TY  - JOUR
T1  - Enhancing Education for Smart Cities: Evidence from
Omani Higher Education Institutions
AU - AL Issa, Hussein-Elhakim AU - Shukaili, Abdulah AL AU - Abdel Fattah, Fadi 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
SP  - 851
EP  - 854
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2020.851.854
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2020.851.854
KW  - Sustainable education
KW  -smart city
KW  -institutions of higher education
KW  -technology
KW  -innovation
KW  -published reports
AB  - The focus of this study is to examine the interrelated influences of service delivery in Institutions
of Higher Education (HEIs) in Oman to advance sustainable education for smart cities. An important objective
of this study is the evaluation of the pertinent educational curriculums and programs used by HEIs in Oman
to stimulate and develop the sustainability of the smart city approach. Researchers intend to adopt aspects of
the triple helix model which have been used as an analytical framework to analyze the knowledge-based
innovation systems in HEIs. Data is collected from stakeholders in HEIs through structured and semi-structured
interviews and questionnaires combined with statistical trends from officially published reports. Data analysis
will keep with methodology and the employment of Stata Software will help in the examination of correlation
between variables. The study contributes to the debate on HEIs’ role in smart city initiatives and has
implications to their part in advancing higher education for the development of smart city initiatives in the
region which is an evolving concept that requiring ample investigation to further our understanding of it,
especially in developing countries.
ER  -