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Here is a quick overview of this year’s shortlisted Pedagogical Partnership Projects.
Sr# | Project Title | Faculty Partner | Designation | Faculty | Project Type |
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1 | The course Democratization and Modernization of the Muslim World | Dr. Mohammad Irfan Ali Fani | Professor | FHSS | Course Design Partnership |
2 | Politics of International Terrorism | Shahzad Akhtar | Associate Professor | FHSS | Course Design Partnership |
3 | Fundamentals of Advertising | Sara Shah | Lecturer | FMMC | Course Design Partnership |
4 | Introduction to Computing | Salman Muneer | Lecturer | FOIT | Course Design Partnership |
5 | Applied Data Analytics | Irfana Kunwar | Lecturer | FOLL | Course Design Partnership |
6 | Strategic Marketing Management | Raja Irfan Sabir | Professor | FOMS | Course Design Partnership |
7 | Principles of Biochemical Engineering | Aamina Batool | Lecturer | FOST | Course Design Partnership |
8 | The Human Genetics of Medical Lab technology program | Namrah Anwar | Assistant Professor | FOST | Course Design Partnership |
9 | Plain and Reinforced Concrete-1 | Prof Dr Engr Kafeel Ahmed | Professor and HOD | FOE | Course Delivery Partnership |
10 | The Design and Analysis of Algorithms course | Dr Syed Tanweer Shah Bukhari | Assistant Professor | FOIT | Course Delivery Partnership |
11 | Human Behavior | Kazim Ali | Assistant Professor | FOMS | Course Delivery Partnership |
12 | Pakistan Today, Modern Muslim World | Dr. Qais Aslam | Professor | FOMS | Course Delivery Partnership |
Project Title: The course Democratization and Modernization of the Muslim World
Type of Project: Course Design Partnership
Faculty Member: Dr. Mohammad Irfan Ali Fani
Project Description: The course Democratization and Modernization of the Muslim World explores the historical, political, and social trajectories of modernization and democratization in Muslim-majority states. It delves into the complex interplay between religion, culture, governance, and external influences in shaping the political systems and modernization processes of these countries. While this subject has deep theoretical underpinnings, its practical application lies in fostering a nuanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by the Muslim world in embracing democratization and modernization.
To enhance the learning experience and bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-world application, I propose to collaborate with a student partner in designing the course.
Goals for Collaboration:
Student-Centric Learning Objectives: To ensure the course learning objectives align with students’ academic interests, career goals, and future research aspirations.
Contextual and Relevant Content: To identify readings, case studies, and examples that resonate with the current political and social realities of the Muslim world.
Effective Assessment Design: To create assessments that encourage critical thinking, comparative analysis, and the practical application of concepts.
Dynamic and Engaging Lesson Plans: To develop lesson plans that foster active participation, collaborative learning, and a deeper understanding of the subject matter.
Activities for Collaboration:
Course Learning Objectives: The student partner will collaborate with me to ensure the course objectives address both theoretical foundations and practical relevance, with a focus on aligning the syllabus with students’ interests.
Selection of Readings and Case Studies: The student partner will assist in identifying recent research, articles, and case studies, particularly those that illustrate the democratization and modernization processes in regions like the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Assessment Design: Together, we will design assignments, quizzes, and research projects that encourage analytical thinking, such as comparative studies of democratization in different Muslim-majority countries or critical evaluations of modernization efforts.
Interactive Lesson Plans: The student partner will provide feedback on lesson plans to ensure they are interactive and student-focused. This may include recommending multimedia resources, simulations, or debates to engage students.
Mid-Term Evaluation and Course Adjustment: Using the student partner’s insights, we will review student feedback mid-semester to identify areas of improvement and make necessary adjustments to lectures and activities.
Rationale for Collaboration:
Having taught this course for several years, I have observed that students often find it challenging to connect theoretical frameworks of democratization with the practical realities of the Muslim world. By collaborating with a student partner, I aim to gain valuable insights into students’ learning needs and perspectives. The student partner will also help in identifying content and teaching methods that resonate with their peers, ensuring the course is engaging, relevant, and impactful.
This partnership will bridge the gap between instructor and student perspectives, fostering a collaborative teaching and learning experience. By incorporating student feedback and insights into the course design, I hope to create a more targeted and rewarding educational journey for the students, enabling them to critically analyze and engage with the subject matter.
Student Partner role:
Course Learning Objectives: The student partner will collaborate with me to ensure the course objectives address both theoretical foundations and practical relevance, with a focus on aligning the syllabus with students’ interests.
Selection of Readings and Case Studies: The student partner will assist in identifying recent research, articles, and case studies, particularly those that illustrate the democratization and modernization processes in regions like the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Assessment Design: Together, we will design assignments, quizzes, and research projects that encourage analytical thinking, such as comparative studies of democratization in different Muslim-majority countries or critical evaluations of modernization efforts.
Interactive Lesson Plans: The student partner will provide feedback on lesson plans to ensure they are interactive and student-focused. This may include recommending multimedia resources, simulations, or debates to engage students.
