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Since 1999 I have been working on things related to the use of ICT on Education. I started my professional life at University of Los Andes, as a member of the Educational Informatics Research & Development Laboratory (LIDIE), where I worked until 2007 as a researcher and advisor. Since October 2005 until April 2008, I was in charge of the national project on ICT use on Higher Education, at the Colombian Ministry of Education. Since then I work as an advisor for the Ministry of Education, in issues of ICT integration and innovation. I'm a consultant to other educational institutions as well. I'm an only child, still single, a little obsessed over music. I play these days less than I'd like, but I'm convinced that we need to bring to our educational system a lot of the potential and possibilities offered by videogames. I read a lot, as much as my time allows me to do it (science fiction to education, economics, historical novel, etc.). I'm convinced about the importance of education and learning as a road to change lives. As a matter of fact, I experienced that transformation in my own life. My goal is to try and help to change the world, by building a new relationship of our society with education and knowledge. This web space is an attempt to experiment and to discover new ways for each one of us to have a real online presence. My formal education is in Computer & Systems Engineering. I hold both an BE and a MS in that area, though at the end of the BE I took the education road. In these years I have had the privilege to work closely with pedagogist, graphic designers, artists, psychologists, anthropologists and teachers for many different subject areas. That diversity enriched me as a professional, and led me to explore uncommon areas for your average engineer, something which I feel really proud of. Welcome to this corner of the Web! I encourage you to know a little more about me, or to explore the different social networks I belong to, as well as my blog ans wiki. Please feel free to express your thoughts in the comment area of my blog. |
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| Interests: | Web2.0, e-Learning, education, technology, instructional technology, changing the world, strategic planning for e-Learning, informal learning, communities of practice
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| Work areas: | Consultant (on e-Learning and ICT), Researcher, Speaker, Instructional Designer, Problem Solver
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| Favorite Movies: | Fight Club, Amelie, Evangelion, Requiem for a Dream, Dark Knight, Up
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| Favorite Quotes: | - Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end (Semisonic, Closing Time) |
- I'm just out to find the better part of me |
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- The best way to predict the future is to invent it |
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- If I’m too scared to use my powers, then I don’t deserve them. I have to try. (Hiro Nakamura)
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- Be the change you wish to see in the world (Mahatma Gandhi) |
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- The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark (Michelangelo)
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Work info |
| Associated to: | Ministry of Education, Colombia |
| Time Period: | May 2008 – Present |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Description: | Consultant with the Advisory Office for Educational innovation with the use of ICT, of the Colombian Ministry of Education. |
| Associated to: | Ministry of Education, Colombia |
| Time Period: | October 2005 – April 2008 |
| Position: | Project Manager |
| Description: | I was in charge of leading the project for Higher Education, of the National Program for ICT Use on Education, in areas such as learning objects, teacher training, online communities and appropriation of emerging technologies. |
| Associated to: | University of los Andes |
| Time Period: | February 1999 – October 2007 |
| Position: | Teacher / Researcher / Advisor |
| Description: | I worked as an advisor on instructional design, ICT integration and strategic planning issues for e-Learning on higher education institutions. |
