Higher Education in the Arab World: Digital Transformation

本書提供了對阿拉伯大學數位轉型（DX）實施的全面洞察和路線圖，並理解伴隨此變革的挑戰。它探討了大學中的DX要素，並呈現來自阿拉伯大學的案例研究和經驗，以及促進在高等教育中使用DX的建議。在阿拉伯地區，高等教育領域的數位化潛力對該行業的增長、進步和發展具有重要的結果和影響。數位轉型使大學能夠應對變化，同時促進以學生為中心的方法，並保持對21世紀日益增長需求的相關性。它還改善了大學的各項活動，如教學與學習、課程開發與實施、流程、運營、支持服務和基礎設施。這提高了大學在本地和國際上的競爭優勢。擁抱和採納DX需要大學在策略和文化上的範式轉變。

阿拉伯世界擁有超過1,000所大學和超過1,300萬名學生，其高等教育系統提供多樣化的本科和研究生課程。為了繼續我們的高等教育書籍系列，我們提議第八本書的主題應為「阿拉伯世界的高等教育：數位轉型」在大學中的應用。在複雜的區域和全球氣候中，本書引發了對圍繞該行業挑戰的豐富思考，以及如何應對這些挑戰。

Professor Badran is currently Chairman Board of Trustees University of Jordan, Chancellor University of Petra, with 120 publications, including 22 books and patents. Received BSc, at Okla. State Univ. MSc, PhD, at Mich. State Uni. Awarded honorary doctorates from, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul; an Honorary Doctorate in Science from Michigan State University; West Watkins distinguished Lectureship Award and Hall of Fame Alumni Award from Oklahoma State University USA; Honorary Professorship from Eurasian National University Kazakhstan; Honorary Doctorate in Business, Yarmouk Uni., Jordan.

Awarded Arab Thought Foundation for best Arab Scientist in higher education research; TWAS Regional Prize for Building Scientific Institutions; Asia award for Outstanding Contribution to education.

Prof. Badran is the President Arab Academy of Sciences and AFED; President of University of Petra, Jordan (2007-2014); Former Prime Minister of Jordan (2005); Minister of Agriculture Minister of Education (1989); President of Philadelphia University (1998 - 2005); Former Deputy Director General of UNESCO (DDG/ADG) Paris (1990-1998); Founding President of Yarmouk University & Founder of the Science and Technology University Campus (JUST University), Jordan (1976-1986); Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Jordan (1971 - 1976).

Dr Elias Baydoun was educated at the University of Jordan, Amman (BS 1971), the American University of Beirut (AUB; MS 1977), and the University of Cambridge where he obtained his MPhil in 1978 and PhD in 1980. He is currently Professor of Biology at AUB, Secretary General of the Arab Academy of Sciences, Honorary Professor at the University of Jordan and Adjunct Professor at the University of Petra in Jordan. Previous positions included: Chairman of Biology (1978-93) and Associate Professor at AUB; Associate Professor, Assistant to the President (1983-86), Director of Planning and Development (1985-1986), and Director of Personnel (1985-1986) at Yarmouk University, Jordan. His awards include: Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils Award, Abdul Hamid Shoman Prize for Young Arab Scientists for Biology, AUB Research Award in Natural Sciences (twice), Distinguished Scholar Award of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Developing World Study Award of the Royal Society UK and TWAS-ARO Regional Prize for Public Understanding and Popularization of Science. He is Fellow of several learned societies including the Institute of Biology, London, TWAS, Islamic World Academy of Sciences and the Arab Academy of Sciences. He organized and chaired 26 international conferences on topics related to the development of the Arab Middle East Region. His research interests include membrane and carbohydrate biology, biotransformation, nanotechnology, and medicinal plants. Professor Baydoun supervised and served on the committees of 60 PhD and MS students. He has published over 125 articles in international refereed journals and over 120 abstracts and papers in the proceedings of international conferences, as well as authoring several biology textbooks for secondary schools and community colleges. He is the first inventor of a patent on treatment of protozoal diseases (US Patent 9,173,888). He translated into Arabic a university textbook in biochemistry and was the General Coordinator of the four volumes of the Arabic Encyclopedia on Knowledge for Sustainable Development published by UNESCO. He is the editor of nine books published by Springer; one on "Water, Energy and Food Sustainability in the Middle East - The Sustainability Triangle" and eight on Higher Education in the Arab World. He served as consultant for several local, regional, and international organizations including UNESCO and UNEP.

