Dr Bakary Diallo has been working in the education sector for the last 20 years as a secondary school teacher, an academic, a consultant, a project administrator and a researcher. He joined the African Virtual University (AVU), an Intergovernmental Organisation based in Nairobi, Kenya, which specialises in Open Distance and Electronic Learning in August 2005. He held several senior positions within the organisation before his appointment as the CEO/Rector of the AVU in August 2007. Prior to joining the AVU, he worked at the University of Ottawa as a part-time Lecturer at the Faculty of Education from July 2001 to July 2005, and as a Consultant of Integration of ICT in Education, at the Center for University Teaching . He taught at the Secondary Level in Senegal from 1988 to 1997 before joining the University of Ottawa in 1997. He has developed skills and knowledge in International and Community development. His latest research activities focus on the use of ICT in higher educational institutions. Dr Diallo is fully bilingual (French and English).
Education Background
- PhD from the University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with a focus on the Intergration of ICTs in higher education Institutions;
- Masters Degree from the University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;
- Bachelor’s Degree from the Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar Senegal;
- Pedagogy: Certificat d’Aptitude au Professorat from INSEPS/Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar Senegal;
- First Certificate in English from the University of Cambridge, UK;
- Certificat et Diplome d’ Etude Pratique d’Anglais from the British Senegalese Institute, Dakar, Senegal.
Professional Affiliations include
- Member of the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education www.cnie-rcie.ca
- Member of the Honorary Committee of eLearning Africa www.elearning-africa.com/partner_honorary.php
- Member of the Association of Part Time Professor of the University of Ottawa www.uottawa.ca
- Member of the Association Francophone pour le Savoir (ACFAS) www.acfas.ca
- Member of the Joint Experts of UNESCO for the Follow up of the World Conference on Higher Education www.unesco.org
- Member of the Teacher Education Working Group of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) http://www.adeanet.org/adeaPortal/welcome.jsp
- Member of the Teacher Education Working Group of the Africa Union Second Decade of Education of Africa http://www.africa-union.org
- Member of the Merlot African Network Council http://man.merlot.org/
- Member of the International Advisory Board of the Global Text Initiative http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/
- Member of the International Advisory Board of the Re.ViCa Global Campus http://revica.europace.org/p9.html
- Member of the Information Technology for Learning , Education and Training Technical Committee of the Kenyan Bureau of Standards http://www.kebs.org/