COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) - Abbottabad - Pakistan

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, founded in the belief that understanding enriches all people, is dedicated to the search for truth through advancement of learning and extending the frontiers of knowledge; to the sharing of this knowledge through education in an academically diverse range of disciplines; and to the application of this knowledge to benefit the people of Pakistan in particular, and Muslim Ummah and the world, as a whole. The Institute's mission is threefold:

Research and Discovery: Generate and preserve knowledge, understanding, and creativity by instigating enquiry, conducting high-quality research and promoting scholarship, that benefit students, scholars, and communities across the country, the Muslim Ummah, and the world, at large.
Teaching and Learning: Share that knowledge, understanding, and creativity by providing a broad range of educational programs among a diverse community of learners and teachers, and prepare graduate, professional, and undergraduate students, as well as non-degree-seeking students interested in continuing education and lifelong learning, for active roles in competitive and culturally diverse environs.
Outreach and Public Service: Extend, apply, and exchange knowledge between the Institute and society by applying scholarly expertise to intellectual, social and technological problems, by helping organizations and individuals respond to their changing environments, and by making the knowledge and resources created and preserved at the Institute accessible to the citizens. Using the resources of its multiple campuses in an integrated fashion, the Institute vies to strengthen the services to the state through the education of a modern work force, research and development, technology commercialization, and partnership with business, government and community groups.
Phone 0992-383591-6
Fax 0992-383441
Email: admissions@ciit.net.pk
Website: http://www.ciit-atd.edu.pk/
Address: CIIT Abbottabad Campus University Road, Tobe Camp
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COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) - Abbottabad
01, Feb, 2010 Admission in Bachelors & Masters Programs
11, Jan, 2010 Admission in BS (BA, EC, ES, CS, ERN, TN), MBA & MDS
08, Dec, 2009 Admission in Bachelors & Masters Programs
03, Aug, 2009 Admission in BS, MBA, MDS & Pharm-D

Allama Iqbal Open University - Islamabad - Pakistan

Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is the first Open University in Asia. AIOU is a unique institution in Pakistan because of its philosophy, system, approach, functions and overall structure. The University with its main campus at Islamabad and huge network of regional centers spread all over the country is serving its clientele all over Pakistan and in the Middle East. AIOU is a Distance Education institution, which provides multi disciplinary education from basic to doctoral level programs.

Director (Student Affairs)
Postal Address: Directorate of Students Advisory & Counselling Services, Gateway Block,First Floor, Allama Iqbal Open University, Sector H-8, Islamabad-44000

Email: director_sac@aiou.edu.pk
Phone Number: 051-9057816
http://www.aiou.edu.pk/Contactus.asp

Visit Air University - Islamabad - Pakistan

Air University is located in the foothills of Margalla. It is located in the south east corner of sector E-9 (PAF Complex) of Islamabad. The main entrance is near the intersection of Agha Shahi Avenue (9th Avenue) and Khayaban e Iqbal (Margalla Road).


From Motorway and G. T. Road (N-5)
Take Kashmir Highway (eastbound) to 9th Avenue/Agha Shahi Avenue and turn left here until you read Shaheen Chowk (see above).

From Islamabad International Airport/Islamabad Highway
From the airport drive on the Islamabad Highway towards Faisal Mosque. At the intersection with Margalla Road/Khaban e Iqbal turn left to Shaheen Chowk (Intersection of 9th Ave. & Margalla Road). See above.

From Murree
From Murree Road, take Kashmir Highway (westbound) to 9th Ave. Make a right turn at 9th Avenue (Northbound) from Kashmir Highway. Take 9th Avenue to Shaheen Chowk (Intersection of 9th Ave. & Margalla Road).

Islamabad
Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. The city was built during the 1960s to replace Karachi as Pakistan's capital. Rawalpindi is considered its sister city due to the close proximity of the two cities. Islamabad is a modern city; it is well-organized, with the city being divided into different sectors and zones, each with its own shopping areas and parks.

Islamabad, being the capital of the country is home to federal parliament (National Assembly and Senate), Supreme Court, President's Secretariat, Prime Minister's Secretariat, and federal ministries, corporate offices of all major public and private, national and multinational organizations.

