UNESCO Office in Doha

E-learning, with its various communication tools, plays a significant role in creating and promoting learning communities and their development. It involves all social and educational means to link and network people and various communities. Thus it creates mutual impact to promote achievement, excellence, cooperation and partnership as well as social and individual responsibility. Cultural practices create partnership and cooperation and exchange at all life cycle of the community, thus forming real and beneficial knowledge to communities.

The Third International Conference for e-Learning focused on the role of e-Learning in Supporting Learning Communities.

The conference deals with basic issues in the utilization and employment of e-learning and the formation of university learning communities as a nucleus for the large learning community.

The Objectives for this meeting could be summurized below:

-  Encouraging the formation of Knowledge Communities  at the university and community levels through the proper usage of technology.
-  Formation of Knowledge Communities with civic, educational and service nature.
-  Encouraging exchange of best practices and expertise and experiences in e-learning to support Knowledge Communities.
-  Encouraging scientific, social, and educational research to highlight best practices.
-  Highlighting latest developments and modern trends and experiences in e-learning.
-  Supporting basic academic skills and communication skills with the community through knowledge transfer and exchange.