The Information Technology Department, through the Research and Consultancy Committee, conducted the first Information Technology seminar for students on 22 January 2019 in A109. The speaker for the event was Salim Al Badi, Information Technology student from Ibri College of Technology.
The objective of this seminar was to encourage the students to share their technological knowledge between them.
During the seminar, Salim discussed his project which is titled “Light Box Virtual Pen-testing Lab”. He explained in detail the idea of his project and the objectives, which are to enable the security specialist to find vulnerabilities in the web by using legal ways, and to enhance ethical hacking skills. After that he explained the common bugs that may affect web applications based on the Owasp.org website. Furthermore, in the practical part, Salim highlighted how to detect weaknesses by using his web site. In addition, he spoke about the tools that he used to build his project which are: Raspberry pi 3, ethernet cable and modem, and a power supply.
In the end, feedback was collected from members attending the seminar. The majority showed their satisfaction with the arrangements. On the scale of 5, the average feedback was 3.2.
The event ended at 2:10pm and four staff members and five students benefitted from the seminar.
The Project Committee, in association with the Research Committee and Staff Development Committee, conducted an orientation programme named, “Research Concepts and Elements of Research Proposal” on 26 April 2018 in Lab2 in the Department of Information Technology from 10:15am to 11:40am. The programme was well delivered by Dr Duhai Al Shukaili. It was attended by 13 Staff members of the IT department.
The Research Committee of the Information Technology Department fosters Research Culture among faculty members of the Ibri College of Technology. The Research Committee, along with Staff Development Committee of Information Technology Department, conducted a Guest Lecture on “Establishing a Center of Excellence in Research at College/University" in the VIP room on 11 October, 2017 between 12:00 – 12:45 PM. Dr. R Seenivasan, Professor and Assistant Director of International Relations Office at VIT University, India, was the resource person.
The information Technology Department was happy to receive four of the newly recruited staff for the AY 2017-18 at the beginning of the semester. The Quality Assurance Committee along with the Department Council organized the new staff induction program on 28th September 2017 at 08:00 A.M in Lab 2.
The IT Department envisioned the implementation of Student-Centered Learning (SCL) in a more systematic manner. The Department Council constituted a pilot team to make the students and all teaching staff as well, understand the SCL concept. The pilot team was composed of Dr. E. Anupriya, Dr. Duhai Al Shukaili, Mr. Shaik Mastan Vali and Ms. Roselle Solitario. The team, through the Program Review Committee, came up with four models of implementing the SCL, based on four class of courses like: Application, Programming, Skill and Knowledge. The team developed various models based on the above class of courses like CASE Study Model, Prototype Driven Model, Master Mind Model and Skills Model.
The Information Technology Department conducted a specialization orientation program on March 12, 2017. This orientation is especially organized for the students moving to advanced diploma level for the second semester of the present academic year. The objective of this program is to give an idea on various IT specializations available in Colleges of Technology.