King Khalid University Hosts the Seventh Annual E-Learning and Distance Education Meeting of Saudi Universities

Source: King Khalid University - Media Center  King Khalid University, represented by the College of Education and the National Center for Educational and Professional Development at the Ministry of Education, launched an online summer training program. The program, consisting of a series of training programs delivered by the best faculty members, is in the third stage of the summer project for educational and professional development for the year 1441 AH / 2020 CE. Dean of the College of Education, Prof. Thabet bin Saeed Al-Kahlan, explained the program aims to develop professional educational practices in accord with Vision 2030. It also aims to foster the culture of professional educational development in line best practices in qualifying and training teachers. Dean Al-Kahlan confirmed that this partnership came under the guidance of His Excellency Rector Al-Solamy and his leadership team.

Source: King Khalid University - Media Center  From the college's keenness in spreading digital knowledge among society, Dean of the College of Computer Science, Dr. Ali Mohammed Algarwi, supervisor of the "Summer of Technology" initiative, clarified that the college is launching many initiatives and technical seminars and sessions during the summer. It will continue its efforts to meet Vision 2030 and raise the digital awareness of society. The webinar — attended by 1,100 participants — opened with a speech from Dr. Asiri on data and big data, data science, and its development and importance in our time. Dr. Asiri then talked about the data structures and types and stressed the importance of distinguishing between types of data from structured to non-structured. Dr. Asiri also discussed data science and business intelligence, the differences between them, and the important distinction that business intelligence is related to the past while data science is related to the future. At the end of the webinar, Dr. Asiri pointed out the skills and functional areas of data science in that a data scientist possesses several skills such as programming, mathematical statistics, and analysis, noting that it is one of the hottest jobs in the 21st century.

  Source: King Khalid University - Media Center  As part of the internal employment program, the Medical City at King Khalid University announced a number of jobs by contract for the COVID-19 Medical Team, namely doctors and health specialists. The Medical City urged those interested to apply for these jobs by (clicking here). The specialties, requirements and conditions for each position are available by (clicking here). The general conditions for applying to these positions stipulate that the applicant must be Saudi and not currently working with any other entity. In the case of employment, the applicant should present a clearance letter within a week of their admission. Another condition requires good conduct and behaviour. Applicants must be in good physical and mental health, attach their professional categorization card, apply to the required speciality through the Saudi Commission for Health Specialities. The applicants' certificates, other requirements and expertise letters must be uploaded as PDF files. Lastly, applicants will have to pass the interview and test and submit the application within five days of the announcement. The Medical City is pleased to announce the start of the hiring period on the 29th of Dhul Qi’dah 1441 AH/ the 20th of July 2020, noting that it will end on the 3rd of Dhu al-Hijjah 1441 AH/ 24th of July 2020.

Source: King Khalid University - Media Center  The General Administration of Media and Communication at King Khalid University, organized an online program as a part of “Mobaderon”. The program is entitled “Mental Image and Affiliation” it was under the supervision of His Excellency the University President Prof. Falleh bin Raja Allah Al-Sulami. Dr. Abdullah bin Abdul Mehsen Al-Assaf, the Media lecturer at Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University, viewed the aspects of the “mental image”. The meeting lasted for an hour and a half, it was hosted by Mr. Abdul Rahman Marea. Al-Assaf elaborated on the “mental image” in relation to the identity and behaviour, analyzing the mental image, its types and the stages of its development. He also tackled an experiment demonstrating the mental image and reputation, the strategies to build such image and ways to measure it. The meeting covered the stages of developing reputation, a matrix of the mental image and reputation and the difference between the mental image and reputation. During the meeting, Dr. Mufleh bin Zaben Al-Qahtani, the General Supervisor of the General Administration of Media and Communication and the official spoken person at the University, spoke about how changing the corporate identity could affect the mental image. He confirmed,  the strategies to build a mental image have to be made specialists in Media and Communication. That’s why every corporate needs to invest in such specialists, having them in the Public Relations in deferent sectors is a must. Mr. Isa Al Hadi Asiri, the Supervisor of Media and Communication at the Education Department in Rijal Almaa’, stressed on the importance of including the culture of media and mental image on the curriculum, in addition to the proper ways to use Social Media and hoe to receive a message through Media. The Lecturer at the Department of Media and Communications Mr. Yahya Al-Qub’a, highlighted the importance of tourism, and the Kingdom’s efforts to attract tourist from abroad. Tourism is  a form of public diplomacy which contributes to forming a national brand, resulting in forming a mental image of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi society. Al-Qub’a spoke on other parallel efforts like organizing international sports and entertainment activities, and hosting them locally in order to enhance the opportunities of introducing Saudi Arabia to the world. He concluded, Media is one of the main tools to change the stereotypical thoughts of the world. He encouraged making all the efforts to export media products which represent the Saudi perspective, and working to influence the stereotypical idea about Saudi Arabia in international media through deliberate strategies and plans to achieve the desired goals.

Source: King Khalid University - Media Center  His Excellency the King Khalid University President Prof. Falleh bin Raja Allah Al-Sulami, issued recently a number of appointment decisions. His Excellency the University President congratulated the recently appointed, wishing them all the best and urging them to work harder. The University spokesperson, Dr. Muflih bin Zaben Al-Qahtani, explained that the appointment decisions of faculty members and employees included: Extending the period of assigning as a Vice Dean of King Khalid University for Development and Quality. Assigning Dr. Ali Jaber Al-Olayyani a Dean of the Deanship of Human Resources at the University. Assigning Dr. Nourah Hussain Banafea a Dean of the College of Applied Medical Sciences in Mahayil Asir. Extending the period of assigning Prof. Omar Saeed Al Mushait as the Secretary General of the University’s Endowments. Assigning Dr. Miteb Abdo Khubrani as a Supervisor of the International Cooperation Department. Assigning Dr. Abdullah Mubarak Al-Shahrani as a Vice Dean of Academic Affairs at the College of Nursing in Khamis Mushait. Assigning Dr. Yahya Mohammed Al Hanash as the Vice Dean of Development and Quality at the College of Sharia and Fundamentals of Religion. Extending the period of assigning Dr. Aisha Abdullah Al-Raizah as the Vice Dean of the female section of Post-Graduate Studies. Assigning Dr. Saliha Ahmed Asiri as the Vice Dean of Student Services and Sports Activities at the Deanship of Student Affairs. Assigning Dr. Abeer Mahfouz Al-Madawi as the Vice Dean of Community Service and Continuous  Learning - Female Section. Assigning Dr. Sarah Hani Abu-Ghazaleh as the Vice Dean of the Female Collage of Computer Science. Assigning Dr. Dalia Ahmed Al-Maghassasila as the Vice Dean of the female Collage of Pharmacy. Assigning Dr. Dr. Saleh Musharraf Al-Shihri as an Assistant to the General Supervisor of the University’s KKUx platform. Assigning Dr. Abdullah Abdul Mohsen Al-Shehri as a co-CEO of the Supportive Medical Services at the Medical City. Assigning Dr. Saleh Mohammed Al-Qahtani as an Associate Executive Director of Medical Affairs at the Medical City. Extending the period of assigning Dr. Abdullah Musleh Al-Shahrani as a Supervisor of the Clinical Skills at the College of Medicine. Assigning Dr. Khalid Mohammad Al-Sayoud as the Head of the Drugs Department at the College of Pharmacy. Assigning Dr. Mona Abdulaziz Al-Manasif as the upervisor of the Clinical Pharmacy Department at the Female College of Pharmacy. Assigning Mr. Ali Abdullah Al-Jahash as Executive Director of the Student Fund.