Ghada Awada, Ph.D.
AUB Teaching Certificate Programs Coordinator
Education
" Teaching is my passion as I do
believe that all young learners can develop their character and acquire new
skills if they are instructed by a lifelong learner who cherishes diversity,
innovation, motivation and commitments."
Dr. Ghada Awada is a senior education
consultant at the American University of
Beirut.2016 Fulbright Scholar at North
Carolina State University, Ghada Awada holds a Ph.D. with the highest
distinction in Applied Linguistics and Special Education from University RoviraiVirgili – Tarragona, Spain and a Ph.D.
in Public International Law and International Relations and Diplomacy with the
highest distinction from Hautes Etudes Internationales ET Politiques- Paris
with concentration in conflict resolution and crisis management. She is an expert in curriculum design, textbook writing,
teacher education and learning difficulties. She worked as a consultant in
different learning difficulties and ICT projects
for the American University of Beirut. She consulted as an expert in curriculum
development, textbook writing, teacher education and development with
institutions and schools in some Arab Middle Eastern countries. She
developed professional and teaching certification programs focusing on
providing inclusive environments and differentiated instruction integrating
technology to all learners. She worked as a consultant for the universities in
KSA, Cairo and Sudan. She also worked as a consultant for REACH OUT OF ASIA
Foundation to give training to Palestinian teachers on cooperative learning,
assessment, classroom management and inquiry-based learning. She worked as a
consultant for different schools to develop teaching certificate programs from
2011 to the present. She worked as consultant for ESCWA from 2013-2014, the
World Bank from 2016-present, and DRASATI from 2011-2015 to give training on
HUBS, ICT, and cooperative learning strategies and techniques in Public Schools.
She was awarded appreciation certificates by the
Ministry of Higher Education (2004), Lebanese university (2004), Lebanese
American University- Teaching Excellence trophy (2013),American university of
Beirut (2017) and Lebanese Army Research Center(2017).
Biodata
Dr. Abir Abdallah
I have been an instructor in the
Lebanese University for ten years. I hold a PhD in Education from Universitat
Rovira i Virgili in the Catalan region of Spain. The topic of my dissertation
was “The Effects of the Interactive Whiteboard and PowerPoint Presentation on
the Writings and Attitudes of EFL Lebanese Learners”. I obtained my MA and BA
degrees in English Language and Literature from the Lebanese University, and I
have teaching diplomas in teaching intermediate and secondary classes. I have
an experience of around seventeen years as a teacher of English and as a
coordinator. I have been highly concerned with integrating technology in
instructional and learning procedures. Indeed, I’m always keen to involve
students in online global projects that boost their 21st century
skills by facilitating communication with students of diverse cultural
backgrounds, encouraging them to collaborate with each other, triggering their
critical thinking, and kindling their creativity. As a university instructor, I
devise course materials using a variety of technological tools such as the IWB,
wikis, blogs, WhatsApp, YouTube, and others that engage students in interactive
activities. Moreover, I have carried out research studies pertaining to
integrating technology in Education. As to my leisure activities, I enjoy
walking in the open air, reading short stories, and solving logic-based
puzzles.
Instructor: Short
Biography
Randa
Ayash Abikaedbey is an instructor of English language and English literature at
the Lebanese American University (LAU). She received her BA in teaching English
as a foreign language and MA in comparative literature from LAU and is now a candidate
for Phd in BAU. She attended a lot of workshops that were organised by LAU and
AUB. As for professional experience, she has started as a school teacher where
she has taught in reputable schools such as Al-Makased and Amjad School. After
7 years, she moved to teaching in universities such as AUL, AUCE, and LAU.
Currently, she teaches English language courses at LAU. She believes that each
class she has taught have gained her knowledge and new friends. She is fluent
in both Arabic and English Languages.
Instructor:
Mira M. Alameddine
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Experience
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2014- LWIS-City International
School Beirut
Program Coordinator
§ Developed
“Gifted & Talented Club” program: aims at developing
Critical
thinking skills and preparing the 21st Century citizen
§ Coordinator
of Gifted & Talented program-part of the Special
Education
Department
§ Improved
learners’ critical thinking analysis
2014- 2015 MUBS-University
Beirut
Lecturer
§ Education
Department
§ Improved
students’ teaching skills
§ Increased
students’ ability to transfer their knowledge into their classrooms
2012-
2013 Lebanese American
University
Beirut
Lecturer
§ Cultural
Studies- CS I & III instructor
§ Moral
Reasoning- ethics course that helps learners build a framework of ethical
behavior
2006– Rafik Hariri University Mechrif
Lecturer
§ English
211 & 212, Technical Writing & Business English instructor, which go
under English for Specific Purposes (
§ English
210, English Writing
§ Ethics:
Developed a syllabus that facilitated students’ grasp of the learned material
§ Business
Ethics: increased students’ ability to transfer knowledge to other
disciplines and the real world
§ Introduction
to Philosophy: enhanced students understanding of major trends in western
philosophy
§ Civilization
Sequence: assisted students in grasping the material efficiently
§ IEP
Instructor: facilitated students’ grasp of the required skills
1999–
2008 Arts, Sciences and Technology
University in Lebanon Beirut
Instructor
§ Have
laid down the structure for the ESP courses.
