Director of E-Learning Area at GES Department, Galileo University, Guatemala.

Ph.D. Ingeniería de la Información y del Conocimiento, Ciencias de la computación, Universidad de Alcalá

Email: amorales@galileo.edu  Linkedin: amoraleschan

Google Scholar Profile: amorales  ResearchGate: Miguel_Morales_Chan

Projects

• PROFFXXI – Centros de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje para las Universidades de Latinoamérica en el siglo XXI
• MOOC Maker – Construction of Management Capacities of MOOCs in Higher Education
• Galileo X
• Telescopio (Repositorio de MOOC´S)

Special Issue Editor

• Special Issue “The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Digital Competence of Educators” . A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section “Computer Science & Engineering”.

Book Chapters

• Rizzardini R.H., Morales M., Gütl C., (2016) An Attrition Model for MOOCs: Evaluating the Learning Strategies of Gamification, Formative Assessment, Learning Data Analytics and Gamification In ICT Education, A volume in Intelligent Data-Centric Systems 2016, Pages 295–311

Publications JCR

• Morales Chan, M., Hernandez Rizzardini, R., Barchino Plata, R., & Amelio Medina, J. (2015). MOOC Using Cloud-based Tools: A Study of Motivation and Learning Strategies in Latin America. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION, 31(3), 901-911.
• MOOCs, an innovative alternative to teach first aid and emergency treatment: A practical study
  M Morales, R Barchino Plata, JA Medina, M De La Roca, F Sagastume
  Nurse Education Today
• Modeling educational usage of cloud-based tools in virtual learning environments
  M Morales, RB Plata, JA Medina, C Alario-Hoyos, RH Rizzardini
  IEEE Access 7, 13347-13354
• Analysis of Behavioral Intention to Use Cloud-Based Tools in a MOOC: A Technology Acceptance Model Approach. MM Chan, RB Plata, JA Medina, C Alario-Hoyos, RH Rizzardini, …
  J. UCS 24 (8), 1072-1089

Publications

• Rizzardini, Rocael Hernández and Morales, Miguel and Gϋtl, Christian and Chang, Vanessa. 2013. MOOCs Concept and Design using cloud-based Tools: Spanish MOOCs Learning Experiences, in Foley, A. (ed), Proceedings of The Sixth Conference of MIT’s Learning International Networks Consortium ( LINC), Jun 16-19 2013. Cambridge, USA: MIT. 
• Gütl C., Rizzardini R.H., Chang V., Morales M. (2014) Attrition in MOOC: Lessons Learned from Drop-Out Students. In: Uden L., Sinclair J., Tao YH., Liberona D. (eds) Learning Technology for Education in Cloud. MOOC and Big Data. LTEC 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 446. Springer, Cham
• Rizzardini R.H., Gütl C., Chang V., Morales M. (2014) MOOC in Latin America: Implementation and Lessons Learned. In: Uden L., Tao YH., Yang HC., Ting IH. (eds) The 2nd International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. 
• Morales M., R. H. Rizzardini and C. Gütl, “Telescope, a MOOCs initiative in Latin America: Infrastructure, best practices, completion and dropout analysis,” 2014 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Proceedings, Madrid, 2014, pp. 1-7. doi: 10.1109/FIE.2014.7044103
• Morales M., R. H. Rizzardini, Mota J. and Texeira A., Promoting engagement in MOOCs through social collaboration: common lessons from the Pedagogical models of Universidad Galileo and Universidade Aberta. Proceedings of the European Distance and E-Learning Network 2014 Research Workshop, Oxford,2014 ISBN 978-615-5511-00-4
• Guetl, C., Chang, V., Hernández Rizzardini, R., & Morales, M. (2014). Must we be concerned with the Massive Drop-outs in MOOC? An Attrition Analysis of Open Courses. In Proceedings of the International Conference Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL2014.
• Morales M., Amado-Salvatierra H.R., Hernández R., Pirker J., Gütl C. (2016) A Practical Experience on the Use of Gamification in MOOC Courses as a Strategy to Increase Motivation.  In International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud (pp. 139-149). Springer International Publishing. (Best Paper Award)
• Alario-Hoyos, C., R. H. Rizzardini., Amado-Salvatierra, H. R., Morales M., Delgado Kloos, C. MOOC-Maker: Construcción de Capacidades de Gestión de MOOCs en Educación Superior de Latinoamérica, TISE 2016, Nuevas Ideas en Informática Educativa, Volumen 12, p. 354 – 359. Santiago de Chile. 
• MOOCs as a disruptive innovation to develop digital competence teaching: A micromasters program edX experience M De La Roca, M Morales, AM Teixeira, F Sagastume, RH Rizzardini, …
  European Journal of Open, Distance and E-learning 21 (2)
• The experience of designing and developing an edX’s MicroMasters program to develop or reinforce the digital competence on teachers. M De la Roca, M Morales, A Teixeira, R Hernández, H Amado-Salvatierra
  2018 Learning With MOOCS (LWMOOCS), 34-38
• Unbundling Higher Education with Internationalization. Experiences from Two Hybrid Postgraduate Degrees Using MOOCs H Amado-Salvatierra, RH Rizzardini, M Morales
  2018 Learning With MOOCS (LWMOOCS), 9-12
• Applying a Digital Learning Ecosystem to Increase the Effectiveness of a Massive Open Online Course
  M Morales, M De La Roca, R Barchino, R Hernández, …
  2019 IEEE Learning With MOOCS (LWMOOCS), 69-74
• Analyzing the effectiveness of using enhanced activities with simulation software in a MOOC
  M Morales, M De la Roca, R Barchino Plata, JA Medina, …
  EDULEARN19
• Experiencia de aprendizaje en un MOOC desde la perspectiva de sus participantes
  C Sandoval, M Morales, R Hernández, H Amado-Salvatierra
• Percepción de los estudiantes en el uso de videoconferencias dentro del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de la Maestría en Nutrición y Desarrollo Humano
  K Archila, F Sagustume, M Morales, D Contreras
• The rise of webinars: thousands of learners looking for professional development. A practical case study
  RHR, M. Morales-Chan, H. R. Amado-Salvatierra 020 IEEE Learning With MOOCS (LWMOOCS), pp. 191-194