ELearning and Its Applications in Egypt

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E-Learning and Its Applications in Egypt

• Magda B. Fayek
• Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering
• Computer Eng. Dept.

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Challenges and Implications in Developing
  Countries
• E-Learning in Egypt
• Conclusion
• References

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1. Introduction

• Internet-related technologies have fueled
  extensive efforts in the areas of education and
  professional development.
• The Classical Learning Model
• ? Limitations of both time and physical space.
• The New Learning Model
• E-Learning

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1. Introduction

• What is E-Learning?
• The delivery of learning, training or
  education programs by electronic means.

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1. Introduction

• Implies

• Using the Internet or
• Web-based learning model.

• - Using CD-ROM and DVD to provide
• learning materials.

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1. Introduction

• Two different utilizations of the web
• Static Web Content
• Posting lecture slides, announcements,
  organizational material ..etc.
• Dynamic/Interactive Web Content
• Virtual class, utilization of audio, video and
• Animations, Cooperative Learning

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1. Introduction

• E-Learning ? A solution to National Specific
  Problems

• Over-crowded classrooms.
• High price of traditional educational books.
• Soaring prices of private tutors
• Chance for handicapped special needs students.
• Transportation Problems.
• Adult education specialized training.
• Chance for talented students
• Active participation in the International
  educational community.
• Enhancing the level of national education and
  graduates.

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Challenges and Implications in Developing
  Countries
• E-Learning in Egypt
• Conclusion
• References

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2. Challenges and Implications in Developing
Countries

• Major emerging challenge is (Unesco, 2003)
• Design of a Content which can be used locally,
  nationally and internationally
• The creation of a stock of programmers

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2. Challenges and Implications in Developing
Countries

• Economic problems
• Initial system development and installation
• Maintenance
• Training
• Quality control
• Continuing development

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Challenges and Implications on Developing
  Countries,
• E-Learning in Egypt
• Conclusion
• References

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3. E-Learning in Egypt

• Examples of e-learning projects taking
• place in Egypt
• Ministry of Education MOE
• Ministry of Higher Education MOHE
• Other Projects
• Graduation Projects at CUFE

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3. E-Learning in Egypti- Ministry of Education

• Conversion of text books to interactive CD-ROMs
• Virtual Classroom Pilot - licensing agreement
  with Centra Software (Siemens partner in Egypt)

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3. E-Learning in Egypti- Ministry of Education

• Siemens Solution for MoE
• Bringing virtually school students with MoE
  Experts through live sessions
• Online/offline Standard Content Delivery
• Professional Interaction with existing resources
• Efficient bandwidth utilization
• 24X7 online tracking and evaluation
• Innovative content creation tools

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3. E-Learning in Egypti- Ministry of Education
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3. E-Learning in Egypti- Ministry of Education

• EMS Solution (Egyptian for Modern Systems)
• Asynchronous web-based distance-education
• Synchronous online interactive classroom
• School management information system
• Bilingual Electronic library

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3. E-Learning in Egypti- Ministry of Education
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3. E-Learning in Egypti- Ministry of Education

• EMS Solution (Egyptian for Modern Systems)
• currently installing the system on the school
  server of 4 schools in Mid and Upper Egypt that
  is expected to start operation early next year.
• In addition to 3 new schools have contracted for
  the system in Cairo

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3. E-Learning in Egypt

• Examples of e-learning projects taking
• place in Egypt
• Ministry of Education MOE
• Ministry of Higher Education MOHE
• Other Projects
• Graduation Projects at CUFE

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3. E-Learning in Egyptii- Ministry of Higher
Education

• Twelve Governmental Universities
• Six Private Universities

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3. E-Learning in Egyptii- Ministry of Higher
Education

• Cairo University- http//www.cu.edu.eg
• Open University Distance Learning System enables
  students to enroll in courses, on a
  teach-yourself basis using specially designed
  books, audio-visual aids and regular
  appointments with teachers.
• Tutorials on CDs

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3. E-Learning in Egyptii- Ministry of Higher
Education

• Military Technical Collage (Siemens solution)
• Bringing virtually students with MTC Professors
  through live sessions
• High interactive utility features
• Recorded sessions availability and Indexed
  Playback features
• Digital content archiving

