EdTech tool of the month: Periscope Periscope, the new live streaming app for smartphone users, is being touted as an innovative new tool for both classroom and work-based learning. The free app for Android and iOS, which was acquired by... Read More July 20, 2015 News
Investable Trends in Digital Education What are the most important needs to be addressed in the current e-learning market? Which specific technologies are displaying the greatest potential for growth? And what attributes are investors looking for in... Read More July 14, 2015 News
Preparing Students for the Robotic Revolution Today we rely on robots to do many dangerous, mundane things for us. From routine lab work to tilling the soil on farms and stocking shelves, robots have either graciously stepped in to save us from mind-numbin... Read More July 13, 2015 News
Managing Quality Across Diverse Cultural Contexts Total quality management (TQM) has been referred to as a universal set of ”best practices” that offer technical solutions to improve inefficient operations among both service providers and manufacturing firms. ... Read More February 3, 2015 News
Overcoming Mismatch in Socio-Technical Systems in the Health Sector The potentially high level of resistance to new technology has been summarized as Technophobia in the literature. The impressive technological innovations in the finance, industrial, and educational sectors are... Read More February 3, 2015 News
A Future Perspective of Islamic Banking “Islamic Banking: Efficiency, Growth and Stability”, is an annual report published by the Dubai Center for Islamic Banking & Finance , which is organizing the Islamic Banking and Finance track at Innovation... Read More February 3, 2015 News
Marrying Contemporary Pedagogy with Technology for Smart Learning Initiatives Learning is at a critical stage of history. With the diffusion of ubiquitous and wireless technologies making the world a smaller place, words like e-learning, mobile learning, ubiquitous learning, cloud learni... Read More February 3, 2015 News
“In the MENA region it was mainly public sector organisations that were early in embracing quality managment” Interview with Prof. Khaled Sartawi, Chair of the Quality and Business Managment track What do you think makes Innovation Arabia 8 and the Quality and Business Management track unique? I... Read More January 29, 2015 News
“Synergize healthcare innovation with validation of novel technologies” Interview with Prof. Adi Arida, Chair of the Health and Environment track What do you think makes Innovation Arabia 8 and the Health and Environment track unique? The main theme of thi... Read More January 29, 2015 News
“Islamic finance as a profitable investment” Interview with Prof. Nabil Baydoun, Chair of the Islamic Banking and Finance track What do you see as the benefits of an Islamic system of finance? Given the recent financial crisis, I... Read More January 29, 2015 News