Author: Charmaine Aleong RN, RD, MS, MSN Associate Professor
Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY)
Charmaine Aleong is a Registered Nurse and Registered Dietitian. Ms. Aleong holds a Master’s Degree in Nutrition from Teacher’s College, at Columbia University, and a Master’s Degree in Nursing, from Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY). She also received training as a Master Gardener at the Cornell University Cooperative Extension. Ms. Aleong is presently an Associate Professor at Bronx Community College (BCC), CUNY, where she teaches courses in nutrition, as well as personal and community health.
Ms. Aleong is the coordinator of the Dietetic and Nutrition program at BCC, where she also serves as advisor to the Food and Garden Club. In this capacity, her objective is to improve healthy eating behavior by empowering students with the ability to prepare healthy low cost meals as well as grow some of their own food, in an urban environment. She educates students on the growing of seasonal vegetables in the college demonstration garden, and creates “garden to table” cooking experiences, during club hours. The popularity of the college’s Food and Garden Club has led to Ms. Aleong being voted outstanding club advisor for the past 2 years. Ms. Aleong also works with the BCC Food Pantry to help reduce food insecurity in this urban population, which is at high risk for chronic health issues. These issues arise from the community’s limited sources of affordable, healthy food choices and lack of knowledge about healthy food options.
Contact info: Address: 2155 University Avenue, Bronx, NY 10453 Email:charmaine.aleong@bcc.cuny.edu Phone: 718-289-5100 ext. 5048
Author: Kate Wolfe, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Psychology, Behavioral & Social Sciences Dept.
Chair, Educational Technology & Leadership Council (ETLC)
Co-Chair Hostos Online Learning Assessment (HOLA) Committee
Faculty Liaison to Education Technology
Hostos Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY)
Kate Wolfe earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Houston. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Department at Hostos Community College, CUNY. She is a social psychologist with research interests in quantitative reasoning and quantitative literacy among urban community college students, student perceptions of online learning, using iPads in teaching, linking general psychology and statistics to help reduce the number of remedial math courses taken by students, and urban college student attitudes toward sexual minorities. Regarding quantitative reasoning, she is interested in student perceptions of their own quantitative literacy and student abilities in performing QR tasks such as analyzing pie charts. She co-chairs the Hostos Online Learning Initiative and is chair of the Educational Technology and Leadership Council. This project resulted in numerous conference presentations as well as an article in the Hispanic Educational Technology Services Online Journal in Spring 2016, Hostos Online Learning Assessment: A Survey of Student Perceptions. In 2014-2015 she was a Visiting Scholar at Teachers College, Columbia University as Fellow of the Metropolitan Colleges Institute for Teaching Improvement, a program that focused on the nature of a liberal education at urban colleges. She is beginning the research on attitudes of students in a Hispanic-serving institution toward others based on gender identity or sexual orientation with particular attention on allied health students.
Contact info: Address: Hostos Community College, 500 Grand Concourse B-346, Bronx, NY 10451 Phone: 718-518-6894 Email:KWOLFE@hostos.cuny.edu
Author: Jacqueline DiSanto, Ed.D. Associate Professor
Hostos Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY)
Dr. Jacqueline M. DiSanto is an Associate Professor and Unit Coordinator (for Early-Childhood Education) in the Education Department at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York. She earned a B.S. and M.A. in Business Education (NYU), a professional diploma in Administration (Fordham), and an Ed.D. (St. John’s University) in Instructional Leadership. Her areas of publication includes: online education, learning styles, translanguaging, and faculty development. She is a founding member of the Peer Observation and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Committees, and a member of the Instructional Evaluation Committee and college-wide Senate. She is a co-investigator in a grant-funded consortium for Open Educational Resources; Dr. DiSanto is coordinating the efforts to convert the complete 60-credit A.A.S. in Early-Childhood Education from for-pay textbook reliance to providing all content without charge to students.
Author: Iber Poma Coordinator of Student Services, Educational Technology
Hostos Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY)
Poma have worked in the Educational Technology field for over 20 years. He have earned an AA and a BS in Computer Science. He had also developed workshop curriculum and taught hybrid and fully Online Workshops for Students; and have participated in the creation of guidelines for Hybrid and Fully Online at Hostos for faculty. The “Are you Ready” tool in Blackboard for online students was created seeking to understand exactly what hybrid or online learning means at Hostos. Through his involvement in Educational Technology, he had seen first-hand that EdTech has the potential to become a catalyst of change for faculty–streamlining time-consuming processes (like lesson planning, reporting, and attendance) and simplifying communication through Blackboard. Poma feels that the engagement between faculty and students are one of the key ingredients to really embrace online teaching by using technology tools to accomplish this modality of learning.
Author: Wilfredo Rodríguez Educational Technology Coordinator
Hostos Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY)
Wilfredo Rodríguez, works at the office of Educational Technology Coordinator since April 2012, after holding different positions at the college. He oversees the daily operations of the office and implement many different projects. He began as an ESL/Spanish tutor back in 2002 in the Coordinated Undergraduate Program (CFP). After working for two years in CFP and also facilitating writing workshops, he began working as an administrative assistance in 2004 for the Title V Grant. When the grant expired, he went to work for the Office of Academic Affairs as a HEO where undertook different responsibilities. Rodríguez holds a M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science from Lehman College, CUNY. After graduating, he continuously keep renovating and updating knowledge in the field by researching the newest technology and how it adapts to education. He’s always fascinated by programming and how it improves productivity and human life in general. Wilfredo also had been programming in Asp.net MVC framework for a couple of years already and already have developed many applications and supported many others that he inherited when the programmer left from the Educational Technology Department.
Contact info: Address: Hostos Community College – CUNY, 500 Grand Concourse, C-556, Bronx, NY 10451 Phone: 718-319-7973 Email:WRODRIGUEZ@hostos.cuny.edu
Author: Nancy Velázquez-Torres, PhD Associate Professor
John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York (CUNY)
Nancy Velázquez-Torres is an Associate Professor at John Jay College. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum, Instruction and Learning Technologies from New Mexico State University, a Masters in TESOL K-12 and Multicultural Education from Queens College, CUNY and a Bachelors in Secondary Education in TESOL from Inter American University of Puerto Rico. She also has an extensive background in developmental education, multicultural education, curriculum design, bilingualism, learning technologies and assessment. Dr. Velázquez-Torres has occupied faculty and administrative positions at several institutions in New York, New Jersey and Puerto Rico. During her over thirty years of experience, she has developed and taught approximately 50 courses.
In her last administrative position as the Director of the Percy Ellis Sutton Program and Chair of the SEEK Department at John Jay for almost seven years, the pass rates and retention rates of SEEK students increased significantly. The use of data from the assessment tools incorporated under her leadership facilitated the restructuring of services and interventions provided to students. Dr. Velázquez-Torres’ academic and research interests are in teaching millennial and underprivileged students, culturally responsive pedagogy and the use of the emerging technologies to enhance learning. She has also written and managed numerous grants and has used her grant writing experience and background in curriculum design and learning technologies to develop projects that benefit underserved and disadvantaged groups and meet the needs and demands of 21st century learners. Moreover, she has received several awards and recognition for innovative teaching. She is also actively involved in several community projects in New York and Puerto Rico and in her church.
