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).
- CIO at King Khalid University.
- General Supervisor of the Saudi Electronic University branch in Abha.
- 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.
- Head of the Educational Technology Department at Abha Teacher College.
- Head of the Computer Science Department at Abha Teacher College.
- Chair of the Action Team for the strategic plan for establishing the Saudi Electronic University.
- Member of the Distance Learning Committee for the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries.
Ph.D DISSERTATION
The development of reusable online learning resources for instructional design students based on the principles of learning objects
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of International Society for Technology in Education.
- Member of Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
- Member of EDUCAUSE.
RECENT TRAINING
- Design Thinking and the Art of Innovation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA 2012
- EDUCAUSE Learning Technology Leadership Program, Portland, Oregon USA 2011
- Change Management for Learning Professionals, Berlin Germany 2011
- Advanced e-learning Training program, Korea 2008
- Successful e-Learning Management program, Malaysia 2009