Aurelio Pañares Vilbar, PhD
Professor
Dr. Aurelio Vilbar is a Full Professor of the UP Cebu where he serves as the Director of the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod (Volunteerism). He finished PhD in English Language Education at UP Diliman with further studies on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) from UNESCO Asia-Pacific Region.
With his interests on action research, ESD, service learning, and language and technology, he has published his research in local and international journals. He was a researcher for DepEd’s Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education Policy and the curriculum guide author of DepEd’s Media and Information Literacy. He was a Visiting Professor in Otemae University, Japan. Dr. Vilbar received awards from the Teachers of Speakers from Other Languages in Chicago, USA in 2018 and in Philadelphia in 2012, USA for his research on development of courseware promoting sustainable development and World Englishes. He received the UP Cebu’s 2019 Most Outstanding Professor in Public Service and the 2019 UP System Professorial Chair Awardee for Teaching and Public Service.
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EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Language Education-English
University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
(2011)
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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Vilbar, A. P. (2021). ‘Children as courseware collaborators: Using participatory research to produce courseware integrating science and sustainable development’, Cultures of Science, pp. 1–15. doi: 10.1177/20966083211017351.
Vilbar, A., Yaakub, R., Ahmad, N., Makaramani, R., Bayarchimeg, Z., Laus, M., Malaque, C., Gumalal, J. (2021). Telecollaboration to Promote Preservation of Asian Local Indigenous Knowledge and Intercultural Communicative Competence. Workshop on Computing: Theory and Practice. CRC Press: Taylor and Francis Group, 121-132.
Gumalal, J., Vilbar, A., Bernardez, F. (2021). Exploring a flexible blended learning model in technology deficient classroom. Workshop on Computing: Theory and Practice. CRC Press: Taylor and Francis Group, 77-85.
Vilbar, A., Yaakub, R., Ahmad, N., Makaramani, R., Bayarchimeg, Z., Laus, M., Malaque, C., Gumalal, J. (2019). Development of ebook on Local Indigenous Knowledge System in Malaysia, Mongolia, Thailand, and the Philippines through Telecollaboration. Proceedings in The 20th International CALL Research Conference. The Education University of Hong Kong, 273-283.
Gumalal, J. & Vilbar, A. (2019). Teaching Science in Mother Tongue: Balancing Compliance with Self-Efficacy. Philippine Journal for Language Teaching, Vol. 52-1:32-39.
Vilbar, A. (2018). Social Media to Promote Content Learning, Motivation, and Collaboration in Teaching Research. Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, Vol. 174, 677-683. Atlantis Press. DOI: doi:10.2991/ice-17.2018.146 2.
Vilbar, A., & Malaque, C. (2016). Training teachers to develop interactive multimedia ESL courseware for ASEAN Community and sustainable development. The 7th International IEEE Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems, and Applications Conference, pp1-7. DOI: 10.1109/IISA.2016.7785407.
Pitagan, F., Andres, V., Plaza, L. M., Rotor, C., Vilbar, A. & Villanueva, C. (2016). Teaching Guide for Senior High School: Media and Information Literacy-Core Subject. Department of Education, Manila, Philippines.
Vilbar, A., Malaque, C., Gumalal, J., Allego, I., & Monsanto, K. (2015). Developing reciprocity, intercultural communicative competence, and content learning through international service learning. Journal of International Education, Vol. 1:7-29, Otemae University, Japan.
Vilbar, A. (2011). Effects of ESL courseware for sustainable development on grammar proficiency and reading skills of various learners. Philippine Journal for Language Teaching, Vol. LI, 69-82.
Vilbar, A. (2010) Developing Pinoy-Designed ESL Interactive Multimedia Software for Sustainable Development. Philippine Journal for Language Teaching, Vol. L, 36-48.
Vilbar, A. (2008) Practical guide in using ICT in language teaching. Philippine Journal for Language Teaching, Vol. XVII, 42-46.
Vilbar, A., et al. (2008) Promoting local culture and ICT in English Classrooms. The RAP Journal. Vol. XXXI, 40-51.
Vilbar, A., et al. (2007). Promoting local history and webpage designing in ESL/EFL Classes. The Selected Papers from the 16th International Symposium on English Teaching Volume 2, pp. 248-258. Crane Publishing Co. Ltd. & English Teachers Association in Republic of China.
Vilbar, A., et al. (2006) Basic education sector reform agenda: KRT 3 (Formulation of the National Learning Strategies for Filipino and English Languages.
You can check Prof. Vilbar’s google scholar profile HERE.