Associate Professor
Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY)
Charmaine Aleong is a Registered Nurse and Registered Dietitian. Ms. Aleong holds a Master’s Degree in Nutrition from Teacher’s College, at Columbia University, and a Master’s Degree in Nursing, from Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY). She also received training as a Master Gardener at the Cornell University Cooperative Extension. Ms. Aleong is presently an Associate Professor at Bronx Community College (BCC), CUNY, where she teaches courses in nutrition, as well as personal and community health.
Ms. Aleong is the coordinator of the Dietetic and Nutrition program at BCC, where she also serves as advisor to the Food and Garden Club. In this capacity, her objective is to improve healthy eating behavior by empowering students with the ability to prepare healthy low cost meals as well as grow some of their own food, in an urban environment. She educates students on the growing of seasonal vegetables in the college demonstration garden, and creates “garden to table” cooking experiences, during club hours. The popularity of the college’s Food and Garden Club has led to Ms. Aleong being voted outstanding club advisor for the past 2 years. Ms. Aleong also works with the BCC Food Pantry to help reduce food insecurity in this urban population, which is at high risk for chronic health issues. These issues arise from the community’s limited sources of affordable, healthy food choices and lack of knowledge about healthy food options.
Contact info: Address: 2155 University Avenue, Bronx, NY 10453 Email:charmaine.aleong@bcc.cuny.edu Phone: 718-289-5100 ext. 5048
The HETS Online Journal initiative was developed thanks to the leadership of Dr. Eduardo Martí, former HETS Chairman, and President of Queensborough Community College, CUNY. His vision of sharing high quality articles, helped HETS established the terms to designate an Editorial Board responsible of reviewing the articles received, and developed guidelines for the article submissions. The members of the Editorial Board are designated and approved by the HETS Board of Directors, constituted by all Presidents or designated representatives of HETS member institutions. HETS staff role is to oversee the reviewing process, and coordinate the article evaluations with the editorial board members. Also, a rubric was designed to create guidelines consistent with a Journal, that is rigorous in nature, and will provide guidance for the editors, reviewers and researchers submitting their work for review.
A report of the reviewing process for each Issue is presented to the Board of Directors during their meetings which are held twice a year. The Chief Editor is invited to these Board meetings to discuss and clarify any doubts about this process, and make recommendations to enhance and strengthen this initiative. We are pleased to share the following documents (in a downloadable format) with information about:
For more information about the Online Journal, its Editorial Board or the article review process, do not hesitate to contact the HETS office via email to info@hets.org.
“Take education to a higher level. Let’s share our knowledge with the world”
Article 1: Evaluación de una certificación para docentes que enseñan en entornos virtuales.
Author: Dr. Ivette Torres Vera
Director Department of Chemistry
Associate Professor
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Dr. Ivette Torres-Vera is the Director of Department of Chemistry and Associate Professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (PCUPR), Ponce Campus. She teaches online and face to face courses at PCUPR. Dr. Torres has a Doctoral Degree in Instructional Technology and Distance Education from the Abraham S. Fischler School of Education of Nova Southeastern University. She received Dr. Charles L. Faires Dissertation of Distinction Academic Awards 2015 from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Torres has a Master Degree in Science – Specialization in Chemistry and a Bachelor Degree in Science – Specialization in Chemistry from the PCUPR. She has an Online Teaching Certificate from Sloan C 2010. Dr. Ivette Torres has been working in the field of online teaching and learning since 2006, planning, designing, and developing Physical Science Online Course and General Chemistry Blended Course at PCUPR. She has actively worked as a leader for the evaluation, development and reinforcement of the assessment processes and policies for online courses, f2f courses and instructional design. She has offered training workshops for faculty in the area of distance education and instructional design. Her current research interests include instructional strategies, online teaching and learning, faculty development, flipped classroom model and effective use of technology in the classroom to promote learning. She has presented her work in international and national conferences.
Article 2: Hostos Online Learning Assessment: A Survey of Student Percetions.
Author: Dr. Kate Wolfe
Associate Professor
Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York
Dr. Kate Wolfe is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Hostos Community College, CUNY. She teaches a variety of psychology courses, including hybrid and online courses. She is currently the Principal Investigator of the Hostos Online Learning Assessment project and co-investigator on a project investigating quantitative reasoning skills among community college students. She is developing survey research project on attitudes about bisexual and transgender individuals in our urban community college sample. Her research interests include quantitative literacy among urban community college students, student perceptions of online learning, and urban college student attitudes toward sexual minorities.
Contact info:
Assistant Professor, Behavioral & Social Sciences Dept.
Online Learning Assessment Coordinator
Faculty Liaison to Education Technology
Hostos Community College, CUNY
Email: KWOLFE@hostos.cuny.edu
Author: Prof. Sarah L. Hoiland
Associate Professor, Behavioral and Social Sciences
Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York
Sarah L. Hoiland is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Department at Hostos Community College, City University of New York (CUNY). She has spent five years conducting ethnographic research on motorcycle club subculture in New York City and in Florida. Currently, she’s the principal investigator of a research project on this subculture and is working on a book about the largest “outlaw” women’s motorcycle club in the United States. This research was funded by a PSC-CUNY grant in 2014-2015 and again in 2016-2017. Her pedagogical research interests include online learning assessment and student perceptions of their quantitative reasoning and quantitative literacy abilities. She has been teaching hybrid courses and service-learning courses since 2009.
Contact info:
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Behavioral and Social Sciences Department
Hostos Community College, City University of New York (CUNY)
E- Portfolio (log in required): https://hostos.digication.com/professor_sarah_hoiland/Home
Author: Prof. Kate Lyons
Associate Professor, Library and Educational Technology
Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York
Kate Lyons is Head of Reference and the IT Librarian at the Hostos Community College Library (of The City University of New York). She is also a Faculty Liaison to the Department of Educational Technology. Kate Lyons holds an MS in Management from New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, an MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a BA in English from Grinnell College.
Contact info:
Kate Lyons, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Technology
Hostos Community College, CUNY
Author: Carlos Guevara
Director, Educational Technology and CTL
Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York
Carlos Guevara holds a BS and Master degrees in Computer Science from CUNY & NYU Poly, and is currently pursuing his doctorate degree in Instructional Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University. With over 15 years of experience in Higher Education, Carlos works at Hostos Community College, CUNY, as Director of the Office of Educational Technology and Co-Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. Carlos is also Chair or the HEO Organization at Hostos, and Founder of the Ecuadorian Youth Organization, and Ecuadorian Scholars Fund.
Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Social Sciences,
Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York
Dr. Kristopher Burrell is an Assistant Professor of History at Hostos Community College. He earned his doctoral degree in US History from the City University of New York-Graduate Center. His research interests include online learning assessment, in addition to 20th Century US and African American history. He has been teaching hybrid and asynchronous courses since 2014.
Contact info:
Kristopher Burrell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History, Behavioral and Social Sciences Department
Interim Co-Coordinator Writing Across the Curriculum Program
Hostos Community College
Author: Dr. Jacqueline M. DiSanto
Assistant Professor,Education
Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York
Dr. Jacqueline M. DiSanto has been involved in online education since her doctoral studies, where she completed six of the required courses online. She has created online and hybrid course sections and mentors colleagues through the design and implementation process. She also shares her expertise in learning styles with participants in the Hostos Asynchronous and Hybrid Initiatives with particular attention paid to meeting the needs of both global and analytic processors in the online environment, and incorporating visual, auditory, and tactual resources into the site design. It is her strong conviction that the online environment is ideally suited to providing instruction that meets the emotional, environmental, physiological, psychological, and sociological learning-style traits of most students.
Contact info:
Jacqueline M. DiSanto, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, Early-Childhood Education
Hostos Community College, CUNY
Email: jdisanto@hostos.cuny.edu
Author: Prof. Sandy Figueroa
Assistant Professor, Business
Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York
Professor Sandy Figueroa has been at Hostos Community College since 1976 as an adjunct and then in 1979 as an instructor in the Secretarial Science Department. Since 1999, Professor Figueroa has been teaching in the Computer Information Systems Unit. From 2003 until 2006, she was the chair of the Business Department. Currently, Professor Figueroa is the Coordinator for the Office Technology Unit of the Business Department. Professor Figueroa is chair of a number of college-wide committees and has served on a number of committees in the Business Department and the College.
Contact info:
Assistant Professor and Office Technology Coordinator, Business Department
Hostos Community College, CUNY
Email: mailto:SFIGUEROA@hostos.cuny.edu
Author: Dr. Aaron Davis
Instructional Designer, Educational Technology
Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York
Dr. Aaron Davis is a three-time graduate of the University of Delaware, with an undergraduate degree in Fine Art, and a Masters and Doctorate in Education. As an instructional designer, Dr. Davis specializes in incorporating new media communication techniques in education, by adapting content from traditional education towards 21st century learning.
Contact info:
Aaron Davis, BFA, M.Ed., Ed.D. Instructional Designer, Office of Educational Technology
Hostos Community College, CUNY
Website: http://www.aarondavisart.com/education
Author: Iber Poma
Coordinator of Student Services, Educational Technology
Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York
Iber Poma is a Computer Scientist interested in all modes of teaching and learning, especially hybrid and asynchronous. Have taught workshops to students considering to move from a face to face model to an online model. He is experienced with Lecture Capture and “Flip the Classroom” mode of instruction. He has led many initiatives out from the Office of Education Technology, including the iPads in the Classroom Initiative, in which iPads and apps are provided to students, thus bringing technology in the classroom.
Contact info:
Coordinator of Student Services, Educational Technology
Hostos Community College, CUNY
Email: ipoma@hostos.cuny.edu
Author: Wilfredo Rodríguez
Coordinator, Educational Technology
Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York
Wilfredo Rodríguez, office of Educational Technology Coordinator since April 2012. He have held different positions at the college. First as an ESL/Spanish tutor back in 2002 in the Coordinated Undergraduate Program (CFP). After working for two years in CFP and also facilitating writing workshops, he began working as an administrative assistance in 2004 for the Title V Grant. When the grant expired, went to work for the Office of Academic Affairs as a HEO where undertook different responsibilities. Rodríguez holds a M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science from Lehman College. After graduating, he continuously keep renovating knowledge in the field by researching the newest technology and how it adapts to education. He’s always fascinated by programming and how it improves productivity and human life in general. Rodríguez have been programming in Asp.net MVC framework for a couple of years and had developed two applications already.
Contact info:
Address: Hostos Community College – CUNY, 500 Grand Concourse, C-556, Bronx, NY 10451
Phone: 718-319-7973
Email: WRODRIGUEZ@hostos.cuny.edu
Author: Prof. Linda Ridley
Lecturer, Business
Hostos Community College, CUNY, New York
Linda Ridley is a Lecturer at CUNY’s Hostos Community College, where she teaches Entrepreneurship, Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, and Introduction to Business. Additionally, she is an Adjunct Professor at other CUNY schools – the School of Professional Studies in the M.S. program for Business Management and Leadership, where she teaches Organizational Behavior and Leadership, and Managing Diversity in a Global Economy; and Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business, where she teaches Business Communications I and II. As a complement to her teaching, Linda is CEO of Edgar J. Ridley & Associates, Inc., an international management consulting firm specializing in change management. Linda has been designated an Expert Consultant by the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) out of Tokyo, Japan, and she services global clients, conducting workshops and training seminars in workplace effectiveness. Linda has conducted training for women entrepreneurs from companies and organizations throughout Southeast Asia. Linda has the additional prestige of being on the faculty of the American Management Association, where her portfolio includes corporate training in analytical topics such as Critical Thinking,High-Impact Decision Making, and High Performance Accountability. Linda studied at Virginia Commonwealth University; she earned her Master’s in Business Administration from the Mason School of Business at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. She and her husband, Edgar, reside in Harlem, New York City.
Article 3: Impact of Simulated Game on Learning and Engagement.
Author: Dr. Nina Sarkar
Assistant Professor, Business Department
Queensborough Community College, CUNY, New York
Nina Sarkar holds a doctoral degree in International Finance from the University of Houston, TX. Her research focus involved testing the dynamics of exchange rates within target zone regimes of the European Monetary System. After completing her PhD, she pursued a corporate career for 7 years as a Financial Analyst and Analytical Consultant in India, Singapore and in the US. Through her corporate career, she was always in touch with the academic world, serving as visiting lecturer or adjunct professor. She is a full time Assistant Professor at Queensborough Community College, CUNY. She teaches Principles of Finance and Principles of Statistics in the Business Department of Queensborough Community College, CUNY. She also serves as a Chair of the Committee on Course and Standing, an elected member of the Departmental Personnel and Budget Committee and a Coordinator of the Management track of the Business Department. Currently her research focus is on the scholarship of teaching and learning. She is especially interested in making an impact on student academic performances and uses innovative teaching techniques based on sound pedagogical practices to achieve that. During her time at Queensborough Community College, she has presented in several regional, national and international conferences and has published her research.
Author: Christina Manzo, MBA, CPA
Associate Professor, Business Department
Queensborough Community College, CUNY, New York
Christina Manzo is an Assistant Professor in the Business Department at Queensborough Community College in New York City. Prior to her present status, she was a Vice President – Senior Credit Analysis for the Dime Savings Bank of New York and an Associate Business Manager for the City University of New York. In her current position, she teaches accounting and other business related courses. Her research concerns comprise eLearning, flipped classroom model, technology in the classroom, and experiential learning.
