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Name:
John Piperias Nationality:
Australian Marital Status:
Single Email:
piperias@hotmail.com
Tertiary Qualifications: Academic
Qualifications: Charles
Sturt University - Master of Information Technology 1999. University
of New South Wales - Graduate Diploma in Information Science (Computing) 1994. University
of Technology, Sydney - Bachelor of Applied Science (Physics) 1989. Teacher
Training Qualifications: Teacher
Training courses include: Basic Methods of Instruction (1991), Teaching &
Learning Strategies (1993), BMET (1994), National Teaching & Learning
(1998), Classroom Management (1998), Workplace Trainer Category II - NSW
Business College (1998), VITAL TAFE Training (2000), Train the Trainer -
Executrain (2003). Short Courses: ICDL (Executrain - 2003) Blackboard (UAEU - 2003) Teaching Experience: Current Position (tenure)Organisation: United Arab Emirates University (Al Ain Campus) Period: 2002 - present Position/Title: Lecturer in Information Technology q
Lecturer in IT
for the University General Requirements Unit. Achievement: Provided instruction and guidance for students that
are from another culture, understanding the complex social issues and
successfully educated students in technically demanding areas. Chair of the
Professional Development IT - UGRU. TAFE
Colleges (Australia) Teacher
at a number of TAFE colleges, all the positions have been undertaken on a
part-time contract basis since 19991. The main duties include the teaching of
the various subjects, comprising of the following general subject &/or
course areas: ·
Certificate
Level II - Certificate Level IV Information Technology ·
Diploma Level
Information Technology ·
Mathematics for
Engineering Diploma ·
Physics and
Computing Studies for HSC Matriculation Students Organisation: NSW TAFE Colleges Period: 1991 - present Position/Title: Lecturer in Information Technology (casual) Role: q
Lecturer in the
areas listed above, which comprised of the setting the learning outcomes, exam
writing, tutorials, assignment setting and directing technical staff members. Achievement: Taught a range of different subjects from the above
areas to students from a broad range of different cultures. Teaching included
students from the Western Suburbs of Sydney, means a socially demanding aspect
towards teaching, especially since the students come from such a broad range of
educational backgrounds Private
Colleges (Australia) Organisation: Central College - Formerly NSW Business College
(George Street, Broadway) Period: 1996 – 2001 Position/Title: Lecturer in Information Technology (casual) Role: q
Lecturer in IT
for Cert III to Diploma level courses. q
Former Head of
Department, co-ordinator (scheduling) of all courses in information technology. q
The hiring of
casual / part-time academic staff for all college business programmes. Achievement: Designer of current information technology program
conducted at the college. Organisation:
Wollongong
University College, Sydney Campus (Regent Street, Broadway) Period: 1998 Position/Title: Lecturer in Information Technology and Computing Co-ordinator
(full-time) Role: q
Co-ordinator
duties include needs assessment for the college, purchase of equipment,
installation and running of all IT equipment. q
Support for
college staff in IT areas, supervise installation of networking equipment,
assist in hiring of casual / part-time lecture staff for all IT programmes and
writing of diploma level subject outcomes. Achievement: Setting up of the computer rooms within the Sydney
Campus. Universities (Australia) Postgraduate
Teaching Positions (casual) Organisation: University of Southern Queensland (Sydney Campus),
University of New South Wales Period: 2000 - 2001 Position/Title: Lecturer in Information Technology (part-time) Role: q
Lecturer for
postgraduate students in Data Analysis and Modeling, Oracle Distributed
Systems, Systems Planning and Management, Systems Security and Control, for
Graduate Diploma students (USQ) and Business Information Systems (UNSW). q
Lecturer in
Business Information Systems for Masters students (UNSW). Achievement: Instructing students in a technically demanding field
at postgraduate level.
