Browsing Faculty Contributions by Subject "Engineering education"
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A survey on educational ontologies and their development cycle
( Springer New York LLC , 2016 , Conference Paper)Nowadays, the grid of Internet has demonstrated to be plentiful and tremendous data source of information, where diverse domains can be reached and mined. Semantic web is part of the Internet grid where knowledge is provided ... -
An Arabic mobile educational system
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)Digital devices and computer software can assist children in improving their learning capabilities and comprehension skills. However most of these items are built without taking into consideration the effective needs and ... -
An e-learning mobile system to generate illustrations for Arabic text
( IEEE Computer Society , 2016 , Conference Paper)Smart devices applications can assist children in improving their learning capabilities and comprehension skills. However most applications are built without taking into consideration the effective needs and background of ... -
Case Study of Multi-Course Project-Based Learning and Online Assessment in Electrical Engineering Courses during COVID-19 Pandemic
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an urgent need to move to online teaching and develop innovative teaching techniques to ensure that student learning outcomes (SOs) were fulfilled. This paper tries to answer the ... -
Cognitive technology for children with hearing impairments
( IEEE Computer Society , 2016 , Conference Paper)Lack of specialists, speech instructors and sign language instructors in the Arab world have led to the impediment of the education and cognitive development for children with Hearing Impairments (HI). The objective of ... -
Contribution of Shell Eco-Marathon engineering design experience to soft skills development: A qualitative analysis in the Asian context
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Conference Paper)Recent studies emphasize the needs of a wider set of skills engineers require than ever thought. Engineering curricula have been frequently criticized. Engineering design experience is one remedial way of heavy theory ... -
Engineering students' approaches to learning and views on collaboration: How do both evolve in a PBL environment and what are their contributing and constraining factors?
( Modestum LTD , 2019 , Article)Background: This study investigated the development of engineering students' approaches to learning and views on collaboration in a PBL environment. Material and methods: An explanatory mixed research approach was employed ... -
Examining engineering students' perceptions of learner agency enactment in problem- and project-based learning using Q methodology
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2022 , Article)Background: Few studies have reported how students enact learner agency in a team setting or examined what elements of team settings students perceive as more supportive of their learning in problem- and project-based ... -
From global to local: Investigation of necessary engineering skills for KBE transformation in Qatar in the context of global engineering attributes
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)this paper provides the findings of a study on investigating the required contextual engineering skills in Qatar in light of the global engineering skills. A set of 20 attributes were identified in the literature, and ... -
Investigating the reasons for choosing a major among the engineering students in Qatar
( IEEE Computer Society , 2016 , Conference Paper)The selection of an engineering major is a decision that can influence the career of young students, and possibly their entire fife. The purpose of this study is to understand the factors affecting the selection of an ... -
Life is engineering program: Impact of an engineering outreach project in K-12
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)The demand for qualified national engineers is high in Qatar; Currently, a wide gap in supply exists. Consequently, urgent and proactive interventions at K-12 level to promote engineering profession to school students are ... -
MOALLEMCorpus: A large-scale multimedia corpus for children education of Arabic vocabularies
( IEEE Computer Society , 2021 , Conference Paper)The education of children with learning difficulties is a challenging task especially during COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, these children need to go regularly to specialized school, receive focused education, and interact ... -
Preparing and educating the Arab Qatari engineer of 2030
( American Society for Engineering Education , 2010 , Conference Paper)This paper addresses the issue of adapting Engineering Education to a changing situation in Qatar, a small country that is part of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council. It presents the framework for a national project planned ... -
Principles of excellence in Engineering education applied to GCC/MENA Engineering Colleges and comparison with Australia and France: A thesis with analysis, results, observations
(2013 , Conference Paper)This invited paper aims at reviewing the current status of Engineering education in the GCC countries and proposing a few guidelines for reform and improvement. The principles applied to this process have been developed ... -
Skills of engineers in knowledge based economies: A comprehensive literature review, and model development
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)Recent studies emphasize the needs of a wider set of skills engineers require than ever thought. In this paper, authors report on a systematic literature review on this issue. Findings of the review are spanned over two ... -
Support peer assessment processes in online problem-based learning
( IEEE Computer Society , 2016 , Conference Paper)Problem Based Learning (PBL) is proposed as one of the most well-known alternatives to traditional lectures in modeling engineering graduates to become independent workers, critical thinkers, problem solver, lifelong ... -
Technology Innovation and Engineering' Education and Entrepreneurship (TIEE) in engineering schools: Novel model for elevating national knowledge based economy and socio-economic sustainable development
( MDPI , 2017 , Other)The Technology Innovation and Engineering Education (TIEE) is a proposed Unit/Center/Department concept model inside a college of engineering. The TIEE concept has been developed in particular taking in consideration the ... -
The role of engineering design in technological and 21st century competencies capacity building: Comparative case study in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe
( MDPI AG , 2017 , Article)Engineering design is considered an effective means for developing engineering technical skills. Normally, engineering design is conducted in teams and is a collaborative open-ended approach under constraints. This nature ... -
Understand my world: An interactive app for children learning arabic vocabulary
( IEEE Computer Society , 2021 , Conference Paper)COVID-19 imposed a new paradigm in education especially in elementary schools. Children are no longer able to go regularly to schools as normal. They should then rely mainly on themselves to learn and acquire knowledge. ... -
Women in engineering: A qualitative investigation of the contextual support and barriers to their career choice
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)This study explores both past and current experiences of female engineering students. Women continue to be underrepresented in certain STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields in most countries. Using ...