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Dr. Fabio J. Chacón (born 1948) is a contracted Instructional Technology Specialist and researcher at Franciscan University of Steubenville. In this institution, he has developed a plan for a Virtual University and a Learning Object Generator project. Additionally, he has presented plans for an Integrated University Information System, Prospect Tracking Module and Faculty Evaluation System. For 3 years, he was Adjunct Professor of Nova Southeastern University to the Doctoral Program in Instructional Technology of Distance Education Formerly in Venezuela, his native country, he was Corporate Training Manager of INTESA, a consultant company in the IT field with focus on the Oil Industry. Intesa is member of United States SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation). In this job, he developed a skills assessment system and an online campus for more than 1,600 employees. Dr. Chacon’s career as practitioner and researcher combines the fields of Psychology of Learning, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Higher Education and Computer Applications in Education. He completed a Ph.D. in Higher Education (1985) in the Pennsylvania State University, with a dissertation on A Model of Multivariable of Evaluation in Distance Education. At the Open University of the United Kingdom, he performed a post-doctoral study on a Taxonomy of Computer Media for Distance Education. He has been a consultant to a number of organizations in the fields of Distance Education, Computer Applications to Education and Program Evaluation. He was consultant to UNESCO in Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Nicaragua and Russia. Additionally, and worked in faculty development programs of several Latin American countries. He received international distinctions, such as Visiting Lecturer of the German Department of Academic Exchange (1973); Research Scholarship by the Fulbright Foundation. (1983); Research Grant of Foundation Rómulo Gallegos of Venezuela for a Study on Latin American Distance Universities (1987); Academic Excellency Award by the British Council (1990); Grant of the ITT Foundation of the United States for a project about a curriculum for Computer Education and Telecommunications in Higher Education (1996). Along his career, he has also worked alternatively in the capacities of professor, educational researcher, and manager in Venezuelan institutions: University of Zulia, National Institute of Training for Oil Industry (INAPET), National Open University (UNA) and the International Center of Education and Development (CIED), and University of Carabobo. These functions have included teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels, faculty development, designing curriculum programs, developing instructional materials (texts, video and software), performing quantitative and qualitative research, and managing complex projects. His areas of interest in research are distance education, multimedia development, virtual learning systems, educational evaluation and assessment. He has more than 40 national and international publications in these fields.
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| Developing a Learning Object Generator (LOG) for Teaching and Learning | |||
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The Learning Object Generator tool will assist teachers and students in selecting and creating shareable web resources without requiring specialized skills in instructional design and programming. Theoretically grounded in Merrill’s knowledge objects and educational modelling language (ELM), this tool focuses on building shareable learning objects. These can be adapted to audiences, and organized to form complete courses. The main program modules of are Learning Object Builder, Design Assistant, Metadata Assistant, Object Repository, and Import/Export Tool. |
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