Dr. Nawzat Abu Al-Assal, a faculty member in the Faculty of Information and Director of the university's Public Relations and Media Department, conducted a training program named "Digital Citizenship." The Princess Basma Center for Jordanian Women's Studies at the university offers this course as part of its "Let's Volunteer... Let's Train" initiative. The workshop addressed the most prominent concepts of digital citizenship, as well as the rules, controls, and standards associated with the optimal and correct use of technology, with the goal of directing participants to the benefits of modern technologies, ways to protect against their risks, and how to deal intelligently with communication technology.
During the training program, Abu Al-Asal addressed how to instill a culture of digital citizenship in society, promote the knowledge society, and establish the national digital economy. The trainer also touched, through focused discussions with the participants, on the concept of the digital citizen and its most prominent characteristics and the importance of spreading the culture of digital citizenship, which must be developed and strengthened individually and socially because it represents values, behaviors, and habits that appear in people's interactions and actions in the virtual world, as well as mechanisms for raising the level of electronic security.
She also addressed the importance of digital citizenship, the most prominent safe practices and the responsible, legal, and ethical use of information and technology, and ways to acquire positive behavior while using it, which leads to learning and productivity, stressing the extreme importance of paying attention to the concept of digital citizenship and related topics due to the rising rates of crimes associated with the use of modern technology and the emergence of The Director of the Center, Dr. Batoul Al-Muhaisen, began the workshop by thanking the female academics at Yarmouk University for their contributions to the success of the "Let's Volunteer, Let's Train" initiative, emphasizing the importance of participating in volunteer work in its various forms, which contributes to societal growth and development. Many representatives of the university's academic and administrative personnel, along with students from various majors, attended the workshop activities.