History
The nascent city of Islamabad is preceded by thousands of years of history. This is the site of one of the earliest human settlements in Asia, and is at one end of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. Near Islamabad is a site where there are stone implements made on a mass scale which were sent down to the lower reaches of the Indus river. This area was the first settlement of the Aryans from Central Asia and is on the route through which passed all those who invaded India from the North and North West. The very large number of languages still spoken in the Northern Areas is evidence of the different races that passed through what is now the federal area. This region has witnessed the passage of ancient caravans from Central Asia including armies of Alexander the Great and Amir Taimoor (Tamurlane). The banks of the River Soan in Islamabad were host to stone-age man over 7000 years ago and human skulls dating back to 5000 B.C. have been found in and around Islamabad

Contact Us at Phone: +92-51-9262557-9 Fax: +92-51-9260158
VICE CHANCELLOR OFFICE
AIR CDRE(R) Dr. IJAZ AHMED MALIK Vice Chancellor
Mr. AMJAD FAROOQ PS to VC 202 amjad@mail.au.edu.pk
REGISTRAR OFFICE
AIR CDRE (R) ZAFAR AHMED Director P&D / Registrar
Ms. SABA IFTIKHAR PS To Registrar 441 saba.iftikhar@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. WG.CDR(Rtd) IFTIKHAR AHMAD Deputy Registrar 205 iftikhar@mail.au.edu.pk
Mrs. KHADEEJAH USMAN Registration Officer 264 khadeejah@mail.au.edu.pk
ACADEMICS
Dr. Q. ISA DAUDPOTA Director Academics daudpota@mail.au.edu.pk
SHAMS-UR-REHMAN PA To Dir Acad 223 shams@mail.au.edu.pk
LIBRARY
Mrs. MAMOONA KOUSAR Librarian 376 mkousar@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. IMRAN SIDDIQUE Assistant Librarian 220 imran.siddique@mail.au.edu.pk
EXAMINATION & STUDENT AFFAIRS
Mr. ABDUL MUJEEB Director mujeeb@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. SHAFAAT-UR-REHMAN Examination Officer 458 shafaat@mail.au.edu.pk
CAPT (R) NADEEM SHAIKH Proctor 233 nadeem.sheikh@mail.au.edu.pk
ADMISSIONS OFFICE
Mr. ARSLAN ASLAM Assistant Admission Officer 209 arslan@mail.au.edu.pk
HUMAN RESOURCE
Ms. TAYYABA RAZZAQ Asst. Manager HR 210 tayyaba@mail.au.edu.pk
Ms. NASIRA JABEEN HR Assistant 457 nasira@mail.au.edu.pk
Ms. AFSHAN JAVED HR Assistant 210 afshan@mail.au.edu.pk
FINANCE
Mr. M.SHAHID AFZAL Deputy Director mshahid@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. MUHAMMAD AZAM Accounts Officer 263 azam@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. WASEEM RABBANI Accounts Officer 306 waseem@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. ZULFIQAR ALI Accounts Officer 309 zulfiqar.ali@mail.au.edu.pk
PLACEMENT & ALUMNI AFFAIRS
Mr. WAQAR A. KHAN Senior Manager 270 waqar@mail.au.edu.pk
Ms. ALMAS PARVEEN Office Assistant 248 almas@mail.au.edu.pk
SPORTS
GP CAPT(R) SAJJAD A CHOWDHURY Deputy Director 401 sajjad@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. AMJAD PERVEZ I/C Sports 401 amjad.pervez@mail.au.edu.pk
NETWORKS
Mr. MUHAMMAD FAROOQ ARSHAD Network Administrator 260 netadmin@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. SOHAIL KHALID Sr. Network Supervisor 216 sohail@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. SHAKIR HUSSAIN Network Supervisor 216 shakir@mail.au.edu.pk
AUTOMATION
Mr. ZUBAIR AZAM Assistant System Analyst 218 zubair@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. MUHAMMAD MASOOD AHMAD Developer 218 masood@mail.au.edu.pk
ADMINISTRATION
Mr. M AFZAL KHAN Incharge Administration 217 afzal.khan@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. ZAFAR ULLAH KHAN Inventory Holder 304 zafarullah.khan@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. MUHAMMAD TUFAIL RAJA M.Transport Officer 265 tufail.raja@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. MUSHTAQ AHMAD KAYANI Admin Assistant 412 mushtaq@mail.au.edu.pk
Ms. SHAMA RAUF Receptionist/ Telephone Operator 0 shama@mail.au.edu.pk
MEDICAL DOCTOR
Dr. ALIYA AMBREEN TOOR Medical Doctor 362 aliya.toor@mail.au.edu.pk