Dr. Hillman was educated at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth where she obtained a BSc in Botany (1965) and a PhD in Plant Physiology and Chemistry (1968). She worked part time as a Demonstrator at the Department of Environmental Studies, University of Nottingham, England (1968-1971) and at the Department of Biology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland (1971-1985). For several years, she was an Examiner for the Oxford Examination Board for 'A' Level Biology (1975-1986). In the period 1978-1980, she had a part-time post-graduate research position at the University of Glasgow working on gravitropism in plant roots (3 publications). From 1980, until retirement in 2005, she worked as editorial assistant for the Springer-Verlag plant science journal 'Planta', and as a freelance editor.

Dr Joelle Mesmar is a Research Associate at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, working on the investigation of the role of plant extracts in the treatment of cancer using tissue culture techniques and nanotechnology. Previously, Joelle worked at the Office of the First Lady in Syria and was responsible in overseeing and facilitating the affairs of the Board of Trustees of the Syria Trust for Development by providing advice on governance principles and practices and supporting the work of the Board Committees as required in areas related to strategic planning. She graduated from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon with a degree in Biology (BS 2004) and obtained her PhD in plant biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Glasgow, UK in 2009.

巴德蘭教授目前擔任約旦大學董事會主席、佩特拉大學校長，擁有120篇出版物，包括22本書籍和專利。他在俄克拉荷馬州立大學獲得學士學位，並在密歇根州立大學獲得碩士和博士學位。他獲得了多所大學的榮譽博士學位，包括首爾的成均館大學、密歇根州立大學的科學榮譽博士學位、俄克拉荷馬州立大學的西沃特金斯傑出講座獎和名人堂校友獎、哈薩克斯坦歐亞國立大學的榮譽教授職稱，以及約旦雅爾穆克大學的商業榮譽博士學位。

他獲得了阿拉伯思想基金會頒發的最佳阿拉伯科學家獎，TWAS區域獎以表彰其在建立科學機構方面的貢獻，以及亞洲教育傑出貢獻獎。

巴德蘭教授是阿拉伯科學院和AFED的會長；曾任約旦佩特拉大學校長（2007-2014）；約旦前首相（2005）；農業部長和教育部長（1989）；費城大學校長（1998-2005）；聯合國教科文組織（UNESCO）前副總幹事（1990-1998）；雅爾穆克大學創校校長及約旦科學與技術大學校園（JUST University）創始人（1976-1986）；約旦大學理學院院長（1971-1976）。

伊利亞斯·貝杜恩博士在約旦大學（學士，1971年）、貝魯特美國大學（AUB；碩士，1977年）和劍橋大學獲得MPhil（1978年）及博士學位（1980年）。他目前是AUB的生物學教授、阿拉伯科學院的秘書長、約旦大學的榮譽教授及約旦佩特拉大學的兼任教授。之前的職位包括：AUB生物學系主任（1978-1993）及副教授；雅爾穆克大學副教授、校長助理（1983-1986）、規劃與發展主任（1985-1986）及人事主任（1985-1986）。他的獎項包括：阿拉伯科學研究委員會聯合會獎、阿卜杜勒·哈米德·肖曼獎（針對年輕阿拉伯科學家的生物學獎）、AUB自然科學研究獎（兩次）、阿拉伯經濟與社會發展基金的傑出學者獎、英國皇家學會的發展中國家研究獎及TWAS-ARO公共理解與科學普及區域獎。他是多個學術社團的會員，包括倫敦生物學學會、TWAS、伊斯蘭世界科學院及阿拉伯科學院。他組織並主持了26場與阿拉伯中東地區發展相關的國際會議。他的研究興趣包括膜與碳水化合物生物學、生物轉化、納米技術及藥用植物。貝杜恩教授指導並參與了60名博士及碩士生的委員會。他在國際同行評審期刊上發表了超過125篇文章，並在國際會議的會議紀錄中發表了超過120篇摘要和論文，還為中學和社區大學撰寫了幾本生物學教科書。他是針對原生動物疾病治療的專利（美國專利9,173,888）的首位發明人。他將一本生物化學大學教科書翻譯成阿拉伯文，並擔任聯合國教科文組織出版的四卷本《可持續發展知識阿拉伯百科全書》的總協調人。他是九本由Springer出版的書籍的編輯，其中一本是《中東的水、能源與食物可持續性 - 可持續性三角形》，其餘八本則是關於阿拉伯世界高等教育的書籍。他曾擔任多個地方、區域及國際組織的顧問，包括UNESCO和UNEP。

希爾曼博士在威爾士阿伯里斯特威斯大學獲得植物學學士學位（1965年）及植物生理學與化學博士學位（1968年）。她曾兼職擔任...