Education: Going Online

Date : February 07, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Moderator: Dr. Nadeem ul Haq (Vice Chancellor PIDE)
Panelists : 1. Prof. Pervez Hoodbhoy (Pakistani nuclear physicist and activist, Professor at the Forman Christian College, Taught Physics in QAU Islamabad), 2. Dr. Nasir Iqbal (DEAN Social Sciences PIDE, PhD Economics. Specialist in Trade, Poverty, Governance, Design & Policy Specialist, 3. Dr. Asma Hyder, IBA (Professor at Economics Department, Institute of Business Administration IBA, Karachi), 4. Zainab Riaz (Assistant Professor at LUMS, PhD in Construction Management Loughborough University, UK, 5. Dr. Murtaza Haider, Professor of Data Science & Real Estate Management at Ryerson University. Research director of the Urban Analytics Institute, 6. Mr. Shaaf Najib, Staff Economist, PIDE

• Restructuring exams and assignments, • difficulties in online teaching+exams, • penetration of technology in educational systems (existing and the need to increase), • internet access issues for students, • Challenges to faculty in shifting to online teaching and examinations