Undergraduate
Teaching Positions (casual) Organisation: Charles Sturt University (Sydney Campus) Period: 2000 - 2001 Position/Title: IT Coordinator CSU - Study Group (full-time) Role: q
Head of
Information Technology for the CSU program in Sydney. q
Lecturer in
Object Oriented Modeling Techniques (UML), 4GL Programming, Systems Environment
and Supervisor responsible for final stage projects in Undergraduate program. Achievement: coordination of the IT program in Sydney, all
associated duties of head of department such as enrolments, scheduling, hiring
of staff and acquiring organisational requirements in regard to academic
programs. Organisation(s): University of Ballarat (Sydney Campus), Australian
Catholic University (Castle Hill) Period: 1999, 2000 (Ballarat), 1996 (ACU) Position/Title: Lecturer in Information Technology (part-time) Role: q
While at
Ballarat, the duties comprised of coordination for the course, instructing
undergraduate students in the following subject areas: in Database Management
Systems, Knowledge Based Systems and Programming. q
While at
Australian Catholic University, the duties comprised of coordination for the End
User Support course with instructing undergraduate students and associated the
duties. Achievement: Instructed students across three broad areas of
information technology. Development and delivery of the End User Support
instructional material. Organisation(s): University of Western Sydney, Nepean; University of
Technology, Sydney; University of New South Wales Period: 1990 - 1995 Position/Title: Lecturer in Materials Science, Tutor &
Demonstrator in Physics (casual &/or part-time) Role: q
While as
Lecturer main duties involved the instruction of 1st year science and
engineering students in the field of Materials Science and Physics. The duties
comprised of setting the learning outcomes, exam writing, tutorials, assignment
setting, direction junior staff members and various other duties concerning
field of materials science. q
While as Tutor
/ Demonstrator the instruction of science studies in the area of
experimentation, relevant marking of tests, assignments and laboratories.
Subjects include Physics for Engineers, Science for Nurses and General Science. Achievement: Teaching students across broad subject areas in the
field of materials science, the instruction of 1st year University
students in a complex field. Community
& Evening Colleges (Australia) Organisation: Bondi Community & Evening Colleges Period: 1998 - 2000 Position/Title: Teacher in Computing (casual) Role: q
Instructor for
the following subjects, Introductory Computing (PC and Macintosh), MS Word and
Windows 98. Achievement: Successfully taught the above subjects to students
with little or no computing experience. International Institutes Organisation: UNIPREP - UNSW
(Indonesia) Period: 1999 Position/Title: Lecturer in
Physics, Mathematics and Computing Studies
(full time, contract) Role: q
Lecturer for
the college, in the capacity of Computing, Mathematics and Physics instructor. Achievement: Developed and delivered the current physics program
at the college during 1999.
Organisation: Higher Colleges of Technology (United Arab Emirates) Period: 1997 - 1998 Position/Title: Lecturer in Computing - Al Ain Men’s College
(full-time, contract) Role: q
Lecturer for
the college, in the capacity of Computing and Mathematics instructor, for the
Computing and Information Processing Department. Achievement: Instructed students from another culture &
country in technically demanding fields. Computing Experience: IT
Expertise: ·
Database
Management Systems ·
SQL Programming
/ Oracle 8i (along with PL/SQL) ·
Systems
Analysis and Design Techniques (OO, UML) ·
Project
Management ·
Expert Systems
(Knowledge Based Information Systems) ·
Visual Basic
Programming Below
is a short summary of the applications that I have worked on during the period
of 1985 – present; this includes contracts for both public organisations (ANSTO,
UNSW) and private firms (Austel Data Services, WUC) in Sydney. Using these
systems in the role of systems operator, programmer, systems administrator or
combinations of such). Mainly the setting up of and then managing of relational
database systems on various operating environments, using a range of different
relational database applications whilst training either internal clients or
students. Software: Oracle 7 - 8, Rational Rose, Microsoft Office,
Netscape, MS Project, Lotus suite, Borland suite of software, Paradox, Claris,
Dbase IV. Environment: Macintosh, Windows XX, and UNIX, MS-DOS. Hardware: IBM compatible, Macintosh, PC boards and add on’s
(multimedia, modems, networking cards, etc). Programming:
PL/SQL, SQL, Visual Basic, Java 1.3, Ingres, Postgres, QUEL, Fortran, Batch
Programming. Activities and Sports: Enjoy
the following: rugby, tennis, cycling, jogging, skiing, bushwalking, traveling and reading. Professional and Other
Memberships: Member
of Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers 1991- present Reservist
for Royal Australian Army, 8th Regiment Signals Lidcombe 1995 - 1997 Referees: Mr.
Anthony Borger Blacktown
TAFE College (Head Math / Computing Teacher) Tel:
(02) 92081810 (Work); Fax: (02) 9830 4505 (Work); Tel: (02) 94115438
(Home) Email:
Anthony.Borger@tafensw.edu.au Mr.
Bob Green Blacktown
TAFE College (Head Science Teacher) Tel:
(02) 9830 4520 (Work); Fax: (02) 9830 4505 (Work); Tel: (02) 9896 3260
(Home) Mr.
Warwick Young Hornsby
TAFE College (Head of Science / Computing Studies) Tel: (02) 9476
7569 (Work); Fax: (02) 9477 6697 (Work); Tel: (02) 9744 0654 (Home) Email:
warwick.young@tafensw.edu.au |