The College of Education for Girls at the University of Basra holds a flipped classroom course to train its teaching staff

Within the French e-learning project launched by the Francophone University Agency (AUF) to accelerate the digital transformation of higher education in the Middle East (FSPI) in cooperation with the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the University of Basra has begun training its teaching staff from all faculties, numbering more than 250 male and female teachers, on The reversed class session is divided into small groups that do not exceed twenty participants in each session.

The head of the University of Basra team for the French e-learning project, Assistant Professor Dr. Uday Bashir Issa, said that the course includes many important topics for developing the ability of academic staff at our university and includes practical applications on the latest digital tools in the field of electronic content industry, learning design and assessment.

The course also includes the delivery of a project by each trainee on the electronic platform, as the project includes designing a study unit according to the pillars of the flipped classroom and downloading all relevant basic educational resources in addition to the list of good practices and the infographic of the flipped classroom.

It is worth noting that the University of Basra has seven trainers accredited by the Francophone Agency for Universities, who have received intensive training from the organizer, including preparing an electronic educational course, guidance and counseling in the digital educational environment and the flipped classroom.