A number of professors and students of Al-Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology at Yarmouk University participated in a group of training workshops organized by the German University of Bonn-Rhein-Zig, as part of the activities of the RL4Eng project to develop remote and virtual laboratories for teaching and training students of engineering faculties in higher education institutions in the southern Mediterranean and the Sub-Saharan regions.

The Dean of the Faculty - General Director of the Project, Dr. Muwafaq Al-Otoum, said that this project is supported by the European Erasmus Plus program and managed by Yarmouk University, and it involves the participation of 15 academic partners and companies from Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tanzania, Germany, and Spain. He also explained that the project contributes to the process of digital transformation in higher education institutions by focusing on teaching practical laboratories in engineering faculties, indicating that the project is considered unique of its kind because there are no similar experiences in the participating countries from the Middle East, North and Central Africa.

Noteworthy is that the training sessions included introducing examples of practical engineering laboratories taught remotely at European partner universities, mechanisms for designing and developing these laboratories, and the methods of teaching and evaluating them. It also included practical training workshops for students and faculty members on the concepts included in the project.