Wadad Wazen Gergy holds a master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering (ESIB – USJ) and a degree in Innovative Teaching Approaches from the Faculty of Educational Sciences (Fsedu) at Saint-Joseph University of Beirut.
She is director of the New Educational Technologies unit (UNTE) at Saint-Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) since 2016. She is responsible for the design, development, and deployment of educational technology in support of advancing the university’s teaching and learning mission. Techno-pedagogical expert at the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie engaged in the project entitled "Acceleration of the Digital Transition of Higher education in the Middle East" within the framework of the Solidarity Fund for Innovative Projects since 2020. Wadad was appointed in 2022 by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Lebanon as a member-expert consultant in the specialized committee for online education.
In 2008, Wadad got involved in instructional design, online course development and e-learning web services. In 2010, she started developing and delivering several instructional technology related trainings to support teacher’s use of technology. Since 2015, she delivers international talks on techno-pedagogical innovation and participates in regional developmental projects.
During the COVID-19 crisis, Wadad was appointed coordinator of the Commission for the development of logistical and pedagogical tools for teaching online that designed the Guide for Distance Education at USJ.
Her guiding philosophy in this work is to amplify experience with technology by valuing beliefs and generating an environment where staff and students can contribute their skills, abilities, and personal qualities.
Areas of particular interest include support for Accessibility and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through intentional uses of educational technology in teaching, and the field of data analytics and learning insights.
Higher education institution Workshops
- Outils de l’IA pour les étudiants – Faculté de médecine dentaire – Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ) (2023)
- IA : Parlons-en! – Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ) (2023)
- Redesigning your course with Artificial Intelligence! – Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ) (2023)
- Quelle évaluation pour une pédagogie digitale interactive ? |Association pour le développement des Méthodologies d’évaluation en Education (ADMEE) (6 hours – December 2021)
- Accompagnement des enseignants dans le cadre de la transformation numérique | Université française en Arménie (6 hours – Octobre 2021)
- Introduction to digital tools – Professional Training Center (CFP) – Digital pedagogy: from distance education to online assessment | (12 hours – May 2021 / October 2021)
Minsitry of Higher Education (MEHE)
- How to improve online learners’ motivation in online learning? | Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) (20 hours – November 2020)
- Make your remote collaboration effective |Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) (20 hours – November 2021)
Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
- Classe inversée – Université Française d’Egypte au Caire (25 hours – 2022)
- Cours en ligne, e-tutorat et classe inversée à l’ère numérique – FSPI project “Acceleration of the digital transformation in the higher education in the MENA” financed and coordinated by AUF [Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie]. (90h – 2022/2023)
- Conception et gestion d’un cours en ligne |Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) – Accelerating the Digital Transition of Higher Education in the Middle East (Lebanon, Palestine and Irak) project (30 hours – 2021)
- Design and manage of a MOOC |Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) – Make the University of Mosul a model of digital learning space Project (30 hours – 2021)
NGO
- Digital Literacy Training – EQUAL NGO (6hours – 2022)
Tools for online teaching – Himaya NGO (15 hours – 2021)
- Roundtable at the Charles Corm Foundation on Artifcial Intelligence (2023)
- IA et recherche – 14e édition des Journées de la Recherche – USJ (2023)
- La gouvernance numérique au service des objectifs de développement durable – Conférence régionale des Recteurs de la Région du Moyen-Orient (CONFREMO) ( 2019)
- Covid 19 in education: Lessons learned and best practices panel – 4th Middle East & North Africa Conference for Information System Hybrid conference (MENACIS) – Morocco (2021)
- L’ancrage de la transformation numérique grâce à une démarche participative active des différentes parties prenantes à l’USJ – Transformation numérique et gouvernance universitaire – Assises de la Francophonie scientifique ( 2021)
- Adapting or redefining assessment ? Online Workshop for Swissuniversities Cluster of Collaboration in Digital Education and Research in MENA (CLOC-MENA) (2020)
- Moving from adapting teaching to online to adapting online to teaching Online learning : A paradigm shift in Higher Education in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic – Alexandria University (2020)
- How to strengthen ICT adoption and measure its appropriation in a university?, Conférence régionale des Recteurs de la Région du Moyen-Orient (CONFREMO) ( 2019)
- Sustaining Innovations in Educational Technology: Case of USJ, Alexandria Pedagogical Innovation and Technology Enhanced Learning APITEL, University of Alexandria, Egypt (2019)
- Pedagogical integrations of digital in education: Towards an optimization of skills development – Educational and digital innovation at the service of the labor market, Saint-Joseph university of Beirut (2018)
- Referential of cross-curricular skills required in the 21st century – USJ Student e-Portfolio, The skills needed for the twenty first century and their impact on teaching and learning in higher education, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Lebanon (2018)
- Designing an online course according to Competency-Based Approach, Conférence régionale des Recteurs de la Région du Moyen-Orient (CONFREMO) (2018)
- Saint-Joseph university’s experience in educational technologies, Conférence régionale des Recteurs de la Région du Moyen-Orient (CONFREMO) ( 2017)
- Challenges of distance learning, Quality of distance learning, Balamand university, Lebanon ( 2016)
- Communication and E-health: strengths and pitfalls, Healing communication in the world of health, Saint-Joseph university of Beirut (2019)
- Thinking educational organizations in the age of mobility (in Web Diffusion), International e-education symposium, École supérieure de l’Éducation nationale de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche( ESENESR), France (2015)
Contact
Email: wadad.wazen@usj.edu.lbLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wadadwazen/
Wadad Wazen Gergy holds a master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering (ESIB – USJ) and a degree in Innovative Teaching Approaches from the Faculty of Educational Sciences (Fsedu) at Saint-Joseph University of Beirut.
