Shai Omarali V2.0
BA Education (UBD) . MA Educational Technology (Manchester) . MSc Business Intelligence and Big Data (ENEB) . Executive MBA (Quantic) . PhD Education specialization in Educational Technology and Online Learning (Manchester) . PGC Law (Northumbria Newcastle) . CPD Leadership (Leicester) . SAC Dip . MBCS CITP
Currently undertaking a dual Masters in Project Management and Masters in Artificial Intelligence
BRIEF BIO
Shai Omarali is an IR4.0 futurist and agile DevOper on all emergent and new technologies including but not limited to AI (including Gen AI and Ethical AI); virtual/augmented/mixed/extended realities and the metaverse; Web3.0 including blockchain, NFTs, DAOs and FinTech; and smart technologies.
Among others, he is a globally Chartered IT Professional (CITP) by the British Computer Society, a Top 100 World Metaverse Developer 2020, a Top 25 ChatGPT list under Thinkers360, and a Certified Digital Innovator for the World EdTech Centre. He currently has 200+ operational and executive mastery level certifications, including for hectacorn-level technology entities, viz. Google Digital Leader, Microsoft Specialist, Oracle Master, and Apple Associate, among others.
Pragmatist Researcher
As a researcher he has conducted research and consequently presented research papers in various conferences including but not limited to the Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Germany; winning researcher awards for best research on DGBL Mechanics and Dynamics in Tallin, Estonia; on Digital Transformation based on the self-created ‘REVAMP Framework’ in Kyoto Japan; on the creation of the ‘Habitus Lattice Theory’ in Oldenburg Germany and FRODL; and on the creation of ‘Metaphygital’ in the homeland Brunei Darussalam. More recently, the coined term ‘Metaphygital’ has been cited in Europe, and the coined term ‘Digital Triplet’ has been cited and presented in Dubai by Oracle Inc. Beyond presenting, he has been invited as senior reviewer to selected international journal articles.
2011 – 2013 | Personal Assistant to the Minister
Shai’s previous appointment between 2011 to 2013 was as the Executive Personal Assistant to the Minister of Education and the 2011-2013 SEAMEO Council President. He conducted various official working visits including but not limited to the Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam, various states in Malaysia (Selangor, Penang, Perak, Kota Kinabalu), Singapore, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, South Korea, Indonesia, Laos.
Conferences and Assemblies included ISESCO, BETT, ASEF, ASEMME, WISE, SEAMEO, LKYEF, and visits to schools, institutions, organisations and agencies. Technology development included architecting the organisational-level Centralised Database Management System for 2012 and 2013.
The appointment also involved interactions and communication with stakeholders of education, educational management and educational technology.
2013 – 2018 | Graduate Teacher and Graduate Researcher
As a faculty member of the University of Manchester, he supervised postgraduate Masters in Digital Technology and Communication in Education (MA DTCE) students in their Masters dissertations, with topics including investigations on the use of Blackboard VLE, Mahara e-Portfolio and MOOCs in various international contexts on educational technology and online learning.
He also taught two postgraduate Masters modules onsite and online and assessed capstone projects. He was part of a 4-member team undertaking an awarded UK Economic and Social Reseach Council grant (ESRC UK) project on education in place of conflict in the Middle East (see book publication).
He is a researcher alumni of LANTERN (Language Teacher Education Researher Network).
2005 – present | Educationist
In his previous teaching career, other than for graduate teaching, he has worked with secondary (K7-K11) students for 6 years, mature students for 1 year, elementary students (K6) for 1 year, 6th form college students for 1 year, and have worked with vulnerable and justice-involved youths.
Over the years between 2006 until 2011 he had developed several platforms, including the 2007 EnglishGuru (a Flash / ActionScript interactive microlearning assessment and management system); the 2009 Math e-Teacher software (MathScript + ActionScript) presented under the SEAMEO Project; the 2009 interactive English e-Book platform presented to then the Minister of Education Brunei and after the Minister of Education Japan; and other software and applications.
His research interests are in online learning, emerging technologies, gamification, robotics, artificial intelligences and law (legal practice). He prescribes to the works of Pierre Bourdieu, Etienne Wenger and Louis Wacquant. He is available for non-committal consultations pertaining to educational technology.
2001 – present | Speaker
Most recent role as speaker included invitations from Google APAC; Google DG Brunei; DIT Philippines; Brunei Shell and its joint-ventures Brunei Shell Marketing, Brunei Shell Petroleum, Brunei LNG; Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB); e-Government National Centre (EGNC); and global speaker for ACEID, IAFOR, EduLearn, IamLearn, PIXEL, MetaverseBay, WCE, GEO, ASN, ICM, CIRI, MBL, BSRS, and many others.
On live podcast sessions, he has been invited to present as speaker on bi-monthly basis. He is currently Top Community Voice as the Top Educational Technology Voice, Top DevOps Voice, Top Digital Transformation Voice, Top Digital Innovation Voice, and Top Artificial Intelligence Voice. When not speaking he has reviewed other speakers, including but not limited to Asian Conference for Education and International Development, and the South-East Asia Media Studies.
who merely oversees and advises and never/no longer architects and develops thru IDEs,
the last modicum of my solace is on my LinkedIn,
with my precipice of the future and emerging technologies as a conduit to purview the younger generation
as innovators, pioneers, visionaries, futurists.