ITAUMA ITAUMA

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I am currently a PhD student in Instructional Design and Technology at Keiser University, a part-time Computer Science Lecturer at Wayne State University, and an online Adjunct Faculty at Southern New Hampshire University. I love teaching. My interests lie in the areas of online learning, mobile learning, learning analytics and big data. At this time, my research projects include learning analytics, educational analytics, natural language processing, and machine learning in discovering innovative ways to improve personalized learning.

I have a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Wayne State University where my thesis was based on unsupervised learning and image classification in High Performance Computing Clusters (HPCC). It was fun leveraging HPCC Systems for Big Data analytics. While doing my Masters at Wayne State University, I was a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant in the Computer Science Department and a Supplemental Instruction Leader/Tutor with the Academic Success Center of Wayne State University. I received the Leader’s Choice Award first place among the Tutors and second place Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leaders in Fall 2014 semester. I also have an MSc. in Computer Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, where my thesis was based on gesture imitation learning in human-robot interaction. My research involved the use of robots in teaching autistic children the Turkish sign language.


My Bachelors degree was in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ilorin with a specialization in Computer and Control engineering. For my thesis, I developed a microprocessor driven traffic light for a dual cross-junction road. Upon graduation in 2004, I started a computer education outreach and I have been involved in education ever since.


I wish to further develop my teaching skills, design and develop learning aids and advance online learning as a way to breakdown barriers to education. Life is about more than just my career, and I have personal interests and passions as well. I'm an avid tennis player and love ice-skating. Please have a look at my website. Feel free to contact me if you have questions.