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Item Assistive Technology's Effect on the Academic Performance of Students with Disabilities: An Investigative Study at Higher Education Institutions in the UAE(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-11) Alsoori Alzaabi, AbdullaAssistive Technology (AT) has a significant role in helping people with disabilities to function better in society. The AT becomes an indispensable tool across the education realm, which can be linked to the more significant academic achievement for Students with Disabilities (SWDs). Furthering and integrating AT in higher education settings permits the practice of independence and social participation of SWDs along with their peers free from discrimination based on disability. Accordingly, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provides great efforts to promote social inclusion by integrating people with disabilities in everyday activities, such as work, sports, and education. The UAE embraced best global practices and solutions in this field through the standards of services provided, initiatives, and technology as a result of implementing the National Policy in Empowering People of Determination and Federal Law No. 29 of the Year 2006 on the Rights of People with Special Needs. This study aims to examine the effects of AT on the academic performance of SWDs in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UAE. A mixed methods approach of data collection was applied to gathering data quantitatively and qualitatively, which included a questionnaire, interview and analysis of official documents. The target sample population of the study consists of SWDs, teachers and specialist staff who understand the necessity of AT services and evaluate barriers in promoting AT effectively. This study revealed the extraordinary benefits of the use of AT as a way to increase the academic performance of SWDs in HEIs and identifies the major challenges that hinder the successful implementation of AT. The study recommends establishing AT services and support centers in HEIs along with creating an AT Act to be regulate these provisions in the UAEItem The effect of online time on students’ academic performance: A study of cycle 1 and cycle 2 students in Abu Dhabi, UAE government schools(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-03) Sharabassy, Nermin HamedThe last few years have witnessed a rapid growth in technology all over the world. This growth is evident in the great increase of Internet use and the technological devices that have been invented and commonly used in a very short time. Using the Internet has become the main source of getting information in all fields of knowledge. The benefits of using the Internet are widely spread to include different aspects of life; communicating with friends, booking flights to any destination in the world, checking bank accounts, paying bills, and helping with any kind of educational needs such as doing homework or research, preparing for assignments , projects and final assessments. This study is focussed on the time students in cycle 1 and 2 of Abu Dhabi, UAE government schools are spending online, and how it is affecting their academic performance. This study will also investigate the effect of this online time on their academic achievement and the perceptions of teachers, parents and the students themselves on the impact of this online time on their academic achievement at school. The study also focuses on the various Internet activities that the students are busy working on, and if online time can be beneficial for them to do their homework, school projects, and to be prepared for their final assessments, or is it merely a tool to communicate with friends through various social networks to play games, check emails and be used for entertainment only. The findings of this study have suggested that online time has a positive effect on the students’ academic performance unless it has not been used wisely within good online time management at school and at home. Online time can be used as an interactive factor to enhance the learning process if it is used wisely in a way that can stimulate the students’ needs and attention.