Continuing Education Center (CEC) at University of Technology has started delivering the second unit (Instructional Design), as part of the Teaching Methods project towards blended learning according to the updated curriculum, which began on Thursday 5/12/2024 and will continue until 27/2/2025 with the participation of (148) trainees holding higher degrees (PhD and Master's), distributed across the center's halls and the University of Technology's departments.
The director of Continuing Education Center, Dr. Ahmed Adnan Abdul Jabbar, stated that University of Technology has opened (6) scientific specializations in the fields: medical - engineering – applied sciences - educational - humanities - administrative, emphasizing that those accepted in the course are members of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research from governmental and private universities, the Ministry of Education, the Police College in the Ministry of Interior, and the Sunni and Shiite endowments.
The course aims to teach methods for blended learning according to the updated curriculum to acquire a set of presentation and delivery skills, as well as designing education and how to provide feedback and use modern teaching strategies, as well as addressing the ethics of the teaching profession and its quality, and finally scientific research methods. It is worth noting that the center will hold another course in March 2025 with the participation of specialized trainers accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.