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3. E-Learning in Egyptii- Ministry of Higher
Education

• German University (GUC) (Siemens solution)
• Bringing live industry to education
• Improving training programs
• Engaging with German Universities
• Archiving content materials
• Simulations

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3. E-Learning in Egyptii- Ministry of Higher
Education

• American University (AUC)
• WebCT as a learning Management System
• Center for helping faculty members convert their
  materials to web-friendly format

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3. E-Learning in Egypt

• Examples of e-learning projects taking
• place in Egypt
• Ministry of Education MOE
• Ministry of Higher Education MOHE
• Other Projects
• Graduation Projects at CUFE

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3. E-Learning in Egyptiii- Other Projects

• RITSEC (Regional Information Technology and
  Software Engineering Center)
• Arab Open University
• Partners for a competitive Egypt (PfCE)

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3. E-Learning in Egyptiii- Other Projects 1.
RITSEC

• Established in January 1992 as a regional,
  non-profit organization,
• A joint project between the  United Nations
  Development Program (UNDP), the Arab Fund for
  Economic and Social Development (AFESD) and is
  hosted by the Government of  Egypt-the Cabinet
  Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC)
• leaders in e-learning space in Egypt

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3. E-Learning in Egyptiii- Other Projects 1.
RITSEC

• Provides technical, professional and
  developmental services to the agencies,
  institutions and governmental organizations in
  the Arab Region.
• Fosters ACE (Arab Cyber E-Learning), an
  off-the-shelf content provider, with web-based
  training courses and a user friendly bilingual
  interface

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3. E-Learning in Egypt iii- Other Projects
1. RITSEC

• RITSEC E-Learning programs
• Arab Child of the 21st Century - Little Horus-
  http//www.horus.ics.org.eg
• Regional Distance Learning Program

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3. E-Learning in Egypt iii- Other Projects
1. RITSEC

• Little Horus
• first Egyptian web-site for children under 20
• launched in June 1997, in Arabic and English
• with more than 300 pages of information and
• illustrations covering the successive eras of
  
• Egypt's civilization
• as well as an entertainment section

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3. E-Learning in Egypt iii- Other Projects
1. RITSEC
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3. E-Learning in Egypt iii- Other Projects
1. RITSEC

• Regional Distance Learning Program
• The Global Campus
• development and delivery of tailored academic
  web-based postgraduate first-rate educational
  Programs
• LearnNet
• LearnNet connects instructors and students
  on-line using state-of-the art technology.
• It involves  utilizing videoconferencing based
  communication tools and techniques to deliver
  education and professional development to
  participating  Arab countries. 

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3. E-Learning in Egyptiii- Other Projects

• RITSEC (Regional Information Technology and
  Software Engineering Center)
• Arab Open University
• Partners for a competitive Egypt

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3. E-Learning in Egypt iii- Other Projects
2. Arab Open University (AOU)

• Offers degrees via distance learning in an
  environment of supported open learning.
• Relies on course lectures laid out in
  well-prepared textbooks and supporting media such
  as audio and video cassettes, CD-ROMS and
  websites (Internet-based)

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3. E-Learning in Egyptiii- Other Projects

• RITSEC (Regional Information Technology and
  Software Engineering Center)
• Arab Open University
• Partners for a competitive Egypt (PfCE)

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3. E-Learning in Egypt iii- Other Projects 3.
Partners for a Competitive Egypt

• Implemented by Pal-Tech, Inc., it is a
  USAID-funded project designed to improve the
  competitiveness of Egypts workforce Regional
  Distance Learning Program
• Instructing teachers in computer literacy and
  enhancing the learning environment through the
  use of technology.

