About Eliott Masie
Elliott Masie is an internationally recognized futurist, analyst, researcher and organizer on the critical topics of workforce learning, business collaboration and emerging technologies. He is the editor of Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie, an Internet newsletter read by over 52,000 business executives worldwide, and a regular columnist in professional publications. He is the author of a dozen books, and is the convener of Learning 2009.
He heads The MASIE Center, a Saratoga Springs, NY think tank focused on how organizations can support learning and knowledge within the workforce. He leads the Learning CONSORTIUM, a coalition of 240 global organizations cooperating on the evolution of learning strategies, including UPS, Allstate, Sears, Bank of America, Emirates Airlines and the U.S. Departments of Defense and Labor.
Elliott's professional focus has been in the fields of corporate learning, organizational performance and emerging technology. He has developed models for accelerating the spread of knowledge, learning and collaboration throughout organizations. Elliott is acknowledged as the first analyst to use the term e-Learning and has advocated for a sane deployment of learning and collaboration technology as a means of supporting the effectiveness and profitability of enterprises.
Elliott serves as an advisor to a wide range of government, education and non-profit groups. He serves on the Board of Trustee of Skidmore College and as a Board member of FIRST Robotics and KnowledgeWorks Foundation. He has served as a pro-bono advisor to the Department of Defense and on the White House Advisory Council on Expanding Learning Opportunities.
Elliott is launching a major new global project, focused on ReSkilling. It explores how organizations and governments will approach the daunting prospect of ReSkilling millions of workers in a changing and uncertain economy.
Elliott is known as a highly approachable speaker and trainer, blending humor, applicable stories of best practice and high levels of audience involvement. Over the past thirty years, he has presented programs, courses and speeches to over 1,700,000 professionals around the world. He lives in Saratoga Springs, owns thoroughbred horses, and travels extensively each year.
Overview of the Award
The Masie e-Learning Research Grant is launched to support the conduction of planned research that addresses the design, development and implementation of e-learning in the Arab World. Objectives:
- To encourage research and development in the various dimensions of e-learning in the Arab world
- To encourage the production of original work that would further broaden and enrich research in e-learning in the region.
- To promote e-learning in the region and further enhance e-learning methodologies and practices contextual to the Arab world.
Eligibility
The Masie e-learning Research Grant is limited to the following types of proposal submissions:
- Research projects that are to be conducted within the Arab world setting and address issues pertinent to the region.
- Original research projects that have not been previously initiated and are expected to be completed within a maximum of two years .
- Topics could address any of the dimensions of e-learning and could be in the form of Qualitative/Quantitative research or Best Practice Case Study.