This book is considered the first of its kind that sheds light on collective intelligence in meeting the challenges of the sudden transition towards online education, for nurturing the learning of distinguished and talented students.

Collective intelligence gives superior results than knowledge emerging from software or individual intelligence. It also plays an influential role in facing the challenges and rapid changes that occur in the surrounding environment because of external factors when everyone works to take the appropriate decision and find creative solutions at the highest speed.

Humans have faced many upheavals that differ from one society to another and from one natural environment to another. Such rapid transformations put societies in the face of difficulty, and they need cooperation to overcome these challenges successfully. One such challenges faced by humanity in the modern time is the complete closure due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19 virus that began at the end of the year 2019 in the Chinese state of Wuhan and spread throughout the world in 2020. This book focuses on the role of collective intelligence in facing the challenge thrown at us by the pandemic, particularly in the field of education and learning by providing appropriate solutions to foster and nurture talented and distinguished students. It emphasises on educational strategies that stimulate collective intelligence.

The importance of this book:

The book strives to shape the future of education with technological progress. It aspires to open new horizons where opportunities did not exist until now, by enhancement of skills such as empathy and collaboration that are needed for future.

Higher education institutions should take big step to equip its young generation with the skills required to face future challenges. Despite the large number of studies and books that discuss collective intelligence in humans and animals, there are still very few studies and books that shed light on its role in facing rapid transformations in multiple fields, especially in education and learning, specifically in the age of Internet.

This book is considered the first in the Arab world that discusses the importance of collective intelligence in the field of teaching and learning with a focus on the rapid and sudden transformations of distance education during the COVID 19 pandemic.

The targeted readers of the book:

The book targets those who are deeply involved in the field of education. Since higher education institutions can act as leading change agents in times of massive social transformation, the book aspires to empower such institutions to mobilize collective intelligence for education transition with effective tools & strategies.

The main readers of the book are educators and heads of schools and universities who are required to reconsider the current practices and policies and explore new ways to transform education to address education challenges and to prepare students for their future, we can no longer rely on traditional education models by exploring the potentials of digital technology.