President Emeritus
Queensborough Community College, CUNY, New York,
former Vice Chancellor
Community Colleges of the City University of New York (CUNY), and
former HETS Chairman
Eduardo Martí, served as Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges of the City University of New York and is president emeritus Queensborough Community College. Prior to his experience in NYC, he served as President of Corning Community College of the State University of New York (SUNY), and as President of SUNY’s Tompkins Cortland Community College. Dr. Martí also served as Executive Dean of Tunxis Community College (Campus CEO, CAO) and Acting President of Middlesex Community College, both located in Connecticut Dr. Martí serves on the Board of Trustees of Teachers College at Columbia University, as a member of the Board of Governors of the Council for Aid to Education, and as a member of Gateway to College Board of Directors. Previously, he served as a member of the NYS Governor’s Commission on Educational Reform. Previously, The College Board’s Advisory Board on Community Colleges as well as the Community College Research Center Advisory Board of Teachers College at Columbia University. Additionally, he served as Chair of the Board for the Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System (HETS). Having previously served on the Board of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), he was elected once again in March 2009-11. He was elected as a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in October 2010. In 2011 he was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg to serve on the Panel for Educational Policy of the NYC Department of Education
Three times a graduate of New York University, Dr. Martí holds the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science, and Ph.D. degrees in biology from the institution. He is the recipient of the Founders Day Award from New York University and was chosen as the recipient of the New York University Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in November 2007. In October 2008, the New York Post honored Dr. Marti with their Liberty Medal Award as a champion of human rights. He was previously named to the Honor Roll of the Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges. As the recipient of a Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad award, he spent June 2004 traveling in China with leaders of minority serving institutions
Article 5: Reinventing Remedial Reading in the 21st Century: A Review of the Benefits and Challenges of a Hybrid Remedial Reading Course.
Author: Prof. Toni Ann Hernen
Instructor, Department of Education and Reading
Bronx Community College, New York, NY
Toni Ann Hernen is an instructor in the Department of Education and Reading at Bronx Community College, since 2010. Here she teaches developmental reading, child development, and first year seminar. She earned her B.A. in History from Queens College, M.S. in Elementary Education from C.W. Post Long Island University, and is pursuing her Doctorate in Education from Northcentral University.
Her research interest includes effective instructional strategies to support the linguistically diverse student in college reading. She has presented at local and national conferences focusing on best practices in developmental reading. In addition, she has made numerous contributions to Bronx Community College’s Department of Education and Reading in the area of research and developmental reading support. Professor Hernen currently is a member of the Teaching Academic and Survival Skills Proposal Review Committee and is a member of the International Literacy Association. In March of 2016, she was asked to be part of the International Literacy Association’s small interest group meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Professor Hernen is author of Blogging in the College Classroom, and has recently finished and co-authored Teaching Critical Literacy: Statistically Measuring the Effectiveness of this Instructional Method in the Community College Developmental Reading Classroom. She is also a member of her department’s research team and is leading the department’s “Reading Across the Discipline” lecture series.
Article 6: Strategies to Make Program Assessment Simple in a Digital Era: A Case Study.
Author: Dr. Edilberto Arteaga-Narvaez
Associate Professor, Natural Sciences Department
Inter American Univeristy of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus
Edilberto Arteaga-Narváez, is an Associate Professor in the Natural Sciences Department at Inter American University, Metropolitan Campus in Puerto Rico. Dr. Arteaga received his Ed.D in Curriculum and Instruction in Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. He also holds a MS in Physics from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. From 2014 to present, he has served as assessment coordinator of Natural Sciences Academic Program. His research interests include physics learning, creative process in the learning and modeling of social systems through system dynamics.
Assistant Professor
Natural Sciences Department
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus
Dr. Kenia A. Parga Rivera has a BS in Chemistry, from the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus, which she completed in 2004. She also holds a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, from the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus, which she completed in 2013. In order to obtain this degree, she successfully defended the thesis: Fe8-based MRI Contrast Agents Targeted to Breast and Ovarian Cancer Cells.
She began working at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico-Metro Campus in 2014 as an Assistant Professor, where she teaches General Chemistry 1, General Chemistry 2, and Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, at the undergraduate level. Since August 2014, Dr. Parga has been a member of the BS in Natural Sciences Program Assessment Committee.
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, and
Professor, Biology Department
Inter American Univeristy of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus
Lillian Gayá González, PhD is a professor of Biology at the Department of Natural Sciences, Metropolitan Campus of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. She served as President of the Standard 14: Assessment of Student Learning Subcommittee for the 2013 MSCHE Self-Study and is currently Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.
Contact info:
Email: lgaya@intermetro.edu Address: PO Box 191293, San Juan, PR 00919-1293
Office Phone: (787) 250-1912 X- 2527
Article 7: Uso de herramientas de interacción en la enseñanza de estadísticas en línea: retos y posibilidades.
Author: Marcos Torres-Nazario Ed.D. IR Certificate
Full professor
Distance Education Department
Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus
Dr. Marcos Torres-Nazario teaches online and face-to-face courses of statistics and research, at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico (IAUPR) Ponce Campus. He received the degree of Doctor of Education in Educational Administration from the Inter American University Metro Campus. Also completed a Post Master Certificate in Institutional Research from Florida State University. In 2013 completed a Master Degree in Research and Evaluation at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. During the Summer of 2015 completed the ELearning Expert Certificate from FATLA.
Article 1: Advances in Technology Pave the Path to Actual Learning
Author: Prof. Toni Hernen- Brzeski
Instructor, Education & Reading Bronx Community College
Prof. Hernen-Brzeski joined Bronx Community College in 2010 as an adjunct lecturer in reading. She’s currently holding the position as an instructor in the Education and Reading Department. Prior to coming to Bronx Community College, she an elementary school teacher in both the Rockville Centre School District and the New York City Department of Education. Received her B.A. in History from Queens College and my M.A. in Elementary Education from C.W.Post Long Island University.
Her teaching interests include, remedial reading, child study, elementary education, and student development. Hernen-Brzeski also worked with the New York City Teaching Fellows Program where mentored and observed first year teachers. Developed a new course for the First Year Seminar Program for Bronx Community College and presented at the CUNY Conference for Best Practices. Along with her work at Bronx Community College, she have also helped pilot the first year debate team at York College.
Primary research interests are in the fields of elementary education with specific interests in pedagogy, child development, and effective use of technology in the classroom to promote learning. Currently reside on Long Island with husband and two children. In her free time she’s a youth girl’s lacrosse coach and enjoy exploring new and exciting attractions across the city and country.
Article 2: Análisis sobre los riesgos de seguridad generados por usuarios para las tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC)
Author: Dr. Isabel Candal Vicente
Associate Professor Universidad del Este, Ana G. Méndez University System (AGMUS)
Isabel Candal Vicente is an Associate Professor of Management Information System at Universidad del Este, Ana G. Méndez University System (AGMUS). She received her Ph.D. from the San Pablo-CEU University, Spain. Her current research interests include data warehouse, data mining and information security. She has published, presented her work in many journals, and in international and national conferences.
