Fulfilling its vision to lead the smart learning innovation for re-engineering the future of education aimed at the advancement of individuals, organizations and society, HBMSU is committed to share its expertise and experiences in smart learning.

Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Academic or research
Established : 2002
Education and COVID-19 Response

https://www.hbmsu.ac.ae/about/covid-19-updates

Objectives
Support the equitable continuation of learning
During the COVID-19 pandemic
Strengthen learning systems
For the future
Flagship
Teachers
Supporting and empowering educators

HBMSU launched an online learning platform, Cloud Campus, an innovative solution to provide learning opportunities for everyone. Based on the vast expertise accumulated in the field of e-education, the university aims at empowering educators by developing online training resources to teaching and academic personnel of various levels as well as general public.

In response to the global education emergency caused by COVID-19 outbreak, new crash courses were developed in 5 widely spoken languages to assist teachers in their task to move to remote learning in the context of emergency closures of schools and universities. The crash courses are based on hands-on and learning-by-doing approaches and available in free access on the platform: https://cloudcampus.hbmsu.ac.ae

HBMSU also organizes free webinars for university faculty, school teachers and general public. The webinars are dedicated to various themes, such as smart education, quality management & excellence and other topics related to HBMSU’s areas of expertise.

Regional Focus

Middle East

Countries of Interest

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, Oman

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Commitment

Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) developed unique practices in the field of smart education as well as innovative IT solutions and digital pedagogies. Fulfilling its vision to lead the smart learning innovation for re-engineering the future of education aimed at the advancement of individuals, organizations and society, HBMSU is committed to share its expertise and experiences in smart learning. For this, the university provides its free e-learning resources for teachers as well as continuously organizes free webinars for different target audiences in the field of education.

Action areas

Learner Wellbeing

Learning opportunities

Digital Learning Content

Develop or provide free and contextually appropriate learning content
Build or strengthen learning platforms
Create or enable access to teacher training resources

Capacity Development

Capacity development to support distance learning
Capacity development to support and provide training to teaching staff
Contacts

Primary Contact

Ms. Elena Tarasova

Strategic Affairs Manager

Senior Contact

Mr. Mansoor Al Awar

Chancellor