ICT in the Education: An ODeL Practitioner's Perspective | Prof. Roberto Figueroa, Jr.
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Date: 2017-07-04

ICT IN THE EDUCATION: AN ODeL PRACTITIONER'S PERSPECTIVE
Prof. Roberto Figueroa, Jr.

Asst. Prof. Roberto B. Figueroa, Jr. receives the ICT Education Researcher of the Year AwardAsst. Prof. Roberto B. Figueroa, Jr. was conferred the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Education Researcher of the Year Award at the SM2016/ICT2016 25th International Education and Technology Conference in Hong Kong on 11 April 2016.

Asst. Prof. Figueroa is a faculty member of the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS), UP Open University (UPOU). He serves as the Program Chair for the Diploma in Computer Science (DCS) program and is currently the Program Development Associate for Multimedia Innovative Technology under the UPOU Multimedia Center (MC). 

Asst. Prof. Figueroa is also currently a member of the Technical Panel of the Oscar M. Lopez (OML) Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management, the Philippines' National Implementing Partner team for the Inda-ASEAN Green Fund Climate Modeling Project; and the Asian Development Bank funded e-Service Management Program. He has published several articles in the area of ICT education and development, as well as in open and distance e-learning. He has been teaching for 11 years, first with the UP Los Baños, then with UP Open University.