§ Developed
new syllabus for ENG 203 and 204.
§ Suggested
new syllabus for CST course that increased students’ aptitude to connect the
information to the real world.
§ Taught
Philosophy courses relating to fields of study
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Instructor:
Malakeh R. Khoury
Department of English,
AUB
mk01@aub.edu.lb
Nominated twice for the Excellence Teaching Award, AUB ( AY 2011- 2012 & 2016-17)
EDUCATION
2006 Completed all requirements except dissertation for a Doctor of Education
degree (TESOL strand),University of
Leicester, UK.
1986
Master of Arts in English language,
AUB. Title of thesis: Code-Switching in the Speech of Educated and Uneducated
Lebanese Arabic Speakers According to Topic and Level of Education.
1987-Present Teaching as a full-time instructor, English Department, AUB.
Working with
English 206 students on research projects to share in IBDAA 2017. Have been working with different
student teams, for a number of semesters, on community based learning projects
to produce socially engaged writing with the objective of tackling real
problems and suggesting authentic solutions to real stakeholders and decision
makers.Worked with English 102 students on essays related to the AUB
Main Gate; essays featured in exhibit by Archives and Special Collections Department,
University Libraries, as part of celebrations for AUB’s 150 anniversry. Shared my English 206 Moodle site with
colleague; coached her in teaching the course in summer; previously did same
with another colleague.Collaborated
with three colleagues to introduce a translation component in English 102 to
tap into linguistic resources of multilingual students; did experiment twice
before in English 102
Led
a project that connected my English
206, with English 208 class , AUB, with Writing Composition class, AUC, Egypt;
students in the three classes collaborated online to write community based
learning projects; culminated in face to face celebration and exhibit of
projects in Celebration of Student Writing Event, CSP, AUB.Redesigned English 206 to incorporate projects in line with the Neighborhood Initiative & community
based learning; Redesigned English
204 and formed a partnership with colleague to implement a major community
based learning component in our sections; Redesigned
& taught English 206 and English 204 in blended format; Introduced community- based learning to
English 206; co-investigated different
modes of peer review in English 204
with colleague as part of partnership we formed .Initiated, encouraged & facilitated partnership initiatives
among English 204 teachers and between English 204 teachers and teachers in
other disciplines at AUB and other universities for the purpose of applying
innovative methodology, especially Community Based Learning, as well as
conducting small scale reflective action research; Developed 3 rubrics for the General Education (GE) writing,
information literacy and oral communication learning outcomes; Coached all English 204 teachers in the
application of the rubrics; Coordinated
the assessment of English 204 research papers (written and oral) in all
sections using the rubrics to check the achievement of the three GE learning
outcomes; Reviewed and selected
English 204 teaching material for CSP “Innovative Assignment Sharing Event”,
which I helped plan
Instructor: I, Loubna Nehmeh
- a university instructor and teacher
trainer- recognize the significance of
educational technology as it facilitates teaching as well as learning in
the sense that it allows the acquisition of
new skills, promotes a positive classroom environment, and fosters
personal growth and professional
development. In more specific terms, my growing interest in eLearning or digital learning is due to the fact that it allows the content
to be self-paced and to be used anytime, anywhere and on any device.
Nine years of experience as a teacher
trainer on behalf of The Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD)
and The British Council gave me the opportunity to attend as well as to deliver
several workshops about the implementation of technology in the classroom. Such
workshops paved the way for me to enhance my computer skills and to master the
use of educational programs such as hot potatoes, activ inspire photostory,
powerpoint, bloggers, and so forth.
Receiving an award for excellence as an
ICT trainer from the British Council encouraged me to read more about the use
of social networking sites as educational tools and consequently to choose it as a topic for my PHD dissertation. This in turn offered me
the chance to be selected to give the educational technology
course for teaching diploma students at BAU for the past three
years. This course focuses on utilizing technology as well as social media for
educational purposes. In this respect, it requires students to create
animations, videos, interactive scenarios and simulations, learning games,
visual or interactive storytelling, self-assessment tests, and much more. This
is achieved mainly through the use of Facebook groups, bloggers, wikis, and
other online communities in order to share the produced work.
Instructor: Fatemah Bazzi
My name is Fatemah Bazzi, and
I have been working in the field of education since 1996, teaching English
language and training English language teachers at Lebanese schools and
universities. Currently, I am the Coordinator of the English Language
Department of Counseling and Guidance Office at the Lebanese Ministry of
Education and Higher Education (MEHE) and the Acting Head of the English
Language Committee of the Lebanese Secondary Official Exams. In addition, I am an
author, coauthor and a consultant of English language books since 2009. I hold
an M.A. degree in English Language and Literature from Lebanese University,
Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences. My Ph.D.
at the Doctoral School of Letters, Humanities & Social Science of the
Lebanese University is on writing as an interactive process.
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