Mauricio Miraglia

Professional / Academic Interests

• Teacher Training: a critical analysis of our beliefs. Revisiting the notions of knowledge and learning and how these notions operate in the classroom and teacher preparation settings;
• Application of Hypermedia tools as “mind tools” in the curriculum;
• Application of diverse models of knowledge representation in ESL/EFL curriculum;
• Introduction of collaborative tools in the development of instructional programs;
• Hypertext literacy and co-relations in the processes of language comprehension and generation ;
• Distance Education for Adult Learners: constructivist study environments;
• Telecommunications and computers: access, use and impact in diverse educational settings;

MA, Instructional technology & Media (2001-2003)
Teachers College, Columbia University, NY USA

• Cognition & Computers
• Instructional Design
• Hypermedia & Education
• Core Seminar
• Introduction to Adult and Continuing Education
• Datebase Driven Website Development
• New Media Teaching & Learning
• Internships
• Computers, Problem Solving, and Cooperative Learning
• Research Methods in Education

BA in Teaching English as a foreign language and Applied Linguistics
1988-1993 (1988-1993)
P. Universidad Catolica de Chile.

My thesis was focused on reading comprehension strategies in English as a foreign language, considering the effects of bottom-up and top-down processes in basic and intermediate language learners.

Other studies

• ESP International Summer Seminar, College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, UK
• Interactive Multimedia, Diploma, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Macromedia Flash Seminar, New York
• MS Office-Excel, Santiago Chile
• Software workshops, Teachers College, Columbia University.
• Besides, I have taken courses online, on TV, by mail within various fields of my interest.