Geoffrey Said
Geoffrey’s early employment was in financial accounting, administration, audit, information technology, management and corporate training. He was finance manager at a range of organizations in the food, manufacturing, mining and service industries. He has worked with various corporate enterprises and structures during his accountancy, management, consultancy and training career, including corporations in the government, commercial, publicly listed and entrepreneurial start up sectors.
Immediately prior to coming to Dubai in 2010, he lived in Shanghai for about five years working for an international college as part of the business faculty. He was appointed Program Director of the department and acting Academic Director of the college during this time.
Previously he operated his own independent consultancy servicing a wide range of corporate clients. He has worked extensively with adult learners, particularly in relation to business, software, knowledge management, marketing and change management. Most of the clients served were drawn from his previous accountancy and management contacts developed during his career.
He is currently an accomplished education practitioner with over 8 years’ experience ranging from corporate training, vocational training classrooms and tertiary learning environments. He is a successful curriculum developer specialising in Accounting, Finance, Management and Marketing programs.
He is specialising as a Business teacher with a demonstrated blend of academic and corporate experience; can also demonstrate competence teaching in Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Information Technology, Management and Marketing classrooms. He also has experience teaching English to non-native English speaking students.
He is motivated by the challenges of international assignments and rewarded by continuous cross-cultural learning with about 5 years expatriate employment in Shanghai and currently based in Dubai, UAE.
He possesses excellent team building, team leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, as well as strong management skills founded on a depth of professional experiences and international exposure.
He has been a contributor and co-author of several Business English publications. He also played an active role in developing a range of personalised college textbooks for a range of business subjects.
Geoffrey’s academic research interests include Educational Technology, International Accounting Standards, E-Learning, Computerised Business Information Systems, Corporate Governance, Knowledge Management, TBL Accounting, Change Management and International Marketing.
What I would rather be doing? I'm doing it now! However, in terms of personal pursuits: Sailing up the East Coast of Australia!
Phone: +971 0567244689
Address: Higher Colleges of Technology
Dubai Men's Campus
Academic City
Dubai. UAE.
Immediately prior to coming to Dubai in 2010, he lived in Shanghai for about five years working for an international college as part of the business faculty. He was appointed Program Director of the department and acting Academic Director of the college during this time.
Previously he operated his own independent consultancy servicing a wide range of corporate clients. He has worked extensively with adult learners, particularly in relation to business, software, knowledge management, marketing and change management. Most of the clients served were drawn from his previous accountancy and management contacts developed during his career.
He is currently an accomplished education practitioner with over 8 years’ experience ranging from corporate training, vocational training classrooms and tertiary learning environments. He is a successful curriculum developer specialising in Accounting, Finance, Management and Marketing programs.
He is specialising as a Business teacher with a demonstrated blend of academic and corporate experience; can also demonstrate competence teaching in Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Information Technology, Management and Marketing classrooms. He also has experience teaching English to non-native English speaking students.
He is motivated by the challenges of international assignments and rewarded by continuous cross-cultural learning with about 5 years expatriate employment in Shanghai and currently based in Dubai, UAE.
He possesses excellent team building, team leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, as well as strong management skills founded on a depth of professional experiences and international exposure.
He has been a contributor and co-author of several Business English publications. He also played an active role in developing a range of personalised college textbooks for a range of business subjects.
Geoffrey’s academic research interests include Educational Technology, International Accounting Standards, E-Learning, Computerised Business Information Systems, Corporate Governance, Knowledge Management, TBL Accounting, Change Management and International Marketing.
What I would rather be doing? I'm doing it now! However, in terms of personal pursuits: Sailing up the East Coast of Australia!
Phone: +971 0567244689
Address: Higher Colleges of Technology
Dubai Men's Campus
Academic City
Dubai. UAE.
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This case study examines the implementation of synchronous online classes in a virtual classroom environment for bachelors’ students studying in a second language at a college in the Middle East. As the institution has adopted blended models of delivery there has been a shift to mostly asynchronous online resources and activities, supported by lessons. Due to a variety of drivers, the authors have found it necessary to move away from face to face classes to live online sessions with remote students. This case examines the drivers for change, the practical challenges of implementation, how these were overcome and the reaction and feedback of learners to these changes. It reflects upon the cultural, organizational, pedagogical and technical issues of implementing live online classes. It will conclude with an overview of the lessons learned and the plan for scaling the use of synchronous online classes in other courses."""
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This case study examines the implementation of synchronous online classes in a virtual classroom environment for bachelors’ students studying in a second language at a college in the Middle East. As the institution has adopted blended models of delivery there has been a shift to mostly asynchronous online resources and activities, supported by lessons. Due to a variety of drivers, the authors have found it necessary to move away from face to face classes to live online sessions with remote students. This case examines the drivers for change, the practical challenges of implementation, how these were overcome and the reaction and feedback of learners to these changes. It reflects upon the cultural, organizational, pedagogical and technical issues of implementing live online classes. It will conclude with an overview of the lessons learned and the plan for scaling the use of synchronous online classes in other courses."""