Center for Learning Support Service, Advising and e-Learning Programs
Center for Learning Support Service, Advising and e-Learning Programs
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Mission
The Center for Learning Support Services, Advising, and eLearning Programs supports the application of the latest theory and research to enhance knowledge instruction and acquisition at AURAK. The Center seeks to contribute to a culture of research-based improvements to best scaffold professors in their instruction and course design, and students in their learning, including the online learning context. The Center also works with faculty to identify ways to enhance academic advising in response to student needs.
Vision
The vision of the Center for Learning Support Services, Advising, and eLearning Programs is to support AURAK in becoming one of the strongest universities in the region, recognized for its culture of student learning, excellent teaching, and related scholarship and research.
 Goals
- Identify and respond to the dynamic nature of student needs and learning
- Research and highlight best practice in teaching and learning internationally and on the AURAK campus.
- Support and scaffold professors in their teaching and students in their learning.
- Design and create course content and test the enhancement of student learning.
- Train and tutor faculty in pedagogy through open and certified courses.
- Search for and contribute to research funding that supports teaching and learning.
- Support the enhancement of advising at AURAK
Center’s Director
- Bryn Holmes – Director
Dr. Bryn Holmes knew from an early age that she wanted to travel the world and discover as much as she could for as long as she could. Â She has always loved challenges and so has a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. She loves the chance to do things in new ways and thus has published a book on e-learning. She enjoys different cultures and has taught and researched for over 15 years in Ireland, the UK, Japan, Canada and now the UAE at AURAK.
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