CAS Digital Learning in Emergencies (2022-23)/module4-Zayed.almansoori

Module 4 - Zayed's page

Introduction This page is the project for model 4 of Digital learning in emergency CAS for Zayed

Overview of the project

This is a project designed to allow Syrian to continue their higher education studies in the national educational institutions of Jordan. The global goal of this project is to support and to enhance knowledge and education of student refugees located in Jordan, by providing to them the proper quality education credits in which they can later on after successfully finishing the program to enrol in the educational institutions of Jordan.

Can you describe the origin of the project

The project “Higher educational platform for all” was created at the beginning of 2014, to serve and to support higher educational for Syrian refugees in Jordan. This project “Educational platform for all” was created by Green Hands organization in Syria, in 2014.

Green Hands (GN) is a community-based organization which was created in 2013 under the name of Hope for Refugee Program, to work with and for Syrian refugees running the civil war in Syria. An organization that aims to encourage Syrian refugees to continue their higher education. On 26 January 2015 Green Hands was recognized by the Jordanian government, registered as a community-based organization. Its main objective is to help and support the education and skills of the Syrian refugees in Jordan, that are Living in the biggest and largest camps in Jordan, and to integrate them into the host country and provide them with different types of assistance they need to cope with life in refugee camps,regarding their higher education.

The project depends on the coordination of different active organs in the field. It depends on the collaboration among the ministry of education in Jordan in Syria, and with the collaboration with UNESCO, Green Hands organization.

Objectives &Outcomes Global: 1. Support knowledge, education for Syrian refugees.

Local: 1. Build digital literacy skills for Syrian refugees. 2. Develop English language for Syrian refugees.

Outcomes: 1. Identify, describe, and apply emerging technologies in teaching and learning environments. 2. Demonstrate knowledge, attitudes, and skills of digital age work and learning. 3. Plan, design, and assess effective learning environments and experiences. 4. Implement curriculum methods and strategies that use technology to maximize student learning. 5. Learners will be able to develop certain skills and knowledge in desired fields of studies, such as law, history, HR, business, and English language. 6. Identify literary techniques and creative uses of language in literary.

textsProject Structure The project will last for 5 - 10 years.

- Courses: in this educational project there are elective materials, and there are obligatory materials, obligatory courses are 3 months long and elective materials are 2 months long.

- In the English language courses, students must have 6 credits of English language course before being able to apply and pass the ILETS exam.

- May and June are for students who have troubles during the academic year and couldn’t pass final exams. In May June and students can have intensive courses and have a final chance to preform and pass final exam one last time.

- Period: The academic year in the educational center is from September until April. o First semester is from September until November, second semester starts on January until March.

- Evaluation: Final exams are held in after the end of the course, usually in December or in April.

- Credit: Students must successfully collect 11 credits in order to finish the program successfully and continue their studies in higher educational intuitions in Jordan.