Project Title: Politics of International Terrorism
Type of Project: Course Design Partnership
Faculty Member: Shahzad Akhtar
Project Description: In the course “Politics of International Terrorism,” students need to be familiarize themselves with the various dimensions of international terrorism that include definition of international terrorism, its causes, strategies of terrorism, successes and failure of terrorism in the context of whether terrorism works on. Students also require to get a deeper understanding of these dimension of terrorism that could be illustrated with the examples of different terrorist organizations operating in different parts of the world.
Student Partner role:
Require collaboration on developing course learning objectives, assigning relevant reading materials, selecting case studies and designing course assessment and lesson plan.
Project Title: Fundamentals of Advertising
Type of Project: Course Design Partnership
Faculty Member: Sara Shah
Project Description: Fundamentals of Advertising is a course that blends theoretical understanding with practical application, aiming to prepare students for real-world challenges in the advertising industry. I want my students to gain a comprehensive understanding of core advertising principles and strategies, enabling them to create impactful campaigns. To achieve this, I believe collaborating with a student partner will be highly beneficial in refining the course design and delivery.
Student Partner role:
Designing effective learning objectives tailored to student needs and industry expectations.
Selecting engaging and relevant readings that provide a balance between foundational theory and contemporary trends.
Developing diverse assessment styles to measure both creative and analytical skills.
Project Title: Introduction to Computing
Type of Project: Course Design Partnership
Faculty Member: Salman Muneer
Project Description: Introduction to Computing is a foundational course that introduces students to the essential concepts and practical skills required in the field of computer science. My goal is to ensure that students develop a strong grasp of computational thinking, programming basics, and problem-solving strategies to build a solid base for advanced learning. To achieve this, I believe involving a student partner in the course design process would be highly beneficial. Together, we can refine the course objectives, select engaging and relevant readings, incorporate practical examples, and design assessments that test both theoretical knowledge and practical application. The course is structured to gradually build students’ skills, starting with fundamental concepts and progressing to more complex problem-solving techniques by the end of the term. A student partner’s insights into the challenges their peers face will help in tailoring initial sessions and aligning the course to their needs. With my experience teaching this course and a student’s perspective, we can collaboratively create a learning environment that bridges the gap between theory and practice, ensuring a rewarding and impactful learning experience for all students.
Student Partner role:
I expect my partner to engage with enrolled students through biweekly feedback sessions to identify areas for improvement in lecture delivery and course materials.
The student partner should understand basic pedagogical principles to provide constructive feedback on my teaching methods.
I will assign the partner occasional opportunities to deliver short segments of lectures to foster student engagement.
The course emphasizes hands-on learning, so I expect my partner to observe and report on students’ struggles with programming tasks.
The partner will assist in refining group activities and assessments, ensuring they effectively address diverse learning needs.
Project Title: Applied Data Analytics
Type of Project: Course Design Partnership
Faculty Member: Irfana Kunwar
Project Description: Applied Data Analytics is a course that emphasizes the practical application of theoretical concepts. My aim is to ensure that students develop a strong foundation in data analytics so they can apply it to diverse datasets. To achieve this, I believe collaborating with a student partner will be immensely valuable. Their involvement will provide essential insights into the course design and help me create an engaging and effective learning experience.
Student Partner role:
Identifying relevant and accessible readings.
Selecting case studies with real-world relevance.
Designing assessments that are appropriately challenging and varied.
Crafting lesson plans that balance theory and practice.
This course is structured so that students must demonstrate critical analytical skills by mid-term, which they will then apply in more advanced contexts during the latter half of the semester. Collaborating with a student partner throughout both phases will provide timely feedback, enabling me to adapt lectures and assessments to better meet the students’ learning needs.
Project Title: Strategic Marketing Management
Type of Project: Course Design Partnership
Faculty Member: Raja Irfan Sabir
Project Description: Strategic Marketing Management is an advance level Marketing course. It aims to help students understand how companies compete using marketing research and strategy, focusing on achieving a competitive advantage for the firm by creating customer value and leveraging the firm’s marketing resources in the most efficient and effective manners. The student collaborator would provide insights regarding the type of activities, field visits and real-time marketing research can be undertaken for in-depth understanding of the course.
Student Partner role:
Design and develop market-oriented class activities that can enhance students’ analytical and research skills according to the industry needs.
Project Title: Principles of Biochemical Engineering
Type of Project: Course Design Partnership
Faculty Member: Aamina Batool
Project Description: Principles of Biochemical Engineering is on the intersection of Biotechnology, Engineering and Chemistry. The core concepts include studying biological entities such as enzymes on a Mathematical Monod Model. This makes a unique course, which can be very challenging for Biotechnology 5th semester students. As this is the first time, I am teaching this course, I feel that we can always go an extra mile and cover concepts in mathematical depths.
Student Partner role:
A student partner will bring in that perspective, of how to make this process more comfortable for students.
