Sohail Iqbal Malik

Sohail Iqbal Malik  obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Deakin University, Australia in 2016. He has more than twenty years of teaching experience, five of which were in Australia. At present, he has been working as an Assistant Professor at the Information Technology Department, Buraimi University College, Oman (Academic collaboration with California State University, USA) since February 2007. Additionally, he has been working as the Head of IT department since September 2010.  His research interests include algorithmic thinking, AI in Education, and technology enhanced learning. He has published more than fifty research articles in well-known journals and conferences.

Publications

Introducing an Online Escape Room to Enhance Students' Database Concepts
Sohail Iqbal Malik, Baidaa Hamza Khudayer, Ragad M. Tawafak, Ghaliya Al-Farsi, Mohammed Waseem Ashfque. © 2024. 17 pages.
An online escape room can be used in learning processes to develop problem solving and critical thinking skills of students. Therefore, this study prepared and introduced the...
Fostering the Learning Process in a Programming Course With a Chatbot
Sohail Iqbal Malik, Mohammed Waseem Ashfaque, Roy Mathew, Jasiya Jabbar, Rim Salim Al-Nuaimi, Abir Alsideiri. © 2022. 17 pages.
Novice programmers have to focus and learn different programming skills in programming 1 course at the same time. Therefore, they need more support to answer their queries...
A Chatbot to Facilitate Student Learning in a Programming 1 Course: A Gendered Analysis
Sohail Iqbal Malik, Mohammed Waseem Ashfque, Ragad M. Tawafak, Ghaliya Al-Farsi, Naushad Ahmad Usmani, Baidaa Hamza Khudayer. © 2022. 20 pages.
The programming domain is a challenging field of study for most novice programmers. Novices have to learn different skills in the Programming 1 course at the same time. This...
Impact of Technologies During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Improving Behavioral Intention to Use E-Learning
Ragad M. Tawafak, Sohail Iqbal Malik, Ghaliya Alfarsi. © 2021. 14 pages.
This comprehensive study reviews the technological impact during the COVID-19 pandemic and elucidates technology usage to technology-enhanced learning which assisted in enhancing...