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Outline
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Paths to Faculty Development
in Yemen
  • Abdullah Al Ghorbany
  • Byrne Brewerton
  • Deborah Healey
  • Donna Shaw
  •  Elisabeth Wilson
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OSU-Yemen Higher Education Development Project
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Project Goals
  • Build local faculty-training capacity and


  • Strengthen the English Language Centers
  • and Educational Development Centers at


      • Sana’a University
      • Aden University
      • Taiz University
      • Thamar University
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YEMEN
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OSU Team: 15 people
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Project Structure
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Considerations in Planning
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Teaching & Research
  • Teaching Large Classes
  • Learning Objectives
  • Assessment
  • Critical Thinking
  • Collaborative Learning
  • (Up to 9 distinct workshops)


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English Language
  • Oral Presentation Skills
  • Vocabulary Self-study
  • Professional Reading Techniques
  •   (6 distinct workshops)


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Computer/IT
  • PowerPoint for Professional Presentations
  • Effective Web Searching
  • Word Processing for Authors
  • IT Tools for Collaboration and Research
  • (4 to 5 distinct workshops)


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Trainer Profile
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"Centers Received"
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Trainee Profile
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Training of Trainers:
Targets and Achievements
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Teaching of Trainees:
Targets and Achievements
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Evaluation: Kirkpatrick Model       for Assessment
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Challenges
  • Timeline shifts
  • Administrators
  • Trainer motivation
  • Technology/Facilities
  • Environment
  • Language
  • Money/reimbursement
  • Political situation/changes


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Lessons Learned
  • Administrator buy-in is critical.
    • Institutionalize change
  • Needs analysis is crucial and must be flexible.
  • Project goals must be clear to all.
    • Reiterate project goals when talking with administrators.
  • Educational change begins by modeling student participation in learning.
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Personal Lessons Learned
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Follow up . . .
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Comments and Questions
    • Do you have any questions
    • for us?
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Contact Information
  • Abdullah Al Ghorbany: amagh2001@yahoo.com
  • Byrne Brewerton: Byrne.Brewerton@oregonstate.edu
  • Deborah Healey:
  •     dhealey@uoregon.edu
  • Donna Shaw: Donna.Shaw@oregonstate.edu
  • Elisabeth Wilson: Lis.Wilson@oregonstate.edu