Project Title: The Human Genetics of Medical Lab technology program
Type of Project: Course Design Partnership
Faculty Member: Namrah Anwar
Project Description: The Human Genetics of Medical Lab technology program focuses on basic principles, rules, and laws of human genetics to be applied in the real world in Human Genetics and Population Genetics. This course requires the understanding and application of these principles when dealing with genetic disorders, and for this, sharp cognitive abilities are needed to solve particular problems, specifically in lab practical. I taught this course only once last semester.
Student Partner role:
Want to collaborate with a student who was my student for this course to explain the key difficulty areas of the subjects and design the course, which involves the students rather than covering the course contents only. Moreover, I am looking for student insight to construct a better assessment system for this subject that is more aligned with real-world application.
Project Title: Plain and Reinforced Concrete-1
Type of Project: Course Delivery Partnership
Faculty Member: Prof Dr Engr Kafeel Ahmed
Project Description: In this partnership in the course Plain and Reinforced Concrete-1. In this partnership the student would collaborate with the instructor regarding the Complex Engineering Problems that involves inputs from some other courses also. The student will visit the construction industry to get practical problem and trim in the course domain so that it can be effectively delivered to the students of the class. Then during the working on this problem, the student partner in the course will assist the instructor in solving the issues related to that complex problem and how to address them. This will also help the student, how to take up the applied problem and solve it and to assist the students how to solve the issue or problem which is highly complex in nature.
Student Partner role:
Project Title: The Design and Analysis of Algorithms course
Type of Project: Course Delivery Partnership
Faculty Member: Dr Syed Tanweer Shah Bukhari
Project Description: The Design and Analysis of Algorithms course develops skills in designing and analyzing algorithms to solve computational problems. However, students often face challenges in visualizing concepts, connecting theory to practice, and articulating reasoning.
I propose incorporating blended learning with demonstrations and hands-on activities to address this. A student partner will provide insights to make the course engaging and relatable. His/her role under my supervision will include:
— Designing blended learning strategies using tools like algorithm visualizers and simulations.
— Planning demonstrations and activities, such as implementing and analyzing algorithms for real-world problems.
— Developing critical-thinking questions and refining assessments with practical tools and group challenges.
— Offering feedback on teaching materials to improve student engagement.
This collaboration will bridge theory and practice, helping students visualize algorithms and relate them to real-world applications. With a student partner’s perspective, we can foster a more interactive and effective learning environment.
Student Partner role:
Project Title: Human Behavior
Type of Project: Course Delivery Partnership
Faculty Member: Kazim Ali
Project Description: My proposal focuses on a Course Delivery Partnership for the course “Human Behavior.” The course aims to explore the intricate dynamics of individual and collective behaviors within organizations, a subject that can be profoundly illuminated using Cellular Automata (CA). CA provides an innovative and powerful framework to simulate these dynamics, enabling students to visualize how localized decisions and interactions lead to emergent organizational outcomes. However, to unlock the full potential of this teaching method, it is essential to ensure that the simulations, activities, and discussions are relevant and engaging for the diverse learning styles of each student cohort.
A student partner will help me firsthand in understanding of student challenges and perspectives, the partner can help bridge the gap between complex theoretical concepts and practical, relatable learning experiences. They can assist in identifying key areas where students struggle, such as interpreting emergent patterns, grasping interconnected behaviors, or applying theoretical models to real-world contexts and help me designing CA-based simulations, developing engaging and thought-provoking activities, and crafting higher-order questions that encourage critical thinking and active participation. This partnership not only enhances the accessibility and relevance of the course but also fosters an inclusive and adaptive learning environment. through student partner’s insights, the course can be refined to better meet the needs of its audience, preparing students to confidently analyze and influence complex systems in organizational settings. Together, this approach will empower learners to engage deeply with the subject matter and apply their knowledge to practical, real-world challenges.
Student Partner role:
Lecture Contribution and Student Engagement: To foster an interactive learning environment, I will assign my partner the task of delivering short portions of lectures. This will not only engage the class but also provide the partner a unique perspective on teaching dynamics and classroom interaction.
Observation of Group Dynamics: Given that this course heavily relies on a group project, I expect my partner to closely observe group interactions and dynamics. Their insights will help me identify students or groups that may need additional encouragement, support, or resources to thrive in the collaborative setting.
Designing Simulations and Activities: The student partner would collaborate in designing Cellular Automata-based simulations, developing engaging and thought-provoking activities, and crafting higher-order questions that encourage critical thinking and active participation. This collaborative effort aims to create a dynamic and interactive learning environment, making complex concepts more accessible and relatable for the students.
Project Title: Pakistan Today, Modern Muslim World
Type of Project: Course Delivery Partnership
Faculty Member: Dr. Qais Aslam
Project Description: Students are expected to understand the relationships between present day economic issues, policies and development with the issues of present day political, ethical and legal directions of Pakistani society in relation to its institutions, governance and level of education combined with problems of lack of synergy, conversion, and technologies development in the country as well as of global warming, climate change, pollution in water, air and land. Also, the students have to understand the issues of water and energy erosion and the population bomb that are hampering the position of Pakistan as an important player in the community of nations, especially in the regional context.
Student Partner role:
I expect the student to work with previously enrolled students along with me in classes