SocialSciencesandSustainableDevelopment
Fourth International Conference of the College of Arts and Social Sciences
Social Sciences and Sustainable Development: Challenges, Experiences, and Alternatives
College of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
24 - 22 February 2021
Reimagine Teaching to Maximize Student Learning Conference
Deep radical and urgent transformation is required in higher education to prepare students for the highly competitive21st-century global market (Institute for Public Policy Research, 2013).
The purpose of the conference is to exchange transformative research and innovative classroom practices that will lead us to reimagine teaching to maximize student learning. Scholarly evidence shows that active learning and redesigned learning spaces result in the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills. In addition, classroom-based research documents successful academic practices that enhance student learning.
Scholarly evidence shows that active learning and redesigned learning spaces result in the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills. In addition, classroom-based research documents successful academic practices that enhance student learning.
The conference program includes a pre-conference workshop. The first day starts with an opening ceremony followed by a keynote speaker and parallel presentation sessions. The second and third days begin with a keynote speaker followed by parallel sessions and conclude with a panel session. Alongside, the conference, there will be exhibitions of international publishers, learning catalytics and learning spaces infrastructure.
The conference is designed to foster partnerships among educational researchers and faculty focused on the education matrix: curriculum, teaching, student learning, learning space design, authentic assessment and SOTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning).
The conference is organized by the Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) of Sultan Qaboos University.
- How do we transform our teaching to develop 21st-century skills in our learners?
- How do we demonstrate the effectiveness of our teaching strategies to maximise learning?
- How do we motivate our students to learn?
- How do we transform the learning space to maximise learning?
- How do we foster collaboration to enhance student learning
Resuscitation & Research Conference 2020 (3rd Chapter) by Emergency Medicine Department
Resuscitation & Research Conference 2020 is organized by Emergency Medicine Department of Sultan Qaboos University Hospital. It is a conference on care of the critically ill & injured patients will be conducted on April 5-6 April 2020. The conference aims to foster the latest development in the resuscitation field. Resuscitation of critically ill patients is essential to improve the chance of survival and care of patients is the most critical moments of life. In addition to promote research culture in the field of emergency medicine and resuscitation. The conference is aiming to foster researchers cutting edge innovative ideas.
Counselling and Guidance Department
Psychological counseling and all its different forms, represent the main mechanism for the development of any country. Since its establishment in 1999, the Student Counseling Center at Sultan Qaboos University aims to provide services that meet students’ counseling needs, and that helps enhance students attain their psychological, social and academic goals. It also seeks to continuously develop and improve its services to both the individual and to society. In the light of the rapid progress, openness of knowledge and the pace of development and planning for a better future in the psychological counseling field and all its different forms, the conference seeks to address the challenges of that openness and the different counseling needs in both governmental and private institutions. Moreover, the Student Counseling Center seeks to apply modern technology in relation to developmental and preventative counseling programs.
First ICFMP 2018
Oman’s diverse climate offers a variety of habitats for wildlife including mountains, valleys, deserts, coastal plains and sea coasts. Over one thousand species of plants have been recorded in Oman. The most famous is the Boswellia sacra, the frankincense tree. Indeed, frankincense is one of the most evocative expressions of Oman’s vibrant heritage and culture. Given the increasing interest in discovering new drugs from medicinal plants in general and from frankincense in particular, coupled with the need to better link academia with industry, it is important to highlight the recent advances in this area.This inaugural conference aims to promote an exchange of knowledge and information about medicinal plants and frankincense to establish linkages between producers and consumers of natural products worldwide. It also offers an opportunity to introduce delegates to new developments and breakthroughs in many disciplines related to these areas. The conference further aims to contribute to increased production, underline the industrial and environmental value of Omani’s natural products, and highlight recent medical and scientific discoveries.