Resume
Experience
Director of E-Learning
2018 - Present
Majan University College
Muscat, Oman
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Enabled a seamless and agile transition from the regular on-campus classes to fully operational and engaging online-campus in a timely manner during the COVID19 crisis resulted in no downtime in learning and teaching at the college.
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Led the team providing training and support for over 60 lecturers helping them adapt their teaching methods to fully online teaching during the COVID19 crisis.
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Developing the e-learning policy and its procedures that govern the online teaching activities at the college and monitoring its implementation.
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Providing lecturers and students with the training and technical support needed to fully utilize and benefit from the virtual learning environment based on Moodle.
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Exploring, testing, and providing necessary training for new plugins, apps, and tools that empower lecturers and students and enrich the online teaching and learning experience.
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Periodic reporting of statistics of different online learning activities, engagement rates, most active courses, and resource utilization to line manager and senior management.
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Checking and testing new releases of Moodle and maintaining an upgraded and stable installation of the virtual learning environment that runs smoothly and effectively.
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Setup and monitored a robust cloud-based disaster recovery configuration to ensure business continuity of all essential e-learning systems.
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Liaising with the IT support team to provide a seamless online teaching experience for over 60 lecturers.
Maintaining a high online engagement rate for the students and lecturers through weekly activities and contests. -
Promoting new trends, tools, and best practices for asynchronous and synchronous online learning.
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Developing resources and activities for the online student induction that serves over 300 students every semester.
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Conducting periodic F2F inductions for students and lecturers to introduce the e-learning and IT services available at the college.
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Managing the Elearning team.
Learning Technology Advisor
2015 - 2018
Majan University College
Muscat, Oman
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Managed and configured the college’s virtual learning environment based on Moodle that serves over 4500 users and hosts over 350 active course pages.
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Administered the lecturers and student enrollment and access to courses and resources on the virtual learning environment.
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Provided training and technical support in using Turnitin (plagiarism detection service). Turnitin serves 100% of the submitted assignments for all undergraduate students.
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Trained and supported lecturers to use Google Chromebooks and their apps to have an innovative, collaborative, and engaging learning and teaching experience.
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Managed and maintained e-learning assets and allocating them to lecturers to facilitate using technology in teaching.
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Developed tutorials and multimedia learning resources.
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Provided technical support and guidance to lecturers and students.
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Webmaster for the official college website.
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Managed the intranet platform for the college based on Microsoft SharePoint Online.
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Planned and conducted inductions and training sessions for academics, staff, and students.
Computer Instructor
2009 - 2015
Majan University College
Muscat, Oman
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Developed and taught various courses for Microsoft Office Suite, Windows OS, Digital Files Management, Internet Security, Productivity Apps, and Internet Communications.
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Taught Cambridge International Diploma in IT skills.
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Developed and taught computer hardware maintenance and basic troubleshooting courses.
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Taught basic graphic design using Adobe Photoshop courses.
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Designed instructional and guidance brochures, booklets, and tutorial documents.
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Managed the college’s official social media channels.
Education
MSc in Computer Science
2011 - 2013
University of Bedfordshire
Luton, UK.
BSc in Computer Science
2002 - 2006
Al Ma'mon University College
Baghdad, Iraq.
Professional Certificates
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (Fluent)
Interests
E-Learning
Microlearning
Web Development
Gamification
Instructional Design
Google Services
Hobbies
Reading (fiction | non-fiction)
Blogging
Walking
Swimming
Watching movies | series
Listening to podcasts | music
Gaming