Word of the Week
SAP Course , may God reward you
posted Dec 1, 2018, 11:48 AM by Professor Lili Saghafi [ updated Dec 1, 2018, 11:50 AM ]
Dear Prof. Saghafi,
I can't forget a week encounter with you.
I regret meeting you so late.
I lack words to describe your kind of person.
Thank you very much and may God reward you.
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Teacher's day
posted Sep 6, 2018, 11:44 AM by Professor Lili Saghafi
@Lili_PLS Happi Teachers day to the best and amazingly talented teacher. A teacher should be a guide as well as motivator and ur both and much much more than this.. Happi teachers day dear maam..
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The best teachers
posted Aug 17, 2018, 4:44 PM by Professor Lili Saghafi
"The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see." —Alexandra K. Trenfor
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Learning
posted Jul 28, 2018, 2:35 PM by Professor Lili Saghafi [ updated Jul 28, 2018, 2:35 PM ]
“Anyone who stops learning is old.” Henry Ford
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Teaching the method
posted Apr 20, 2018, 12:06 PM by Professor Lili Saghafi
"The aim of the academic process as such is to impart to the student, not a maximum of knowledge but a maximum of adaptability - not so much to teach him subject matter as to teach him method. ." (Erwin Panofsky, Meaning in The Visual Arts: Garden City, NY, 1955).
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Showing off
posted Apr 19, 2018, 1:11 PM by Professor Lili Saghafi [ updated Apr 19, 2018, 1:12 PM ]
"Showing off is the fool's idea of glory." —Bruce Lee
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If you have a dream
posted Jan 14, 2018, 12:44 PM by Professor Lili Saghafi
"If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality." —@Dr_Roopleen
Happy Holidays
posted Dec 20, 2017, 12:10 PM by Professor Lili Saghafi [ updated Dec 20, 2017, 12:55 PM ]
Wishing you peace and joy this holiday season and a happy new year!
Professor Lili Saghafi
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A word from Program Developer to Faculty
posted Jan 7, 2017, 2:01 PM by Professor Lili Saghafi
Online Programs and their global impact
By: Professor Lili Saghafi Oct. 12th, 2016
It has been years that I am working in this industry of Higher Education in many different parts of the world. Since the new era of online education appeared I am always thinking that higher education institutions that are not adaptable to this new era are missing opportunities. This market that is opened a while ago is a universal market, this ability to think beyond the traditional age group when it comes to distance education is significantly changing the face of our universities, which many of them are still fanatical by 18- to 25-year-olds students. Considering learning never stops at age 25, Continuing Education is a fact, that no one can ignore.
With a busy lifestyle and consuming mentality, that brings more focus on daily jobs, new skills learning in old fashioned ways are hard to achieve. Now there is opportunities in front of people that prefer to reach it in different manners and not in traditional classes, and there is going to be a huge impact to the global education market.
Nowadays, universities are using MOOCs in much more strategic ways. They teach their students, to create passageways into their fundamental programs, they work in different ways with many employers and transform the way they offer training and development services to their employees. In this way, these institutions/companies attract a massive audience. This is great to give everyone a chance to reach the skills they want, at any time they want, as many times they want.
MOOCs, online courses, and online programs going to grow significantly, and their credibility and their value is going to significantly increase too.
Lots of universities are starting to build a sequence of courses that create a valuable educational experience, and some of those credentials are going to be professionally accredited.
I think in comparison with what is going to be, in education, we are absolutely in the primitive ages.
I worked with many universities. Each has many faculties, many academics, and I am always trying to explain and inspire them to think that they don’t need to create and design by themselves alone for their courses or their subject area. Let them know that by join forces, they can learn from each other and that a joined program approach and working together have a global impact.
The future is what we make out of the present. Let’s join to make it more pleasant when it comes to learning and expanding our skills.
Happy Learning.
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Teaching
posted Oct 31, 2016, 1:30 PM by Professor Lili Saghafi
"We cannot teach people anything. We can only help them discover it within themselves." —Galileo Galilei