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Community service program

Developing a community service program offered by the department to faculty members in the department, the college, and the university.
Organizing and participating in many meetings, seminars, and forums that support the integration of technology in teaching and learning.
Enhancing local, regional, and international cooperation with some universities in training and scientific research
Supporting digital transformation in the educational process by converting some of the department's courses (elective university courses) into complete electronic courses.
The department has many collaborations and consultations (e.g., the Center for Educational Technology, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and the Center Centre for Community Service & Continuing Education, and the Ministry of Education).
The department made some efforts to market its program and provide job opportunities for its graduates
- The department has partner with potential employers to offer internship, this help marketing our program and providing job opportunities for our graduates.
- The department organized a series of workshops on the sidelines of the training and employment opportunities exhibition.
- The department communicated with the Center for Career Guidance at SQU and the Ministry of Labor regarding including the job title of our graduates in the jobs that are announced annually.

Community Service

Research-Driven Teaching: Exploring Action Research in Higher Education, A workshop presentation for CETL, SQU, 28 November 2024
Evaluative judgment and self-regulation in higher education, Presented to Kuwait University, 11-15 February 2024
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): Teaching as research, A presentation to Kuwait University, 11-15 February 2024

Workshop entitled “Group Dynamics Influences on Collaboration, Communication and Problem Solving’’, Sohar University, Sultanate of Oman, January 8, 2025
Workshop entitled "Evaluation tools for Active Learning and Student Engagement", Dhofar University, Sultanate of Oman, April 22, 2025.

Outcome-based learning objectives: A lecture for the new faculty at SQU, September 12, 2023.
Teaching Science and Math Online: Best practices of e-learning in Higher Education, November 24, 2020 (International College of Engineering & Management/ Muscat).

A workshop entitled: "Emerging Technologies", September 12, 2024.
Article titled: The Concept of Digital Learning and the Digital Divide, Issue: No. 65, Iqra’a Magazine, Page 6, March 27, 2025.

Presenting a workshop entitled: "University email management" to faculty members, September 9, 2024.
Presenting a workshop entitled: "Developing Teaching Strategies Using Artificial Intelligence Edcafe" to faculty members, February 13, 2025.
Technology Awareness Program for Schools entitled: "Production of electronic concept maps", November 13, 2024.
Technology Awareness Program for Schools entitled: "Google Education Services", November 14, 2024.
Technology Awareness Program for Schools entitled: "How to prepare and produce interactive lessons", May 1, 2024.
Technology Awareness Program for Schools entitled: "Production of interactive educational videos", April 18, 2024.

Presenting a workshop entitled "Systematic Review Using Eppi-Reviewer" for faculty members, November 24, 2021.
Presenting a workshop entitled "New Emerging Technologies Virtual & Augmented Reality in Education" for faculty members, February 22, 2022.
Presenting a workshop entitled "Emerging Technologies" for faculty members, November 6, 2022.
Presenting a workshop entitled "Active Learning and Emergent Technologies" for faculty members, May 4, 2023.
Presenting a workshop entitled "How to Write Systematic Literature Review Using Eppi-Reviewer" for faculty members, October 18, 2024.
Presenting a workshop entitled "The Future of Assessment in Technology-Rich Environments" for faculty members, September 9, 2024.
Presenting a workshop entitled "The Future of Assessment in Technology-Rich Environments" for faculty members, November 10, 2024.
Article entitled: "A Systemic Design-Based Approach", 2022.
Article entitled: "The first-aid kit for emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic", 2020.

Workshop entitled: "Future Technology Techniques", February 15, 2024.
Displaying electronic courses for the College of Education departments to display models of courses that have been converted remotely.
Presenting a workshop entitled "Transforming Courses to a Blended Learning Format" for the College of Banking and Financial Studies, September 26, 2024.
Workshop entitled: "Active learning practices in curricula", October 23, 2024.
Workshop entitled: "Empowering Omani women in the digital world", October 8, 2024.
Workshop entitled: "Converting courses to blended learning mode", September 11, 2024.
Workshop entitled "Designing Curricula using Blended Learning" University of Technology and Applied Sciences (Rustaq College), November 12, 2024.
Presentation of a working paper entitled "Emerging Technologies in Education", February 28, 2024.

Presenting a workshop entitled "Designing electronic questionnaires to collect data" to faculty members, September 11, 2024.
Presenting a workshop entitled "Using Google tools in academic advising" to faculty members, December 18, 2024.

A workshop entitled "Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Predicting Future Research Trends" for the Department of Psychology, March 13, 2025.
"Insights from Faculty and Students on AI Assessment Practices: Threat or Opportunity?", presented at the "AI in Action: Revolutionizing Daily Life and Physics Applications" workshop, College of Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, February 27, 2025.

Presenting a workshop entitled "Google applications in the administrative and technical process" to faculty members, October 22-24, 2024.
Presenting a workshop entitled "Best practices for using artificial intelligence in education" to faculty members, October 9, 2024.
Presenting a workshop entitled "Moodle properties in the educational process and e-course design" to faculty members, March 15, 2025.
Summer program for school students in coordination with the Community Service Center, July 10, 2024.