All of the articles in this proceedings volume have been presented at the HCT International General Education Conference on October 5, 2022 in Dubai, UAE. These articles have been peer reviewed by the members of the editorial committee and approved by the Editor-in-Chief, who affirms that this document...

Today, Information and communication technologies have exponential growth in our daily life, where access to vast amounts of information is now available with ease. Today’s generation of students has grown up with these technologies. To create an effective interactive classroom that meets the needs of...

The concept of international exchange of students, in person or virtually, is in existence for several decades and the benefits and challenges of such exchange programs are extensively discussed in the literature. However, the literature is limited to the students’ exchange programs for language courses...

Flipped classroom approach has been recently used in high education institutions in the UAE. The rationale for using the flipped classroom approach is to increase students’ self-reliance and encourage them to take responsibility for their own learning. However, the flipped classroom has received some...

This cross-sectional research paper aims to evaluate the main challenges of remote assessments during COVID-19 in one of the UAE government colleges. The remote assessment challenges I am targeting in the papers are (1) academic honesty (2) technical issues and (3) measuring students’ performance. I...

This theory driven chapter documents a robust assessment strategy for writing in English that makes innovative use of technology and Rasch analysis to ensure highly efficient administration and fair and accurate grading of student work. The assessment strategy is flexible for both face to face and off...

For over a decade the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has supported an Emiratization initiative designed to employ UAE nationals in a meaningful manner in both the public and private sectors. Utilizing this skilled Emirati labour pool is key to the country’s development and its prioritization is reflected...

Digital education is the innovative use of digital tools and technologies during teaching and learning, and is often referred to as Technology Enhanced Learning The technologies and practices that have developed over the last decade have been heralded as opportunities to transform both online and traditional...

Current study aims to identify online learner-content interaction style of Emirati students under the circumstances of unforeseen events. This investigation would help improve learning experience and academic success of Arab students in online media of instruction where online studies is the only option...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is having an impact on every aspect of contemporary life. Artificial intelligence (AI) is being increasingly widely used in an effort to imitate human cognitive abilities via applications that make people's lives simpler and more efficient. Artificial intelligence is...

Choosing the right digital educational tools is essential to achieving successful outcomes in the delivery of an academic course. Elements to be considered in choosing a particular course include the ease of navigation, student interface, feedback mechanisms, assessment and grading options and the ability...

This study investigates the role of dialogic interactions in second language writing classrooms in an English-medium university in the UAE. Expanding Bakhtin’s (1981) concept of dialogism, the study further compares two different modes of dialogic interactions, online and offline (or face-to-face), between...

There is an undeniable link between student language proficiency and mathematical performance. In institutions such as ours in the UAE, the medium of instruction is English, which poses a further layer of complexity for Emirati students in developing mathematical skills. How can math teachers overcome...

In her 2018 Nobel Prize lecture, Olga Tokarczuk emphasizes the “massive significance” of storytelling as a means to “perceive the similarities and sameness” among people. “It is a way of looking,” she says, “that shows the world as […] interconnected.” This principle of connection defines for us the...

This chapter analyzes the impact of national Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategies and policies on higher education institutions. The comparative analysis includes an exhaustive review of the AI regulatory framework of top leading economies, including the U.S., China, Japan, Germany, the U.K., France,...

Arabic as a first language: principal and pedagogy is a syllabus reformed in one of the UAE federal colleges as one of the Education program courses. A concentration on such as syllabus is formed as a result of own experience in the curriculum design and development filed. The main aim of the research...