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Conference participations

The 6th International Conference on Educational Technology (ICET 2026), Wuhan, China, 23-26 October 2026, Publicity Chair.

The 5th International Conference on Educational Technology (ICET 2025), Chongqing, China, 26-28 September 2025, Publicity Chair; Invited Speaker.

The 11th International Conference on Education (ICEDU2025), Bangkok, Thailand, 7 – 9 April 2025, Steering Committee Member; Workshop Speaker

The 5th International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange, China, 31 May 2024, Keynote Speaker

The 10th International Conference on Education (ICEDU2024), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2 – 4 May 2024, Keynote Speaker

The 3rd International Forum on Education and Mental Health, Ajman, UAE, 28 February 2024 – Plenary Speaker

The 7th BUiD Doctoral Research Conference (BDRC 2023), Dubai, UAE, 8 July 2023.

9^th International Conference on Education (ICEDU 2023), Bangkok, Thailand, 16 March – 17 March, 2023 – Plenary Speaker.

14^th Asian Conference on Education (ACE), Tokyo, Japan, 28 November– 2 December, 2022.

4^th Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching (ALLT) International Conference, Dubai, UAE: Zayed University, 3-5 March, 2022.

5^th Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Conference, Dubai, UAE: Zayed University, 8-9 January, 2020.

13^th International Conference on Languages, Literature and Linguistics (ICLLL). Bali, Indonesia, 24-25 October, 2019. (Best presentation award)

2^nd International Conference on New Approaches in Social Sciences and Humanities, 2018. Istanbul, Turkey, 26-28 November, 2018. 

3^rd GEN TEFL International Conference, 2018. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia, 11-13 May, 2018. 

ACLing 2017 3^rd Conference on Arabic Computational Linguistics. Dubai, UAE: The British University in Dubai, 5-6 November, 2017. 

Literature, Linguistics and Translation Conference – “Literangslation”. Tafila: Tafila Technical University, 2-4 May, 2017.

Current Trends in Teacher Education. Dubai: The British University in Dubai, 15-16 May, 2015.

Awards

Best presentation award: ICLLL 2019 : XIII. International Conference on Languages, Literature and Linguistics, Bali, Indonesia, October 2019

Professional development courses

Digital Teaching Micro-Credential: Online-Teaching and Course Design, McGraw Hil, April 2026

Ebook Central’s Research Assistant, Clarivate, April 2025.

Collaborating with Generative AI: Practical Tips for Academic Writing and Research, KnE Learn, February 2025.

Digital Content Creation, Acumen Foundation and Seva Academy, March 2024.

Developing and Assessing Course Learning Outcomes, April-May 2023, CLICKS.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Micro-Credentials Seminar, UAE University, March 2023

Editing a Book Course, Routledge training, February 2022.

SAGE Research Methods Video Webinar, 5-May-2020.

Mental Resilience Masterclass, John Dabrowski Mind Coach.

TESOL Mentoring Program, American University of Sharjah.

Teaching the Four Skills, the British Council, UAE.

TAFE (Technical and Further Education) Certificate, Challenger Institute, Australia.

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education & Workplace, the British University in Dubai.

English Instruction Methodology and Assessment, Al Saif Centre, Abha, KSA.

SWOM (School-Wide Optimum Model) for teaching creative thinking, IDRAC Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Assessment Writing, the British Council, UAE (75 hours).

Writing Quality Exams, the British Council, UAE.

Peer Reviewing Course, the British University in Dubai.

IC3 (Internet and Computer Core Certificate).

iBT (internet-based TOEFL) Workshop, AMIDEAST, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Academic IELTS: Band 8.5 (2009).