEMPUS project Professor Ian Jackson Staffordshire University – UK Wheelers: An Achievement of the LHEM Tempus project Professor Fatima-Zahra Iflahen – Cadi ayyad University – Morocco Professor Maria Pia Circella – University of Bari - Italy.
12:20-1:10	Session IX: Quality Assurance & Accreditation in Higher Education Session Chair : Professor Souhail Matar – Notre Dame University – Lebanon معايير الإعتماد العام والخاص لمؤسسات التعليم العالي في الأردن Professor Amal Majali / Professor Kafa Nawaisseh Balqa Applied University – Jordan Web-Based Solution for Auditing the University Course files to Close Quality Control Loop “ A Case Study” Professor Samy Sidky Canadian University of Dubai – UAE
1:10-2:00	Lunch (for registered participants).
2:00-3:30	Session X: Role of Global Universities in Regional Development /Effective Higher Education Governance . Session Chair : Professor Sobhi Abou Chahine – Beirut Arab University Guiding Regional Development through Higher Education : Government Oversight in the United Arab Emirates Professor Joice Priya / Professor Daniel Kratochvil University of Wollongong in Dubai – UAE مداخل تنظيم وإدارة مؤسسات التعليم العالي العربية المعاصرة Professor Abderahmane Ben Antar Boumerdes University – Algeria دراسة عمليات اصلاح التعليم العالي في الجامعات العراقية Professor Ghaleb Abdelwahab Ali/ Professor Riyad Naji Ali/ Professor Ilham youssef Ali Babylon University – Iraq Tearing Me Into Two : Working for KU Professor Shariffah Zamoon Kuwait University – Kuwait
3:35-4:30	Session XI: Research, Development, and Innovation in Higher Education Session Chair : Professor Nashaat Mansour – Lebanese American University Introducing Individual Proposals in the Context of Collective Values Professor Maria Duda / Professor Ioana Voloaca Spiru Haret University – Romania الاستراتيجيات المعرفية الشائعة لتنظيم الانفعالات لدى عينة من طلبة الجامعات الاردنية في ضوء متغيرات النوع والجامعة والتخصص Professor Samer abdel Hadi – Arab Open University - Jordan Professor Amjad Abou Jadi – Al-Ahliyya Amman University - Jordan Challenges of Higher Education in Jordan : Forecasting the Additional Needs Professor Mohamed Ajlouni Arab Open University – Jordan
4:35-5:30	Session XII: Research, Development, and Innovation in Higher Education Session Chair : Professor Karim Nasr – University of Balamand The Knowledge Ecosystem of King Saud University Professor Hamad Al-Sheikh Professor Saad Haj Bakry King Saud University – Saudi Arabia Integrated Outcome-Based Curriculum Professor Najlaa Mashaal Beirut Arab University – Lebanon
8:00	Conference Dinner (by invitation).

Wednesday Nov. 2 , 2011

Full day excursion including lunch