Contact info:
Address: IEN, Business School, B-11 Paseo del Prado, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926
email: icandal@suagm.edu Phone: (787) 398-5186
Fax: (787) 754-9665
Co-Author: Dania I. Osorio Concepción
Article 3: Factores que facilitan u obstaculizan el avalúo del aprendizaje en la educación general de las instituciones de Educación Superior.
Author: Dr. Mariela T. Collazo
Assistant Vice President for Planning Universidad Metropolitana
Her major areas of experience includes: development, implementation and evaluation of annual and long term Institutional Strategic Plan in Higher Education, Government Agencies and Corrections and Rehabilitation Programs. Monitor formative and summative evaluation of institutional development plans in Higher Education and Government Agencies. Ensure proper coordination between the plans, proposed development plan, according to the needs and priorities and fiscal projections. Support the assessment and institutional effectiveness and ensure that the findings and recommendations are integrated into development plans. Support the self-study for institutional accreditation and licensing processes in higher education. Evaluator of Research Proposals – US Department of Education/Title V Programs, needs assessment and or characteristics of labor market in higher education and government agencies, and assessment of the social, economic and urban situation of municipalities.
Some research are: Learning Assessment of General Education at a Private Higher Education Institution in Puerto Rico: a case study (2013), Conceptualizing a learning assessment model of general education for the School of Education of the Metropolitan University: analysis of the alignment of competencies and their development in the classroom (2010), and Models and learning assessment practices in general education (2010).
Dr. Collazo has a Ph.D. in Education – Specialization in Teaching (2013) from the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, a Master in Planning (license 722) from the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus and a Bachelor in Psychology (Magna Cum Laude, 1997).
Contact info:
Address: 1399 Ana G. Mendez Ave., San Juan, PR 00926
Phone: (787) 766-1717 Ext. 7418
Mobile: (787) 316-9739
Email: mcollazo@suagm.edu
Article 4: Impacto de aspectos visuales y estéticos en la Educación a Distancia.
Author: Dr. Lisbel M. Correa
Assistant Professor – Distance Learning Department Center of Innovation and Creativity in Education (CICE) Coordinator Distance Learning Associate Deanship Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus
Dr. Lisbel M. Correa Suárez is Assistant Professor of the Distance Learning Department, and the Coordinator of the Center of Innovation and Creativity in Education of the Distance Learning Associate Deanship. She owns a Doctored Degree in Instructional Technology and Distance Education of the Fischler School of Education of Nova Southeastern University, and a Master Degree in Educational Technology of Caribbean University. Dr. Correa also has successfully worked as an online instructor for sub-graduate and graduate Programs, and has also provide exceptional contributions by creating standardized processes for online courses instructional design. Has actively worked as a leader for the evaluation, development and reinforcement of the assessment processes of the Associate Dean of Distance Education. Furthermore, she designed the institutional training program for online instructors. As well as other online courses for sub-graduate and graduate program.
Article 5: La inteligencia emocional en la Educación a Distancia.
Author: Dr. Carmen Luisa Hernández
Full time professor EDP University of Puerto Rico
Carmen Luisa Hernández has a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy, and a Master’s Degree in Arts, with concentration in History from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. She also has a Master’s Degree in Information Systems from EDP University and a Ph. D. in Educative Innovation from the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).
Actually she works as a full time professor in EDP University and for over fifteen years she has taught in classroom and online mode in various universities of Puerto Rico. At EDP University she was in charge of the foundation and accreditation of the online program, and of the development of the politics and capacitation of professors of the online mode. She was in charge of the Technological Development Office and directed the Academic Institutional Assessment Committee. Currently she also offers her expertise knowledge in educative innovation through the Learning Consultant Corporation, LLC.
Article 6: La oferta académica en línea de Puerto Rico: Actualización a otoño 2014.
Author: Dr. Marcos Torres- Nazario
Full professor Distance Education Department Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus
Dr. Marcos Torres-Nazario teaches online and face-to-face courses of statistics and research, at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico (IAUPR) Ponce Campus. He received the degree of Doctor of Education in Educational Administration from the Inter American University Metro Campus. Also completed a Post Master Certificate in Institutional Research from Florida State University. In 2013 completed a Master Degree in Research and Evaluation at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Recently, finished the ELearning Expert Certificate from FATLA.
Article 7: Los estudiantes a distancia de Puerto Rico: Datos por nivel y tipo de Institución.
Author: Dr. Marcos Torres- Nazario
Full professor Distance Education Department Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus
Dr. Marcos Torres-Nazario teaches online and face-to-face courses of statistics and research, at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico (IAUPR) Ponce Campus. He received the degree of Doctor of Education in Educational Administration from the Inter American University Metro Campus. Also completed a Post Master Certificate in Institutional Research from Florida State University. In 2013 completed a Master Degree in Research and Evaluation at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Recently, finished the ELearning Expert Certificate from FATLA.
Article 8: Unified Communication Technology: The Considerations for Adoption for Administration and Pedagogy.
Author: Patricia Kahn, Ph. D.
Assistant Vice President for Technology Systems The College of Staten Island, CUNY
Patricia Kahn, Ph.D. is the Assistant Vice President for Technology Systems at the College of Staten Island (CSI) where she oversees the operations of all information technology services. Dr. Kahn has many years of service in higher education technology services. Prior to coming to CSI, Dr. Kahn served as the Executive Director of Information Technology Services at Brookdale Community College from 2009 – 2014. While at Brookdale, she oversaw and directed all information technology activities and was the focal point on technology for the campus community and the primary liaison with Educational Services and vendors providing services for the development and management of IT resources. Prior to Brookdale, Dr. Kahn obtained extensive experience in academic technology and distance learning during her nine year tenure at Montclair State University. There she held various administrative positions including Director of Technology Training and Integration.
Dr. Kahn received her BS in Computer Information Systems and an MBA in Finance from Manhattan College. She received her Ph.D. in Education from Capella University, with a concentration in Instructional Design and Online Learning. Her favorite past time is spending time with family and friends as well as her Wheaten Terrier.
Contact info:
Address: The College of Staten Island, CUNY, 2A-303A
Phone: 718-982-2209
Email: patricia.kahn@csi.cuny.edu
Dr. Meléndez Alicea has more than three decades of experience in the field of distance education. He published his first article on the subject in 1990, and a book in 1999. In 2014, he was awarded by Universidad for creating and facilitating the best MOOC in Latin America. He has presented on the topic of distance education in more than 15 countries. He was PI of the study of the theory and practice of distance education in Puerto Rico for the State Department in 2016. This study is ongoing.
