Organization Information
The Virtual University, Pakistan’s first University based completely on modern Information and Communication Technologies, was established by the Government as a public sector, not-for-profit institution with a clear mission: to provide extremely affordable world class education to aspiring students all over the country.
Describe the work that you do in your role
• Mentoring hundreds of students in Electronic Distance Learning Environment through Learning Management System (LMS)
• Developing Student Assignments and Evaluate the same for CS/IT courses
• Formulating Questions along with Grading Schemes for the University’s Online Question Bank for Exams, following Bloom's Taxonomy
• Grading Online Examinations and Conducting Viva-Voce (both in Physical and through Video Conferencing) as Subject Specialist
• Educating & Interacting Students through Moderate Discussion Boards(MDBs), Team Discussion Boards (TDBs), Emails, Skype, Adobe Connect Sessions and related latest online tools & technologies
• Member Supervisory Committee for MS Thesis since Spring 2017
• Final Year Project (FYP) Supervisor for MCS, MIT, BS(CS), BS(IT) Degree Programs since Fall 2016
Indicate previous experience and/or areas of career proficiency/achievenments
I started my career as a Research Associate here at UMT in Interaction Design Center in School of Science and Technology (SST), back in 2008. As being, involved in academia industry form day 1 of my career, I also feel myself blessed to be associated with UMT.
Describe your success in your professional life and achievements
• Honor & Award: Received Certificate of Acknowledgement from Worthy Rector Virtual University of Pakistan, Dr. Naveed A. Malik
• Evaluated Final Year Project Proposals of Computer Science Faculty as a Member Evaluation Committee
• Developed HEC Self Assessment Report (SAR) for B.Sc. Computer Science degree program as a Member Program Team
• Conducted & Taught Face2Face/Physical Programming Sessions for C++ Programming Course in Student Campuses
• Developed Content-based Video Tutorial for undergrad Course, on the topic of "The Role of Bus & Registers in Computer Architecture" for “Computer Architecture and Assembly Language Programming”. Selected among several other tutorials.
Write your activities and achievement if you were member of any club or society in UMT?
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What do you remember about your time in ILM / IMT /UMT?
No doubt, UMT is an exciting place for learning, improving and expanding the limits of knowledge. I loved being at UMT for about 2 years in pursue of my MS - Information Technology degree. This productive and pleasant experience expanded my academic life with latest knowledge and research exposure, as well as developed my professional career to next level.