INSTITUTE OF AVIONICS AND AERONAUTICS
AIR CDRE Dr. KHALID MEHMOOD DIRECTOR GENERAL/Dir ICO dgiaa@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. MUHAMMAD QASIM PS To DG IAA 330 qasim@mail.au.edu.pk
Ms. SAMRA JUNJUA Assistant Coordinator 328 khadija@mail.au.edu.pk
DEPARTMENT OF AVIONICS ENGINEERING
Dr. Suhail Akhtar Chair Department 327 suhail.akhtar@mail.au.edu.pk
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
AIR CDRE (R ) Dr. BASHARAT ULLAH MALIK Chair Department basharat.malik@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. ZULFIQAR ALI Pa To Chair 483 zulfiqar.ali@mail.au.edu.pk

FACULTY OF BASIC & APPLIED SCIENCES
Dr. ABDULLAH SADIQ Dean asidiq@mail.au.edu.pk
Ms. SAMREEN GUL Program Coordinator 448 samreen@mail.au.edu.pk
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Dr. TASNEEM M.SHAH Chair Department dr.tasneem@mail.au.edu.pk
Ms. HAFSA AWAN Asst Program Coordinator 474 hafsa.awan@mail.au.edu.pk
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Dr. SYED AFAQ HUSAIN Chair Department afaq.husain@mail.au.edu.pk
Ms. SAMREEN GUL Program Coordinator 448 samreen@mail.au.edu.pk
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Dr. MUHAMMAD ANWAR Chair Department dranwar@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. MUHAMMAD UBAID KHAN Teaching Assistant 419 ubaid.khan@mail.au.edu.pk

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Dr. ZAFAR ULLAH KORESHI Senior Dean zafar@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. NADEEM BHATTI Pa To Senior Dean 219 nadeembhatti@mail.au.edu.pk
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Dr. KAMAL ATHER Chair Department kathar@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. MUHAMMAD ZAHEER ABBAS Office Assistant 243 zaheer@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. SYED AHMED SAJJAD Program Coordinator 319 sajjads@mail.au.edu.pk
DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS
Dr. ZAFAR ULLAH KORESHI Chair Department zafar@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. ABDUL RAHIM Pa To Chair 255 abdul.rahim@mail.au.edu.pk
Ms. ZUBEDA PERVEEN BHATTI Program Coordinator 212 zubeda@mail.au.edu.pk

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
Mrs. ABIDA HASSAN Acting Dean abida@mail.au.edu.pk
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Dr. HINA ASHRAF Chair Department hina@mail.au.edu.pk
Ms. FAUZIA SULTANA Asst Coordinator 448 fauzia@mail.au.edu.pk

FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
Dr. Ikramullah Shad Dean iushad@mail.au.edu.pk
Mr. SARFRAZ AHMED P A To Dean 389 sarfraz.ahmed@mail.au.edu.pk
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Ikramullah Shad Chair Department iushad@mail.au.edu.pk
Mrs. BUSHRA KARIM MIRZA Program Coordinator 241 bushra@mail.au.edu.pk

University of Jamshoro - Sindh - Pakistan

The University of Sindh, the second oldest University of the country, was constituted under the University of Sindh Act. No. XVII of 1947 passed by the Legislative Assembly of Sindh. The Act was subsequently revised and modified in 1961 and later. The Act of 1972 under which the University is presently functioning provided for greater autonomy and representation of teachers.