Dr. Meléndez has post doctoral studies on distance education evaluation. He is an active member of the Puerto Rican Evaluation Society and author of several articles and book chapters on the subject of evaluation in distance education. He currently facilitates distance learning courses for the Department of Graduate Studies, at the College of Education, of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
Contact info:
Dr. Juan Meléndez Alicea
College of Education
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Email: juan.melendez16@upr.edu Portal: jjmelendez.net
Dr. Correa joined Berkeley College in 2002 as an adjunct faculty member in the Management Department. He became a full-time faculty member in 2007, and teaches a full curriculum in management and business courses both online and onsite. He was asked to take over as Chair, Business Department, of Dover Business College, 2009 – 2011 in preparation of the re-accreditation and eventual merger with Berkeley College. He is bilingual, speaking English and Spanish.
As Coordinator of Noncredit International Programs, Dr. Correa has expanded a program in which students of European business schools come to Berkeley College to attend classes. The program currently includes 20 colleges and universities from Europe, whose students can participate in six different curriculum’s to satisfy their study abroad requirements.
Before coming to Berkeley College, Dr. Correa spent 30 years in the business sector, with experience in the electric utilities, financial services and executive search industries. Some of his accomplishments include:
• As Vice President of Marketing for an executive search firm, he was instrumental in quadrupling the firm’s corporate revenues in two years and in acquiring the world’s 3rd largest pharmaceutical organization as a client.
• As Director of Corporate Planning for a financial services company in New York, he spearheaded a nationwide expansion while concurrently instituting a company wide project management system.
Contact info:
Address: Larry L. Luing School of Business, Berkeley College
Assistant Provost for Faculty & Academic Administration
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Gil Clary is Assistant Provost for Faculty and Academic Administration at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. At Kutztown University, a public institution, he is responsible for facilitating and coordinating assessments of student learning outcomes and institutional effectiveness. Prior to joining the University in 2009, he was a professor of psychology at St. Catherine University in St. Paul Minnesota and actively engaged in research on people’s motivations for performing volunteer work and other questions related to the not-for-profit sector. In addition, Clary spent a year as a social psychology program director at the National Science Foundation in Arlington Virginia.
Director of Distance Education Center for Online Learning and Teaching Technology (COLTT) University of Texas – Pan American (UTPA)
Edgar Gonzalez has over fifteen years of experience in the development and implementation of distance education. Mr. Gonzalez has played a leadership role in online education, as Director of the Center for Online Learning and Teaching Technology (COLTT) at the University of Texas – Pan American, which has led to a significant increase in the number of online courses and programs as well as the number of students participating in distance education. Edgar has had the opportunity to apply his understanding in the field of online/distance education to provide leadership, service, and direction in the development and functions related to e-learning, instructional design, and instructional technology initiatives. The role of COLTT has not only been to increase the number of online courses, but to enhance the academic rigor and excellence of online courses and programs. Under Edgar’s leadership, an Online Exemplary Course Program was established at UT Pan American to ensure high quality and academic rigor of online courses; stipends are awarded to faculty to incentivize faculty participation in online education. A Quality Matters Rubric for online courses was also implemented to pursue national certification of online courses. Finally, a “Blueprinting” Process for online courses and programs has been developed to systematically incorporate quality assurance into the design and development of online courses at UT Pan American.
Vice President of Student Affairs
Bergen Community College
Dr. González- De Jesús has over 14 years of experience in higher education administration at the community college level, emphasis on student affairs, minority student engagement and completion, labor relations, industrial/organizational management, mentoring women leaders, online teaching and learning, and curriculum development.
Director
Office of Educational Technology
Hostos Community College
An innate leader and fighter, born in Quito-Ecuador, first-generation college student, holds a BS and Master degrees in Computer Science from CUNY & NYU Poly, and is currently pursuing his doctorate degree in Instructional Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University. With over 15 years of experience in Higher Education, Carlos currently works at Hostos Community College as Director of the Office of Educational Technology; where he provides vision to strengthen and bring innovation to teaching and learning through technology. Carlos has established a successful organizational culture shift around technology adoption, implementing initiatives centered on mentoring and communities of practice. Carlos is a frequent presenter of a variety of academic technology topics in several national and international conferences. His main research areas of interest are online learning, social networking in education, and game-based learning.
Carlos has recently been elected as Chair of the Hostos HEO Organization, has also Chaired the HETS Distance Learning Task Force, and other several committees at the College. Carlos is also the President and Co-Founder of the Ecuadorian Youth Organization, which mission is to promote the intellectual growth of the Ecuadorian Youth through education. Carlos has also established the Ecuadorian Scholars Fund, which annually provides scholarships for students to continue their college education. Coming from a humble background, and facing many challenges to accomplish his goals, Carlos is convinced that the secrets for success are persistence, humbleness, creativity, and always setting the next goal in life and career.
Ana Milena Lucumi Orostegui tiene un bachillerato en filosofía, letras y pedagogía de la Universidad del Valle, la universidad pública de la ciudad de Cali, tercera ciudad en población de su natal Colombia. Obtuvo una maestría en Sistemas de instrucción y tecnología educativa en la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón de Puerto Rico. Es candidata doctoral en Instructional Technologies and Distance Education de Nova Southeastern University, universidad ubicada en la Florida, EU. Actualmente, desde el 2011, funge como Vicepresidenta de Efectividad y Asuntos Estudiantiles de National University College. Desarrolló el Modelo Institucional de Retención en esta institución, en un marco de desarrollo de destrezas socioemocionales y de resiliencia para propiciar la retención y la persistencia del estudiante en la vida universitaria. Escribió el himno de National University College titulado “Contra toda adversidad” como un regalo a los estudiantes graduados de NUC. El mismo se estrenó en la graduación del 2013.
Hasta mayo de 2011 fungió como Directora de Educación a Distancia del Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez (SUAGM), donde entre diversas experiencias a lo largo de 11 años, se destacó como co-líder en el equipo de trabajo que desarrolló el proyecto Universidad Virtual Ana G. Méndez, completando el autoestudio hasta lograr la licencia del CES, hoy CEPR y proponiendo un modelo multimedial de diseño instruccional de cursos en línea. Ha sido profesora conferenciante en las Universidades del SUAGM, Universidad Metropolitana, Universidad del Este y Universidad del Turabo, en cursos subgraduados y graduados en educación, educación y tecnología, educación de adultos, sistemas de instrucción y tecnología asistida. Sus áreas de interés en el campo de la investigación son la retención a nivel universitaria, la educación virtual, diseño instruccional, ambientes de aprendizaje inclusivos y la integración de tecnologías multimediales en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje.
Publicó un poemario llamado Lunamar y posteriormente ha sido publicada en varias antologías de mujeres poetas del Museo Rayo de Colombia. En el año 2010 el Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia publicó el libro Antología de poetas afrocolombianas y una de las 16 poetas es Ana Milena Lucumi.
HETS Online Journal Chief Editor
Executive Director, Research Center
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Pamela Vargas is Executive Director of the Research Center at Kutztown University. She had over 20 years of experience in research administration. In her current position, she also promotes undergraduate research and works with community leaders to find opportunities for students and faculty to utilize their expertise and contribute to the community. In addition to writing her own articles for publication, Ms. Vargas has served as a reviewer and editor for several publications, including The Journal of Research Administration, the Journal of Healthcare, Science and the Humanities, and the HETS Online Journal.
