The Department of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) organized 5th International Conference on Future of Education that was collaborated as an Academic Partner with the International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM). The theme of this virtual conference was “Pedagogical Innovations During the Pandemic” and “Educational Innovations: The Future of Education”.
The main objective was empowering scholars, researchers, educators, students, professionals, and other groups to collaborate, innovate and help to shape the Future of Education.
Therefore, Future of Education 2022 provided a platform for diverse researches and case studies from all over the world, in parallel sessions while offering many networking and publishing opportunities.
Thus, this great initiative was finally put into practice by the collaborative faculty efforts of Department of Education. Indeed, a new history of possibilities is created by team work.
This idea of academic collaboration was floated by Prof. Dr. Nabi Bux Jumani, (Vice President Administration and Finance, IIUI). The conference officially started with the launch of FOE 2022 and academic partners’ speeches where Dr. Zafar Iqbal (Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, IIUI) represented International Islamic University Islamabad.
Moreover, keynote speeches were delivered by Prof. Dr. Nabi Bux Jumani (Vice President, Administration, Finance, and Planning, IIUI) and Prof. Dr. Samina Malik (Vice President (Female Campus) IIUI) on the topics “Issues in Shifting Traditional Teaching to Online Teaching During COVID-19” and “Teachers’ and Learners’ Engagement during Pandemic: Prospects and Challenges” respectively.
The latest trends and challenges in the field at this leading virtual conference were set with the synergetic efforts of Dr. Shazia Naureen (Chairperson Department of Education) with the corporative endeavor of TIIKM and Future of Education FOE team members. As of the conference achievements are concerned, International Islamic University Islamabad had been recognized as one of the prestigious academic partners of TIIKM.
Moving on, almost 22 diverse sessions were jointly chaired by Dr. Azhar Mahmood (Chairperson Department of Education, Male Campus), Dr. Shazia Naureen (Chairperson Department of Education, Female Campus), and Dr. Shamsa Aziz (Associate Professor, Department of Education). There were 15 paper presentations from IIUI.
Mehr Aymen Shakoor (MS Scholar) was recognized and awarded as the best Presenter among all the presenters of this International Conference from 16 countries. In addition, all the MS Scholars, PhD Scholars and Faculty members participated as keynote speakers, panelists and paper presenters in the FOE conference 2022 with enthusiasm. Our success is dedicated to our hardworking leadership, faculty and students.