Online Teaching

Face to Face Teaching

Senior Instructional Technologist

American University in Cairo, Center for Learning and Teaching, Egypt

Sep 2003 - Present

Critical Thinking, Art Discussion Leading, Online Discussion, Finding Educational Resources Online, Classroom Action Research, Podcasting

Adjunct faculty

American University in Cairo, Graduate School of Education, Egypt

Sep 2008 - Present

Educational Technology, Critical Circles

Lecturer

Ahram Canadian University, Egypt

Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

Professional Ethics

ESL teacher

Rice University, United States

Jan 2008 - Feb 2008

English grammar, conversation, reading and writing

Teaching Assistant

American University in Cairo, Egypt

Feb 2006 - Mar 2007

Scientific Thinking

Responsible for supporting faculty development, including training and one-on-one consultations with faculty. Also involved in designing and conducting assessment of learning and teaching, supporting faculty innovation in teaching, and classroom action research

PhD in Education

The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Mar 2006 - Present

Topic: Factors Influencing Critical Thinking Development for Students at an American Liberal Arts University in the Middle East

Masters of Education in eLearning

The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Oct 2003 - Jan 2006

100% online Master's with four modules and a thesis.

Computer Science

The American University in Cairo, Egypt

Sep 1996 - Feb 2001

Awarded Ahmed Zewail Prize
Awarded Parent's Association Cup
Graduated with highest honors

Bali M and Ramadan A (December 2007) “Using Rubrics and Content Analysis for Evaluating Online Discussion: A case study from an Environmental Course” Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks 11:4.

Bali M, Ellozy A and Thompson H (2006) “Redesigning Introductory Economics: Techno-collaborative learning" in Cordeiro, J., Pedrosa, V., Encarnacao, B., and Philipe, J. (eds.), Society, e-Business, e-Government and e-Learning, Volume II, Setubal, Portugal: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, 2006, pp. 157-163.

Bali M (2006) “Insider Perspective on Ikarus” chapter in M Herberger, ed. Experiences with Teaching and Learning in Virtual Learning Environments: Ikarus. Hamburg: Germany

Mohy M, Abdelbar A, Bali M, and Hagry M (2004) “Effective Stock Market Prediction with Neural Networks Optimized by Population-Oriented Simulated Annealing.” Proceedings of the ISCA 13th International Conference on Intelligent and Adaptive Systems and Software Engineering, 131-134, July 2004

Bali M (2001) “Globalization of Science”, Ahmed Zewail Prize award-winning essay, American University in Cairo, February 2001 Published online http://www.aucegypt.edu/students/awards/zewailprize/essays/maha.html

Bali M (2009) “American Education in the Middle East: Liberation or Indoctrination?” Work-in-progress presented at the Second Institutional Research Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, July 8-9, 2009

Bali M and Simmons J R (2009) “Community Bonding at AUC’s New Campus”, AUC Before Community Conference, February 2009, American University in Cairo, Egypt

Bali M and Balkenbush C (2009) “Community-Based Learning at AUC: Cases from Instructor Interviews”, AUC Before Community Conference, February 2009, American University in Cairo, Egypt

• Bali M, Fahmy E and Awwad A (2009) “Net Geners: Do AUC Students Fit the Profile?” 6th Conference on eLearning Applications, January 2009, Cairo• Bali M, Fahmy E and Awwad A (2009) “Net Geners: Do AUC Students Fit the Profile?” 6th Conference on eLearning Applications, January 2009, Cairo

• Bali M and Kearney H (2007) “Collaborative Assessment Using Clickers”, Re-engineering Assessment Practices (REAP) 2007, May 2007, online via http://www.reap.ac.uk/reap07/Welcome/tabid/72/Default.html