Methods is a 3-year project that started on the 15th October, 2015 and is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. It is coordinated by The University of Jordan (UJ) with 14 partners from Jordan, Palestine and European countries.
The project aims at improving the quality of teaching and learning at the partner universities with cooperation of EU-experience through incorporating technological tools in consistence with pedagogical best practices and by building the capacity of the universities to evaluate, develop and design e-curricula.
The main aim of the project will be achieved through Establishing a national centers in both Jordan and Palestine interested in modernizing higher education to be as a hub for utilizing best practices in ICT in education, and for hosting a portal for sharing these experiences; Implementing smart class rooms in partners' universities; Developing the capacity of the staff at the partners' universities from diverse discipline, to be responsible for developing learning objects built in best practices in utilising ICT in education; and also through Cooperation with EU partners through mutual visits to develop strategies for moving from teaching to learning and develop scalable sustainable solutions.
The project is expected to have a wide impact in the partner countries' universities. Internally, partner universities will hold the capacity to develop, design and evaluate e-enabled curricula for their courses.