The University of Jordan (UJ) President, Prof. Nathir Obeidat, patronised today, the launching ceremony of the Educational Content Digitization Project and the introduction of the Digital Educational Content Management System.
The event was attended by the university’s vice presidents, deans of schools, heads of departments, and coordinators of digital content courses, along with the Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Dr. Raed Al-Taher, and the Director of the Digitization Project, Dr. Ali Al-Azzam.
During the ceremony, Obeidat emphasized that managing digital educational content is a complex task, requiring several key factors: appropriate content for e-learning, a strong digital environment and network infrastructure, and a well-structured approach to content management, ensuring linguistic accuracy and cybersecurity to protect against distortion or misuse.
He further stated that knowledge is constantly evolving, and what is taught today may not be relevant forever. Therefore, it is crucial to keep pace with advancements and prepare students optimally for the job market by fostering interaction between students, teachers, and learning materials. He stressed the importance of utilising technology and artificial intelligence to strengthen the university’s leadership in innovation and excellence.
In turn, Al-Taher highlighted the university administration's strong support for this project, recognizing the urgent need to adapt to the technological revolution. The initiative includes upgrading classrooms into interactive learning spaces and continuously enhancing digital content quality while focusing on the core pillars of the educational process.
For his part, Al-Azzam outlined the project's objectives, including converting traditional lectures into interactive content to enhance the learning experience and improve student engagement, establishing a comprehensive digital reference library, developing students' critical thinking skills and empowering faculty members in digital education, and driving digital transformation in academic programs with modern and interactive approaches, aligned with global best practices.
He also revealed that 23 undergraduate courses and two postgraduate courses have already been digitized, with a total of 380 courses proposed for digitization this semester.