Outcomes

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Overview
E-learning
University Management
Civic Engagement

OVERVIEW

When Dr. Hamrita founded the Partnership in 2002, one of the goals was to create a person to person network that benefited both UGA and Tunisia. Through Partnership programs, and the hard work of faculty, administrators, and students, this network has taken shape, and continues to expand with each Partnership event. E-learning, the largest of Partnership programs, has established a core of trained faculty that are now the trainers at their own universities. The Partnership has also built a link between UGA and Tunisian administrators, developing leadership and management skills through workshops and exchanges. The Civic Engagement program is entering its second year, and continues to introduce the idea of university involvement in civic issues through workshops and collaborative projects.

In its efforts to support the Tunisian higher education system, the UGA-Tunisia Education Partnership has worked to become a model of multi-disciplinary international collaboration, and continues to engage in the scholarship of expanding traditional faculty roles across both disciplinary and international borders. This has been supported by the extensive participation of a wide community of faculty, administrators, students, and community members.

Partnership involvement at a glance

E-LEARNING

When the UGA-Tunisia Educational Partnership started in 2002, Dr. Hamrita extensively researched how the Partnership could address Tunisia's national goals for e-learning, and create a sustainable network of engaged faculty and administrators. By partnering with Virtual University of Tunis (UVT) with this in mind, the Partnership was shaped as a hub for promoting e-learning, and to act as a facilitating resource for Tunisian faculty and for Tunisia to reach its national e-learning goal of putting 20% of the curriculum on the web.

Through workshops and resource building, the Partnership has developed a committed network of administrators and faculty that are prepared to continually develop and support e-learning programs as Tunisia's internet capabilities grow. This network is now helping e-learning to become a national educational resource not only through the online courses the faculty develops, but also through the expertise they hold and disseminate.

This project has been developed through intense collaborations with several different levels simultaneously and a large investment in individual relationships. While the technical program provides the necessary information to enhance educational development in Tunisia, the means to creating an integral, sustainable project has been to work on a one-on-one level with key individuals to create a sense of ownership and passion for e-learning development. Over 80 Tunisian faculty have participated in Partnership training workshops. They have developed 52 online courses, and continue to train their peers.

RECENT COURSES DEVELOPED BY ALUMNI
19th Century French Literature, developed by Fatma K. Abid

Masters degree program developed by Lotfi Bouzaiane

Dermatology, developed by Mohamed Denguezli

E-management, developed by Jamel Henchiri

Language Teaching Method, developed by Ali Raddoui

UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

The workshops and exchanges that the Partnership has organized to enhance university management have had a direct relation to the overall sustainability of Partnership efforts. The trained administrators have acted as a network of support, interested in improving the Tunisian higher education system. Their advocacy has increasingly sensitized Tunisian universities to management reform, and has also built a strong relationship with administrators at UGA.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

By working with Tunisian students from all levels of education, the Partnership is successfully introducing civic engagement as an important role for university and community development. Still in its first years, this program has created a forum for Tunisian students to discuss community issues, and to work with their peers at the university, secondary and elementary school level.