Breaking with Tradition: Video Games as an Alternative Tool for ESL Instruction in Puerto Rico’s Public Schools.
Author:
Prof. Kenneth Horowitz
Adjunct Instructor
Pontifical University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
Kenneth Horowitz has been teaching English in Puerto Rico for over 15 years at both the secondary level and in higher education. With extensive linguistic training in English as a second language (ESL) he has taught at the several local universities. Horowitz has also participated in several federal proposals, such as Title V where he implemented technology into ESL classrooms, and TRIO Student Support Services, where he offers tutoring and guidance to students. Currently, he is teaching at Antillean Adventist University, where he has taught since 2008 and Pontifical Catholic University, Mayagüez, where he has taught since 2002. Horowitz is also in the dissertation stage of his Ed.D in Education in English as a Second Language (ESL). Horowitz enjoys writing, reading about history and science, and spending time with his family.
Building a Sense of Global Identity through Artifacts in Freshman Composition Classrooms.
Author:
Dr. Jean Darcy
Associate Professor
Queensborough Community College
Dr. Jean Darcy is an Associate Professor at Queensborough Community College. Dr. Darcy has worked extensively in New Media Writing and participated in a Crossroads grant from Georgetown University and two FIPSE grants related to developing pedagogical strategies that encourage technology in community college pedagogy.
Contact info:
Email: JDarcy@qcc.cuny.edu
Address: Queensborough Community College / English Department Bayside , N.Y. 11364
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El significado del lenguaje escrito en un ambiente educativo virtual.
Author: Ms. Angélica Ricaurte-Avendaño
National Sub director of E-learning Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
Master in Plastic Arts of the University of Antioquia and with a Master’s degree in Education and human Development from the University of Manizales; research is a passion that has allowed Ms. Ricuarte to publish and participate at various events both national and international, such as: “Development of content and web design for educational content” at the “III Online Congress of the Cibersociety Observatory” and “Open Knowledge, Free Society – and communicative interactions in a virtual learning environment” in the “Virtual Magazine – Catholic University of the North(http://revistavirtual.ucn.edu.co)” among others.
She’ve worked with several institutions in the incorporation of IT into the curriculum, educator formation and the development of virtual courses, with all the administrative turmoil it entails in an academic institution, a field of which Ms. Ricuarte have been part of for the last 15 years. Not only involved as a researcher in the fields of e-learning and educational administration for virtual programs, but alsoshe has been a virtual educator for the last 3 years, which strengthens the research and administrative process tha she produces. Teaching is an area that allows a closer look at the technological changes and its impact on society and youth.
Encouraging and Motivating Minority Engineering Students through Remote Summer Research Initiative.
Author: Dr. Tanvir Prince
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Hostos Community College
City University of New York
Tanvir Prince has a PhD in Mathematics and currently working as an assistant professor in Mathematics in Hostos Community College. He is interested in “Topological Quantum Field Theory” and “Recreational Mathematics” and currently had become interested in Mathematics education. Dr. Prince has also presented in numerous international and national conferences. He is regularly publishing articles in both pure mathematics and mathematics education in various peer reviewed journals. Dr. Prince is recently interested to involve students in research environment. Other interests include traveling and cooking.
Author: Dr. Nieves Angulo
Associate Professor
Mathematics Department and Coordinator of Engineering Program
Hostos Community College
The City University of New York
Dr. Nieves Angulo is an Associate Professor in the Mathematics Department and the Coordinator of the Engineering Program. She has a B.A. and M.A. in Mathematics from Hunter College, and a M.S and Ed.D in Mathematics Education from Columbia University. She served as the Deputy Chair of the Mathematics Department from 2001 to 2004. She has also been a member of the Center for Mathematics in America’s Cities at the CUNY Graduate Center. Dr. Angulo has worked in the development and the implementation of the Dual/Joint Engineering Programs with CCNY since 2002. Furthermore, many joint projects with other senior colleges including NY City Tech has resulted in securing different grants to help develop and advance the engineering field at the college. For example: the NSF (2005) “Bridges to Engineering Success for Transfers”, a NASA (2010) “Achieving Proficiency in Engineering Research and STEM Education Through NASA Initiatives”-(CIPAIR), and a US DoE (2011) “The Alliance For Continuous Innovative Learning Environments in STEM” (CILES). These grants have made possible many activities for the engineering students at HCC such as (i) NASA Day at Hostos on which many NASA scientists from Goddard, Glenn, and Marshall have being invited to the college, (ii) research internships for STEM students during the summer months, (iii) participation of Hostos’ students in the CCNY summer program called Fast Transfer Retention Academic at CCNY (Fast TRACC) which helps students to transfer from community colleges to senior colleges, and (iv) establishing Advanced Training for Engineering Students which have been a month long workshop to give students the opportunity to work with faculty members to advance in math, physics and chemistry. Furthermore, Dr. Angulo established the engineering club in 2006, which has served as the pivot point for all engineering activities at the college. Dr. Angulo has mentored many students who were awarded internships to Brookhaven National Labs and NASA as a result.
Las educación presencial, a distancia y el uso de las TIC’s en Puerto Rico y República Dominicana.
Author: Mr. Víctor Robles
Information Systems and Distance Learning
Mr. Roble’s professional experience is related to teaching in the area of information systems, including ICT and Distance Education. Similarly, he have developed in other work areas concerning security and computer networks in the private and the public sector in Puerto Rico for 25 years. Among his educational credentials we can mention: a BS in Computer Science, Master’s in Educational Computing and a Doctorate in Distance Education (currently in progress – developing Thesis).
Las experiencias de los egresados de un programa a distancia en Puerto Rico.
Author: Dr. Marcos Torres-Nazario
Associate Professor
Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus
Dr. Marcos Torres-Nazario is Associate Professor of Business at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico (IAUPR) Ponce Campus. He received the degree of Doctor of Education in Educational Administration from the Inter American University Metro Campus. Also completed a Post Master Certificate in Institutional Research from Florida State University. Actually is pursuing a Master Degree in Research and Education at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
La percepción de los docentes de un distrito escolar de Puerto Rico, sobre la deserción escolar y el Programa de Desarrollo Educativo General (GED) en la Escuela Superior.
Author: Dr. Dámaris Velázquez
Technology Professor
Department of Education of Puerto Rico
Dr. Dámaris Velázquez Couvertier has been a technology teacher at the Department of Education of Puerto Rico (DEPR) for 13 years. Since 2010, she has been part of the Board of Directors of the Asosiación Puertorriqueña de Aprendizaje a Distancia(APAD). Recently, she has functioned as moderator and member of the Scientific Committee for the Congreso Virtual Mundial de E-Learning 2013 (CVME), worked for several years as a technical support teacher atCursos en Línea (CeL), an online courses program for the high school students of the DEPR. She has also worked as an independent IT consultant and coach for private companies.