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3. E-Learning in Egypt

• Examples of e-learning projects taking
• place in Egypt
• Ministry of Education MOE
• Ministry of Higher Education MOHE
• Other Projects
• Graduation Projects at CUFE

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3. E-Learning in Egypt iv- Graduation Projects
at CUFE

• 3D Virtual Class, a first class Graduation
  Project
• Cairo Virtual Campus, Adaptive Tutoring System
  following International Metadata Standards
• Teach Me to Read, an Adaptive Tutorial for
  Dyslexic Children in Arabic

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3. E-Learning in Egyptiv- Graduation Projects
at CUFE 1. 3D Virtual Class -
http//www.virtual-class.biz/

• Simulates the real classrooms, where everything
  that was available in the classroom is modeled in
  the 3D software
• You can see the teacher writing on the
  blackboard!
• you can watch your colleagues chatting!
• you can even raise your hand to ask a question!

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3. E-Learning in Egyptiv- Graduation Projects
at CUFE 1. 3D Virtual Class -
http//www.virtual-class.biz/
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3. E-Learning in Egyptiv- Graduation Projects
at CUFE 1. 3D Virtual Class -
http//www.virtual-class.biz/
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3. E-Learning in Egypt iv- Graduation Projects
at CUFE

• 3D Virtual Class, a first class Graduation
  Project
• Cairo Virtual Campus, Adaptive E-Learning
  following International Metadata Standards
• Teach Me to Read, an Adaptive Tutorial for
  Dyslexic Children

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3. E-Learning in Egyptiv- Graduation Projects
at CUFE 2. Cairo Virtual Campus

• An Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) that shows
  responsiveness to different student behaviors,
  acting like a private tutor.
• It follows IMS Organization standards for
  Web-Based learning.

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3. E-Learning in Egypt iv- Graduation Projects
at CUFE

• 3D Virtual Class, a first class Graduation
  Project
• Cairo Virtual Campus, Adaptive E-Learning
  following International Metadata Standards
• Teach Me to Read, an Adaptive Tutorial for
  Dyslexic Children

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3. E-Learning in Egyptiv- Graduation Projects
at CUFE 3. Teach Me to Read

• An Arabic Web-Based Intelligent Tutoring System
  for Children with Special Learning Disabilities
  (Dyslexia)
• Adaptation with respect to gender, and learning
  model and age

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Challenges and Implications on Developing
  Countries
• E-Learning in Egypt
• Conclusion
• References

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4. Conclusion

• Rita Kurl, ICT- learn 2004, The third
  International Internet Education Conference,
  Cairo Egypt, states
• Egyptian Teachers have overcome Cultural
  Barriers for Creating, Exchanging, and Re-using
  Digital Learning Objects

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4. Conclusion

• Case Study on Students
• Fears
• I may not be that good in self-study
• I need interactive life explanation,
  communication, discussion and immediate response
• It would be boring and sleepy to feel alone
  during the whole course

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4. Conclusion

• To E .. ?
• or not to E .... ?
• THAT is the Question!

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4. Conclusion

• Case Study on Students (cont.)
• Advantages
• Now, my relatively weak English is not that
  stressful where I dont need interactive
  interpretation and live dialogs
• I have plenty of time to read the session
  materials and tutorials and not limited to 45
  minutes
• In fact, I have interesting experience of
  communicating with my classmates through course
  bulletin board and/or personal Emails. This way
  you can know people inside before you are
  affected with the first impression of the people
  outside.
• Im in control of my convenient time where I
  often used to start my session after midnight.

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• Thank You

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5. References

• Implications of Open Courseware on Developing
  Countries, Tarek G. Shawki Regional CI Advisor
  Arab States at UNESCO, 2003
• E-learning benefits in third world countries and
  the related issues, presentation prepared by
  EMS, 2004
• Findings - e-Learning Projects in Egypt, USAID
  report
• www.emoe.org MOE Virtual Class Pilot
• http//www.schoolsonline.org/whatwedo/egypt.htm,
  Schools Online
• http//www.cyberlearning-arab.com/acesite/index.ht
  ml
• http//www.sis.gov.eg/online/html/o090899a.htm,
  Suzanne Mubarak Center for Science Exploration

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5. References (cont.)

• http//www.cu.edu.eg/, Cairo University
• http//www.arabou.org/mainpge.htm, Arab Open
  University
• http//www.aucegypt.edu, American University
• http//www.aast.edu/, Arab Academy for Science
  and Technology and Marine Transport
• http//www.pfc-egypt.com, Partners for a
  Competitive Egypt