Dr. Abdullah bin Muhammad Al-Walidi

 Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D in Educational Computing, Design & Online Learning from Kansas State University, USA -2004
• M.S. in Educational Computing, Design & Online Learning from Kansas State University, USA -2001

Current Role

 Director General of the National eLearning Center (NeLC). 

Professional Experience

• Dean of eLearning at King Khalid University (KKU).
• General Supervisor of the Saudi Electronic University in Abha branch.
• Part-time Consultant at the Deanship of eLearning at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU). 
• Part-time Consultant at the Deanship of eLearning at KKU.
• Chair of the Department of Information Technology at KKU.
• Part-time Consultant at the Ministry of Education - National eLearning Center (NeLC).
•  Part-time eLearning Consultant at several Saudi universities.
• Vice Dean of the Deanship of eLearning at KKU.
• Head of the Educational Technology Department at Abha Teacher College.
• Head of the Computer Science Department at Abha Teacher College.
   

Professional Association Memberships

•  Member of several permanent committees related to eLearning and distance learning.
•  Member of the Permanent Committee for Information Technology at KKU.
•  Chair of the Action Team for the eLearning strategic plan at KKU.
•  Member of the Advisory Board for eLearning and distance learning at Al-Jouf University.
•  Member of the Action Team for the strategic plan for establishing the Saudi Electronic University.
• Member of the Permanent Committee for Electronic Transactions at KKU.
• Member of the Distance Learning Committee for the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries.
• Member of the Advisory Board for eLearning and distance learning at PNU.
• Member of the Media Committee for Supervising Communication Activities in the Education System.
• Member of the Coordinating Committee for the Education and Training Ecosystem (+MoE).
• Member of the Permanent Supervisory Committee for Cybersecurity at the Ministry of Education.
• Member of the E-Transactions Committee at the Ministry of Education.

Achievements

• Contributed to the establishment of the Deanship of eLearning at KKU.
• Contributed to receiving local, regional, and international awards in eLearning at KKU.
• Contributed to the development of the open eLearning platform project at KKU.
• Contributed to the establishment of the Saudi Electronic University branch in Abha.
• Contributed to the creation of the online entrepreneurship program in collaboration with Michigan State University.
• Played a role in leading the strategic partnership program with Pennsylvania State University in eLearning.
• Contributed to the development of the eCourse quality project in partnership with Quality Matters.