“Philippine Education in the Age of Openness” will be the overarching theme of the 5th National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning (NCODEL). The two-day event will be joined by local and international speakers who will share concepts, principles, and methodologies of and recent trends in open and distance elearning (ODeL).One of the plenary speakers in the conference is Atty. Michael Vernon Guerrero who will impart his knowledge during the 3rd plenary session tackling Open Education: Philippine Initiatives (MOOCs and OERs). He will be joined by two other speakers, Dr. Melinda dela Pena Bandalaria, Chancellor of UP Open University, and Director Ma. Susan P. Dela Rama, Executive Director of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
Atty. Guerrero received his baccalaureate degree in AB Political Science in Ateneo de Manila University and subsequently his Bachelor of Laws at Arellano University School of Law where he is also currently posted. An accomplished lawyer and professor, he started teaching at Arellano University in 2008 handling courses such as Technology and the Law and Constitutional Law. A year before this, he was assigned Deputy Executive Director at the IT and e-Law Center in Arellano University in 2007 and then Director by 2012 up until the present. Under his leadership, the IT and e-Law Center successfully manages the LawPhil project and Creative Common Philippines where he was also made Project Lead after serving as team member in 2006 and deputy project lead until 2011. Atty. Guerrero is a proponent of the Philippine Commons which advances open education and free culture. On top of his duties as a university professor and director, he also practices at the Ocampo Arciaga-Santos and Guerrero Law Offices.
As a prolific speaker, Atty. Guerrero has been invited to discuss about Creative Commons, Copyright for Educators and Licenses for Knowledge-Sharing, The Law Governing Use and Access to Information Technology, Understanding the legal implications of computers, networks, and the Internet, and Private initiatives towards open education, to name a few. Atty. Guerrero will be taking part in the 5th NCODEL conference which will run from 22-23 November 2017 at Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria, Manila, Philippines.
