Venue

Zayed University, Dubai Campus – Conference Center

Time

Conference Room 1

Conference Room 2

8:30-10:00

Light Breakfast and Refreshments - Foyer

9:30-3:00

Celebration of Faculty Scholarship

Poster Exhibits

10:00-10:30

Session 1

Catherine Nickerson¹, Valerie Priscilla Goby¹, & Chrysi Rapanta²

¹ Zayed University, UAE

² Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Mobile or Not? Assessing the Instructional Value of Mobile Learning

Session 10

Michael Bowles

Zayed University, UAE

The Impact of Using a Vocabulary-Learning App on the Vocabulary Development of Emirati Learners

10:30-11:00

Session 2

Robyn Albers & Angela Elsmore

Zayed University, UAE

Teaching Business Communication Through PBL to Increase Depth of Learning with Emirati Students

Session 11

Eltigani Hamed & Nada Rabie

Zayed University, UAE

Modifying the Process of Instructing Students on Academic Writing

11:00-11:30

Session 3

Cindy Gunn

American University of Sharjah, UAE

Group Projects in Foundation Electrical Engineering Courses: Do they Help, Harm or Make No Difference to the Students’ Learning Experience?

Session 12

Zoe Hurley, Nalan Kerr, & Michelle Antero

Zayed University, UAE

WoW: Window on the World: Academic Reading Circles and Augmented Reality Apps for Deeper, Richer Reading

11:30-12:00

Session 4

Edward Carlstedt & Jonathan Turner

Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE

Autonomous Learning Through Group Meetings

Session 13

Jase Moussa-Inaty, Mark Causapin, & Timothy Groombridge

Zayed University, UAE

Is Language or Mode of Instruction more Important when Learning how to Solve Mathematical Word Problems? A Cognitive Load Perspective

12:00-12:30

Session 5

Sarah Hopkyns & Timothy Nicoll

Zayed University, UAE

Action Research on Emirati Vocabulary Learning Preferences

Session 14

Shashidhar Belbase

Zayed University, UAE

Exploring the Impact of Individual Consultations on Students’ Learning of Mathematics at College Level

12:30-1:30

Lunch – Conference Center Foyer

Time

Conference Room 1

Conference Room 2

1:30-2:00

Session 6

Robert Bohning & Erik Thornquist

Zayed University, UAE

Mobile Technology, Error Correction, and Multiple Literacies: Teachers Using Quip to Improve Writing

Session 15

Nada Rabie¹ & Nihal Hamed Rabie²

¹ Zayed University, UAE

² Al HOSN University, UAE

Effects of Using Jigsaw in Teaching Higher Education Courses

2:00-2:30

Session 7

Guy Meredith

Zayed University, UAE

Using Mobile Technology to Encourage Student Dialogue in Computer-Mediated Collaborative Writing

Session 16

Mouhamad Mouhanna

UAE University, UAE

Conducting Action Research in the Workplace

2:30-3:00

Session 8

Senem Donanci

Zayed University, UAE

Using ‘Exploratory Talk’ in a Mobile Learning Enhanced Academic Writing Course

Session 17

Troy Priest, Afaf Al Bataineh, Scott Benson, David Palfreyman, & Fayez Sayed

Zayed University, UAE

Developing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills: A Cross-Disciplinary Community of Practice

3:00-3:30

Session 9

Nayyer Chandella

Lahore College for Women University, Pakistan

Empowering Women through Critical Education: Challenges of Implementing Critical Pedagogy in Language Education in UAE Higher Education

3:30 -

Final Comments and Coffee