{"id":1277,"date":"2020-12-31T19:28:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/cpdwl\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2020-12-31T19:28:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T18:28:28","slug":"afli-held-its-first-virtual-forum-on-the-role-of-libraries-in-supporting-e-learning-and-distance-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/cpdwl\/2020\/12\/31\/afli-held-its-first-virtual-forum-on-the-role-of-libraries-in-supporting-e-learning-and-distance-education\/","title":{"rendered":"AFLI held its first virtual forum on the role of libraries in supporting E-learning and distance education"},"content":{"rendered":"

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has gone through the crisis and witnessed many developments, which made remote work and distance learning a reality that pushed many universities, educational institutions, libraries to develop their capabilities to support the e-learning and distance education processes.<\/p>\n

Based on the belief of the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI) regarding this subject, AFLI held its first virtual forum entitled “The role of libraries in supporting e-learning and distance education” from 23-23 Jul. 2020<\/p>\n

The forum focused on the following themes:<\/p>\n

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  1. Mechanisms and components of enhancing the role of libraries in e-learning and distance education<\/li>\n
  2. Library services and innovative practices supporting e-learning and distance education<\/li>\n
  3. Integration of library systems, e-learning management systems, and distance education platforms.<\/li>\n
  4. Libraries, virtual learning groups, and cooperative learning platforms.<\/li>\n
  5. Experiences and case studies for distance education in libraries and information field.<\/li>\n
  6. Libraries’ policies and strategies to support national strategies for e-learning and distance education.<\/li>\n
  7. Measuring the impact and the return on investment of library services in supporting e-learning and distance education<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    IFLA President Christine Mackenzie during her speech<\/h6>\n

    After welcoming the Library professionals and academic from different Library Sector by Prof. Hassan Alsereihy, President of the Arab Federation for Libraries & Information, IFLA President Christine Mackenzie gave the opening speech entitled “IFLA: Adjusting to a New Normal”, where she spoke about IFLA strategy & IFLA Governance review, she also focused on IFLA program and initiatives especially during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

    During his speech, Michael Dowling, Director of International Relations at the American Library Associat\"\"<\/a>ion provided a presentation entitled ” ALA: Responding to Help Libraries in a Time of Crises and Opportunity” where he gave an overview of how the American Library Association has and is responding to help in this time of crisis, but also a time of opportunity.<\/p>\n

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    It’s worth mentioning that more than 32 speakers presented their research during the virtual forum, from different Arab countries like Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait and Egypt.<\/p>\n

    This summary below shows the success of AFLI virtual forum<\/p>\n

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    Forum statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

    Day one<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    Day two<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    No. of attendees<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

    550<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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    460<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Facebook <\/strong>(Live Broadcast)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

    		2,091<\/td>\n\n

    1506<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    Twitter <\/strong>(accounts followed the events)<\/td>\n\n

    31.841<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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