Dr. Velázquez holds the degree of Ed.D in Instructional Technology and Distance Education from the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova Southeastern University at Florida, holds a MA in Instructional Design and Educational Technology from Universidad Sagrado Corazón, and a BA in Elementary Education from Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. She also obtained the certificate of Virtual Courses Evaluation from the Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Calidad (CALED) and a certificate of Moodle Platform Manager from the Centro Universitario Haller.
Contact info:
Address: Ladislao Martinez Otero School, Vega Alta District, Puerto Rico
Email: dvelazquez@miescuela.pr
Alternate email: damavc@hotmail.com
Phone: 787-883-5105 / Fax: 787-883-0339
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Meaningful Online Interactions and Writing Improvement
Author: Dr. Brenda Ann Camara-Walker
Associate Professor
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Brenda Ann Camara Walker, has an Ed. D. Curriculum Development and Teaching and an M.A.in Teaching English as a Second Language. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Currently, she is the College of General Studies Information Technologies Coordinator and the former Computer Assisted Academic Writing and Intermediate English Course Coordinator. Her latest publications are Voices in the Classroom Reveal Teaching and Learning Paths and Fostering Metalinguistic Construction in the ESL Classroom. She has offered numerous workshops and conferences throughout the island and abroad at Higher Education Institutions, Public and Private Schools, TESOL Conventions and Chapter Conferences. Last presentations given abroad include Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Harvard University, CTJ TEFL Brazil, ICDA Dominican Republic, TESOL Convention in Florida and Milwaukee, and in-house guest speaker in Colombia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic and Curacao.
Contact info:
Address: University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, College of General Studies, English Department
Email: brenda.camara@upr.edu
Author: Dr. Vanesa Irizarry
Full Professor
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Dr. Vanessa Irizarry Muñoz has a Ph. D. in Teaching and Learning from New York University and an M.A in Curriculum Development from Michigan State University. She is a Full Professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, current College of General Studies’ Assessment Project Coordinator and former English Department Chairperson. She has trained and mentored teachers in the areas of ESL and Bilingual Education in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and New York. In addition to teaching first year college English at various proficiency levels for over 20 years, she has extensive experience as curriculum consultant and external evaluator of teacher certification projects under the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program and NCLBA for the P.R. Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education. Her research interests are technology enhanced language learning environments, successful teacher profiles and assessment.
Contact info: Address: University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, College of General Studies, English Department
Email: vanessa.irizarry1@upr.edu
Article 9
Metaevaluando programas de educación a distancia.
Author: Dr. Juan Meléndez-Alicea
Full Professor
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Consultant, Ana G. Méndez Univesity System, Virtual Campus
Juan Meléndez-Alicea is a full professor of the Department of Art, Technology and Innovation at the College of Education in the Rio Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, and a consultant with the Ana G. Méndez University-Virtual Campus. He did his BA and MA at Albany State (New York), his doctorate at the Interamerican University (Puerto Rico) and his advanced studies at the University of Cambridge (England). He is a member of the Board Directors of the Puerto Rican Society of Evaluators.
Dr. Meléndez started with technology in education in 1975, and with distance education in 1985 in a project with the University of the Virgin Islands. He published his first article on distance education in 1990, and published a book on the subject in 1999, and has published chapters in several Latin American books. He has presented on the topic of distance education in Argentina, Aruba , Barbados, Brazil, Colombia , Cuba , Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, Indonesia, Mexico, Panama and Thailand and United States.
¿Quién está en Línea? A Five Year Longitudinal Study of Online Hispanic-American Student Demographics.
Author:
Ben P. Meredith, Ed. D.
Executive Director, EWU Extended Campus
Eastern Washington University
Ben P. Meredith is the Executive Director of Eastern Washington University’s Extended Campus in Cheney, Washington, USA. Eastern Online – the online program and course delivery department of the university within the Extended Campus- services over 1400 students per term with 15 certificate, Bachelor and Master degree programs and courses throughout the United States and Internationally.
Prior to arriving at Eastern Washington University, Ben was the Director for the Center for Distance Education and eLearning at Southwest Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The Center for Distance Education and eLearning services over 1400 students per term with 8 Bachelor and Master degree programs and courses throughout the state of Oklahoma. Ben has taught online and served in distance delivery administrative roles since 1996.
Author: Stephen R.Burgess
Professor of Psychology
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Stephen Burgess is a professor of psychology at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. His research interests include the use of mobile technology in education, the development and use of literacy across the lifespan, and the effects of video games. Stephen has taught online for more almost ten years for a variety of universities and colleges throughout the United States.
The Clash of Epistemologies: A Study of the Transformative Learning of Bilingual Pre-service Teachers Engaged in Simulations in a Virtual Environment.
Author:
Dr. Leticia De León
Associate Professor
College of Education Student Success Initiative Coordinator
University of Texas- Pan American
Dr. Leticia De León is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas-Pan American. Her research interests range from literacy to technology to motivation, and more recently, how the use of virtual environments may bring about more powerful learning opportunities. She teaches in a teacher preparation program, which certifies elementary teachers, typically in the areas of child development and social studies and language arts teaching methods.
Towards Video Conferencing Mode of Teaching and Learning Mathematics
Author: Dr. Alexander Vaninsky
Professor of Mathematics
Hostos Community College,The City University of New York
Dr. Alexander Vaninsky is currently a Professor of Mathematics at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York. He received his master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, in mathematics – from Moscow State University, and Ph.D. and D. Sc. Degrees in mathematical economics – from Moscow Finance University. Author and co-author of five monographs and over 30 articles. Recipient of different grants and awards; among them – Stephen J. Shaw Award for Most Outstanding Paper (Irwin Publishing, USA) and Award for Outstanding Paper in Channels, Retail & Services (Southern Marketing Association of the USA). Teaches courses in Mathematics and Economics. Served as a Member of the Board of Directors and an advisor to government and private companies. Included in the Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World. His current research focuses on the development and applications of new methods of environmental analysis including structured input – output models and data envelopment analysis with a perfect object.
Contact info:
Address: Mathematics Department, Hostos Community College, CUNY, 500 Grand Concourse, Room B 409, Bronx, NY 10451 USA
Email: avaninsky@hostos.cuny.edu
Phone: (718) 319-7930
Author: Charmaine Aleong RN, RD, MS, MSN
Author: Kate Wolfe, Ph.D.
Author: Jacqueline DiSanto, Ed.D.
Author: Iber Poma
Author: Wilfredo Rodríguez
Author: Nancy Velázquez-Torres, PhD
Author:
Author:
Ms. Angélica Ricaurte-Avendaño
Dr. Tanvir Prince
Dr. Nieves Angulo
Mr. Víctor Robles
Dr. Marcos Torres-Nazario
Dr. Dámaris Velázquez
Dr. Brenda Ann Camara-Walker
Dr. Vanesa Irizarry
Dr. Juan Meléndez-Alicea
Stephen R.Burgess
Dr. Alexander Vaninsky