H.E. Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotaibi, President, International Islamic University (IIU) on Friday chaired a meeting of the Core Committee of Directorate of Distance Education at Faisal Masjid Campus.
The meeting was also attended by Prof. Dr. N.B. Jumani, Vice President (Administration, Finance and Planning) and rest of the members of the committee.
In the meeting, the committee discussed agenda items on lecture recording, studio set up and course uploading on the web portal. A briefing and the demonstration of the online learning portal was also given to the chair regarding the operations of the portal, theme, lay out, options, user friendly interface and other important features.
The committee also recommended that soon a meeting shall be held for scrutiny and importance based identification of the courses. It was also agreed that in near future a meeting of the committee with the Deans of all the faculties will be held on the topic of online learning. The committee also discussed matters pertaining to establishment of an exclusive recording studio at the old campus.
During the meeting, the IIU President directed that speedy arrangements be made for launch of the online degree and diploma programs. While appreciating the efforts of the committee, he desired that the final stage of the execution of the project should be completed as soon as possible.
Dr. Hathal said that university is committed to working hard for delivering quality education and producing knowledge in line with the aspiration of Muslim world. He said that online education is the need of hour.