Open AccessObstacles to Efficient Education Online: Interview with Associate Professor Dr. M. Murat Erguvan
Author(s) -
Andrew Bula
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of practical studies in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2634-4629
DOI - 10.46809/jpse.v2i6.36
Subject(s) - bachelor , context (archaeology) , management , higher education , sociology , distance education , political science , library science , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , computer science , geography , economics , law , archaeology
Associate Professor Dr. M. Murat Erguvan has 28 years of teaching and administrative experience in various countries and positions such as programme coordinator, dean, vice rector for education, research and/or external affairs. He has been with the International Black Sea University (IBSU), in Tbilisi, Georgia, a country located at the convergence of Eastern Europe and Western Asia since 2012, and has occupied the positions of the Head of Total Quality Management & Strategic Planning Office (TQM), International Relations Office (IRO), and Vice Rector for Education and Research. Murat earned his doctoral degree in Education Management: “A Framework for Implementation of Total Quality Management in Georgian Higher Education Institutions in the Context of International Black Sea University”. Currently, he offers Quality Management classes at bachelor’s and master’s levels, as well as Using Instructional Technology in Education classes to bachelor’s and master’s students. Besides coordinating bachelor’s and master’s theses, this professional educationist supervises the work for strategic planning and takes part in producing information system modules by developing database structures. In addition, he has taken part in ISO 9001:2008 implementation in higher education institutions, and received EFQM Assessor Training in Brussels. In this interview, therefore, Murat converses with Andrew Bula, a lecturer at Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria, on the current state of online education around which he remains committed.