The Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences In collaboration with LMPACT organizes The 1st International Conference on “E-learning and Distance Education” under the theme ICTs in Higher Education: Benefits, Challenges and Future Horizons 26 & 27 March 2018 Background The importance of information and communication technologies is visible in different spheres, particularly in higher education. Far from overestimating the role of ICTs, the implementation of technology-friendly teaching/learning environments is becoming a strategic, viable alternative for decision-makers at the level of higher education on a global scale. Given its countless benefits, an ICT-bound educational policy is an alluring pathway that is gaining ground within and across countries to the extent that technology free educational endeavors are on the way of becoming a relic from the past. This being said, it ...