Academic & Business Development
- Smart University Initaitves
- New Academic Business Development
- Team Leadership
- Research & Analysis
To improve the welfare of the developing world by adapting best practices in technology enhanced university. I intend to achieve this mission by reforming higher education through the introduction of the "Smart University" Concept.
- Expanding knowledge and utilization of all matters related to the business of their organization/corporation/university with an eye towards identifying new opportunities/prospects, and driving business growth and requirements.
- Developing strategies for future planning of strong/smart education and training programs, and new initiatives for academia, vocational training, and corporate world in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and developing world.
- Increasing awareness on the use of technology-enhanced education and training to empower change, reform, and advancement of emerging economies in the wider Mediterranean/Eastern Europe/Arabian regions.
- Initiating elaborate business development plans, design and implement processes to support business growth, through stakeholders and market definition.
Educational Degrees
Khafagy, Bassem, Paul Lefree, and Donald Norris, “A practical framework for implementing e-learning and distance learning programs for professors at the University of Dammam”, a workshop presentation, Dammam University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, March 2011.
Khafagy, B, "The State of E-Learning in the Arab World", A research paper presented at the 12th Online Educa Berlin Conference, Berlin, Germany, December 2005
Khafagy, B, "Bouncing from Failure: The future of Virtual Education", A research paper presented at the 2nd Middle-East E-learning Forum, Berlin, Germany, December 2005
Khafagy, B, "E-learning and its social impact in the Arab World, A research paper presented at the E-learning Conference, American University, Cairo, Egypt, January 2005
Khafagy, B, "Impact of social issues on the e-learning process", A research paper presented at the 11th Online Educa Berlin Conference, Berlin, Germany, December 2004
Khafagy, B, "E-Learning in the Middle East", A Keynote presentation, Middle-East E-learning Forum, Berlin, Germany, November 2004.
Khafagy, B, "Internet Impact on Education", A Keynote presentation at al-Asad National Library, Damascus, Syria, February 2000.
Khafagy, B.K., "Impact of Foreign-Born Faculty on the S. Engineering Education," 1992 ASEE Annual Conference, Toledo, Ohio, June 1992.