Sandra Vega-Carrero Fulbright Scholar
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Estados Unidos, svegacarrero@gmail.comUniversity of KansasUSALawrence, USAUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, Estados Unidos, svegacarrero@gmail.com
Manuel Alejandro-Pulido Fulbright Scholar
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Estados Unidos, manuelpulidov@gmail.comUniversity of KansasUSALawrence, USAUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, Estados Unidos, manuelpulidov@gmail.com
Nancy Esther Ruiz
Corporación Universitaria Adventista, Medellín, Colombia, nancyesterr@yahoo.comCorporación Universitaria AdventistaColombiaMedellín, ColombiaCorporación Universitaria Adventista, Medellín, Colombia, nancyesterr@yahoo.com
1 Sandra Vega-Carrero: She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Basic Education from the Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga [Autonomous University of Bucaramanga] and a Master’s Degree in Education with a major in Educational Technology from the University of Kansas. She worked at the University of Kansas as cultural ambassador, teacher, and creator of multimedia material. She also worked at teh Adventist University of Colombia in teaching English as a second language, Didactics and Literature. At the same time, she developed online courses to train English teachers. Sandra is interested in everything related to online learning and the development of multimedia resources for academic purposes. For this reason, she worked as a consultant for the United Nations and the Inter-American Development Bank, producing and coordinating the creation and implementation of online courses.
2Manuel Alejandro-Pulido:He is an economist from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia [National University of Colombia]. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the National University of Colombia, and is currently a PHD candidate at the University of Kansas. He has worked as a university lecturer, and as a teacher of macroeconomics and econometrics. Likewise, he has worked for the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in Colombia, as well as for the Development Research Center attached to the Faculty of Economics at the National University of Colombia.
3Nancy Esther RuizShe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Educational Administration at the University of San Buenaventura. She is specialist in Personalized Education at the Catholic University of Manizales. She also holds an Associate’s degree at the Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar [Technological University of Bolívar] with the paper “Cartagena, Vital Knowledge of the Caribbean.” She is certified by the University of Antioquia in “Design of Virtual Learning Objects.” She is also certified by the Adventist University Corporation in “Operation of the Moodle Platform and Use of Web 2.0 Tools.” She holds a diploma in TDI (Teacher Development Interactive) at the Hunter College of New York in agreement with the Colombia National Service of Learning (SENA), Pearson, Systems and Training, and the Secretariat of Education [Secretaría de Educación] of the Department of Antioquia. She currently works as a teacher for the Corporación Universitaria Adventista de Colombia [Adventist University Corporation of Colombia], and gives her selfless work in the Women’s Initiative for Peace Association, in the Corporación Comunidad la Vid [the Vine Community Corporation]. She worked as a teacher of secondary education in two educational institutions: San Carlos and Latin American Gymnasium. He was a teacher of New Technologies and bilingualism in secondary school at Fe y Alegría School and Manuela Beltran Auxiliary Center for Teaching Service (CASD).