Attended by more than 120 master’s and doctoral students, the forum featured volunteer speakers and research such as Prof. Koichi Ando (San Francisco State University, USA) who discussed how to balance teaching, research, and community extension. Prof. Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya (, Centre for Research on Globalization, Canada) encouraged the participants to choose the appropriate research methods for data gathering. Prof. Shirley Ando (West Oregon University, USA) and Prof. John Lesli Jackson (Curtin University, UK) presented their research on contextualizing textbooks for multicultural setting. Both professors stressed on the localization of instructional materials as full-blown research and the possible research funding for such field. This topic was in response to the Department of Education’s thrust on Contextualization and Localization of Curriculum and Instructional Materials.
Dr. Aurelio Vilbar presented practical research models such as the ADDIE Instructional Design Framework and the ASSURE Framework in developing or adapting curriculum, materials, or programs. He further presented the SERUP Model in curriculum implementation and evaluation.
The forum highlighted the essence of mentoring sessions which were conducted by the volunteer panel mentors: Prof. Nazemroaya mentored the proposals on Social Sciences; Dr. Primitivo Ereno on mathematics education, developmental education, and education; Professors Ando, Jackson, and Scott (from Harvard University who is a Visiting Professor in CTU-Moalboal) provided UP Cebu Master of Education and Cebu Technological University Moalboal conducted International Research Forum 2017.