From 1947 to 1951 the University functioned solely as an examining body. However, after its relocation in Hyderabad in 1951, it started functioning as a teaching university in pursuit of fulfillment of its charter and mission to disseminate knowledge; the first teaching department, namely, Department of Education, raised to the status of Faculty of Education later, was started in view of the great dearth of trained teachers in the country. The departments of basic Science disciplines as well as other departments on humanities side were added by mid fifties.

The development of the present Campus at Jamshoro, about 15 kilometer from Hyderabad on the right bank of River Indus now designated as Allama I.I. Kazi Campus, was started in late fifties. Most of the teaching departments under the Faculty of Science were shifted to the new campus in 1961, with departments under Arts & Humanities following suite in 1970.

The academic march forward continued with the gradual addition of other teaching departments and now there are 43 full-fledged teaching institutes/centres/departments functioning under various academic Faculties. Institute of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering and Centre for Environmental Sciences are the latest addition.

There are presently 4 Law Colleges and 74 Degree and Post Graduate Colleges (including 16 Private Colleges) affiliated to the University.

Programs of Studies:
Academic Faculties of the University impart teaching leading to the Bachelor (Honours) and Master degrees and provide research guidance for the M.Phil and Ph.D. programs. The teaching and research under the Faculties of Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts, Education, Islamic Studies, Commerce & Business Administration is directly imparted by the University.

Each Faculty works under the Dean, appointed by the Chancellor for a term of 3 years. The University teaching departments, institutes and centres offer programs leading to the award of 3- year Bachelor’s (Honours) degree in various general and basic disciplines on Humanities side while 4- year Bachelor degree is offered under the Faculty of Natural Sciences. The degrees have been redesignated accordingly indicating discipline e.g for Computer Science BC (CS) and Information Technology BS(IT) etc.

The Masters’ degree programs are of 1- year duration after Honours and of 2 -year duration after Bachelor (Pass) degrees.

The 2- year Bachelor’s (Pass) degree programs are conducted through various affiliated Degree Colleges within the jurisdiction of the University.

The teaching under the Faculty of Law is conducted through the affiliated professional Law colleges.

Degree programs in the Evening shift introduced since 2002 include Masters degrees in English and Information Technology- related disciplines such as E-commerce and Multimedia Technology.

Many teaching departments under various Faculties of the University also offer Postgraduate 1 year Diploma as well as short term Certificate programs.

Some of the degree colleges in private sector and affiliated to the University, also offer 3-year, Hons. & Master’s programs.

Contact:
University of Sindh,
Allama I.I. Kazi Campus,
Jamshoro-76080, Sindh, Pakistan.
Tel: No. 92-22-2771681-90
Fax: No. 92-22-2772002
Email: info@usindh.edu.pk

WEB: http://usindh.edu.pk/

Building Interaction Into Your Online Course

You've already decided that you're ready to author online and you have your content organized. Now it's time to face the ultimate challenge in online learning - making it interactive!

Interaction in online courses is a two-edged sword. On one hand you want students to participate. This enhances their learning by letting them question and discuss issues in the course. On the other hand, as the instructor, you need to decide the level of interaction you want to have with each student - and build your courses accordingly.

As an illustration, let me relate a poor choice I made in a course I wrote several years ago. Because I wanted everyone involved, I required that each student post at least one message per week to the discussion group. In addition, I required that they respond to two other messages. Simple? Yes. But because I had decided that my level of involvement was to respond to every posting, I was faced with 3 messages for every student every week - and this was only the minimum requirement! I soon found myself bogged down in responding to an overwhelming number of messages.

To decide on your level of involvement, let's look at 5 levels of interactions you can provide.

1. Respond to every email. At this level of interaction, you are reading and responding to every email or discussion sent. Beware. While this may be effective at the beginning of a discussion when there is little interaction, you'll soon be overwhelmed just responding to and encouraging students.

2. Respond to every nth email. This is a more rational view. Here you can decide to pick every 5th posting and respond to it. The danger is that you'll miss a student's best posting or that you'll miss an important question.

3. Respond to 1 message per student per week. You can set the expectation that you'll welcome questions from everyone, but that you'll only guarantee a response to one per week. That will put the burden of composing an effective message on the student's shoulders, rather than just jotting off a quick question every time they think of it.