She is director of the New Educational Technologies unit (UNTE) at Saint-Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) since 2016. She is responsible for the design, development, and deployment of educational technology in support of advancing the university’s teaching and learning mission. Techno-pedagogical expert at the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie engaged in the project entitled “Acceleration of the Digital Transition of Higher education in the Middle East” within the framework of the Solidarity Fund for Innovative Projects since 2020. Wadad was appointed in 2022 by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Lebanon as a member-expert consultant in the specialized committee for online education.
In 2008, Wadad got involved in instructional design, online course development and e-learning web services. In 2010, she started developing and delivering several instructional technology related trainings to support teacher’s use of technology. Since 2015, she delivers international talks on techno-pedagogical innovation and participates in regional developmental projects.
During the COVID-19 crisis, Wadad was appointed coordinator of the Commission for the development of logistical and pedagogical tools for teaching online that designed the Guide for Distance Education at USJ.
Her guiding philosophy in this work is to amplify experience with technology by valuing beliefs and generating an environment where staff and students can contribute their skills, abilities, and personal qualities.
Areas of particular interest include support for Accessibility and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through intentional uses of educational technology in teaching, and the field of data analytics and learning insights.
Higher education institution Workshops
- Outils de l’IA pour les étudiants – Faculté de médecine dentaire – Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ) (2023)
- IA : Parlons-en! – Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ) (2023)
- Redesigning your course with Artificial Intelligence! – Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ) (2023)
- Quelle évaluation pour une pédagogie digitale interactive ? |Association pour le développement des Méthodologies d’évaluation en Education (ADMEE) (6 hours – December 2021)
- Accompagnement des enseignants dans le cadre de la transformation numérique | Université française en Arménie (6 hours – Octobre 2021)
- Introduction to digital tools – Professional Training Center (CFP) – Digital pedagogy: from distance education to online assessment | (12 hours – May 2021 / October 2021)
Minsitry of Higher Education (MEHE)
- How to improve online learners’ motivation in online learning? | Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) (20 hours – November 2020)
- Make your remote collaboration effective |Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) (20 hours – November 2021)
Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
- Classe inversée – Université Française d’Egypte au Caire (25 hours – 2022)
- Cours en ligne, e-tutorat et classe inversée à l’ère numérique – FSPI project “Acceleration of the digital transformation in the higher education in the MENA” financed and coordinated by AUF [Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie]. (90h – 2022/2023)
- Conception et gestion d’un cours en ligne |Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) – Accelerating the Digital Transition of Higher Education in the Middle East (Lebanon, Palestine and Irak) project (30 hours – 2021)
- Design and manage of a MOOC |Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) – Make the University of Mosul a model of digital learning space Project (30 hours – 2021)
NGO
- Digital Literacy Training – EQUAL NGO (6hours – 2022)
Tools for online teaching – Himaya NGO (15 hours – 2021)
- Roundtable at the Charles Corm Foundation on Artifcial Intelligence (2023)
- IA et recherche – 14e édition des Journées de la Recherche – USJ (2023)
- La gouvernance numérique au service des objectifs de développement durable – Conférence régionale des Recteurs de la Région du Moyen-Orient (CONFREMO) ( 2019)
- Covid 19 in education: Lessons learned and best practices panel – 4th Middle East & North Africa Conference for Information System Hybrid conference (MENACIS) – Morocco (2021)
- L’ancrage de la transformation numérique grâce à une démarche participative active des différentes parties prenantes à l’USJ – Transformation numérique et gouvernance universitaire – Assises de la Francophonie scientifique ( 2021)
- Adapting or redefining assessment ? Online Workshop for Swissuniversities Cluster of Collaboration in Digital Education and Research in MENA (CLOC-MENA) (2020)
- Moving from adapting teaching to online to adapting online to teaching Online learning : A paradigm shift in Higher Education in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic – Alexandria University (2020)
- How to strengthen ICT adoption and measure its appropriation in a university?, Conférence régionale des Recteurs de la Région du Moyen-Orient (CONFREMO) ( 2019)
- Sustaining Innovations in Educational Technology: Case of USJ, Alexandria Pedagogical Innovation and Technology Enhanced Learning APITEL, University of Alexandria, Egypt (2019)
- Pedagogical integrations of digital in education: Towards an optimization of skills development – Educational and digital innovation at the service of the labor market, Saint-Joseph university of Beirut (2018)
- Referential of cross-curricular skills required in the 21st century – USJ Student e-Portfolio, The skills needed for the twenty first century and their impact on teaching and learning in higher education, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Lebanon (2018)
- Designing an online course according to Competency-Based Approach, Conférence régionale des Recteurs de la Région du Moyen-Orient (CONFREMO) (2018)
- Saint-Joseph university’s experience in educational technologies, Conférence régionale des Recteurs de la Région du Moyen-Orient (CONFREMO) ( 2017)
- Challenges of distance learning, Quality of distance learning, Balamand university, Lebanon ( 2016)
- Communication and E-health: strengths and pitfalls, Healing communication in the world of health, Saint-Joseph university of Beirut (2019)
- Thinking educational organizations in the age of mobility (in Web Diffusion), International e-education symposium, École supérieure de l’Éducation nationale de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche( ESENESR), France (2015)
Contact
Email: wadad.wazen@usj.edu.lbLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wadadwazen/