4. Post provocative questions. This is a great way to get a discussion started. If you choose this route, you may choose not to participate in the discussion yourself - but instead, just summarize it at the end - or not.

5. Employ help. This may be a Teaching Assistant, a mentor, students who have taken the course in the past, etc. You may also choose to separate the types of correspondence - for example, one person may cover technical questions, while another handles course mechanics and you take the content questions.

Now that you've decided on your level of involvement, it's time to design the exercises. Recognize that almost any type of exercise you use in face-to-face training has an online counterpart. So be creative - and try your ideas. You can even ask your fellow instructors for help by saying "In an instructor-led course we would do such-and-such for this lesson. What would you suggest we use to replicate that learning online?"

Keep in mind that the format of the course you are creating will help determine the appropriateness of an interactive exercise. For example, if you have a rolling enrollment, self-paced course where students sign up and work through the materials at their own pace, it may be difficult to assign them team activities.

To get you started here are some ideas for interactive exercises. These cover a variety of levels of interaction, so choose your favorites.

Polls and surveys - ask a series of questions, then summarize the results for the participants. This can be done with a survey tool or you can use a multiple choice exam. Poll early and often. Your first poll might be the type of computer participants use, how they connect to the Internet, and their level of expertise in computer skills. This provides good feedback to you and gives them a profile of the "average" student.

Go and do - give students an assignment to do offline. Then ask them to come back and use one of the other techniques (reflection, chat, summaries) to report on their activities.

Read and react - give students an article, a series of websites, or other assignment. Then ask them to write a short reaction paper based on their readings.

Reflection - ask each student to use their personal note space to reflect on reading/group discussions.

3-word summary - ask each student to summarize their thoughts in 3 words in the discussion group. Others can ask for clarification.

Teams - use teams to create small discussion groups. Then ask one person from each team to summarize the discussion in the larger discussion area.

Office hours - use a chat to hold weekly office hours. Just tell everyone when you'll be "in", then wait for the questions. As an alternative you may decide to offer a chat time to a smaller group or team of students - either to encourage more interaction or to handle what would have been an overwhelming amount of interaction.

Expert panel - invite one or more experts to participate in a live event such as a video or audio conference. Take questions from the audience. Then continue the discussion with the discussion group. If possible, invite the experts to participate in the discussion.

You will continue to discover new interactive exercises that you use with your courses. For a full course on the topic, send an email to elearning@TechTamers.com

Dr. Jeanette Cates is an Internet strategist who works with experts who are ready to turn their knowledge and their websites into Gold. Her reputation as a speaker and trainer has earned her the title of The Technology Tamer. With more than 20 years in instructional design and elearning, Jeanette shares her news and views in OnlineSuccessNews.com

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Dean College of Information Systems (Zayed University)-United Arab Emirates

The University
Founded in 1998, Zayed University is the newest public university in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with 2,000 female students, all of them UAE citizens, on campuses in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

The College
The College of Information Systems currently has 20 full-time faculty who teach a larger number of majors than in any of the 5 other colleges. Students majoring in Information Systems will have a broad understanding of the role of information technology in global societies; in the development of internet business sites and electronic commerce; and in the fundamentals of computer programming, databases, data analysis and networking. The program is practical, competency-based and designed to expose students to real-world problems through internship opportunities with businesses in the UAE.

The Position
The Dean has general responsibility for developing and administering the College's academic programs, for managing and allocating financial resources, for encouraging excellent teaching, scholarship and research, for supporting faculty and staff development and for developing strong relationships with other Colleges and units of the University and with the external community.

Salary and Benefits
Salary is competitive by international standards. Benefits for Deans are generous. We offer excellent housing, a generous furniture allowance, educational subsidies for children, as well as annual flight tickets for you and your family.

Anticipated Date of Appointment - Summer, 2004

To Apply
Apply online at www.zu.ac.ae
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Interviews with finalists will begin in February.

Applications must include:
A letter of application addressing relevant experience and qualifications.
Current Curriculum Vitae.
The names, addresses and telephone/fax numbers of four referees.

All inquiries will be held in strict confidence; referees will not be contacted without the candidate's permission.

Inquiries about the position should be addressed to: david.mcglennon@zu.ac.ae