Structure

GUIDE Association is run by a General Secretary, a Board of Directors and a Scientific Committee elected by Members.

-Prof. Alessandra Briganti - General Secretary
-Prof. Giovanni Briganti – Member of the Board of Directors
-Prof. Raffaele Chiarelli - Member of the Board of Directors

During the GUIDE international Workshop “E-learning and Multicultural Education: Digital Divide and Digital Opportunities”, held in Rome the 15 and 16 of May 2008, has been elected the Scientific Board of the Association.

Scientific Board:
	Middle Eastern Area: Prof. Osama Mimi Director of the Unit for Learning Innovation (ULI), Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) Birzeit University, Palestine. Professional Curriculum: Conducted several training programs targeting university and school teachers on e-enabled curricula design, development, delivery and evaluation. Particularly skilled in the “Modes of Representation in Physics Problem Solving”.
	Middle Eastern Area: Prof. Abdullah Al-Zoubi Dean of Graduate School and Scientific Research Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan. Professional Curriculum: A. Y. Al-Zoubi obtained his BSc and PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Nottingham, UK in 1983 and 1987 respectively. He joined the Electrical Engineering Department, Mutah University, Jordan, where he was promoted to the rank of associate professor in 1992 and to the rank of full professor in 1998. In September 2000, he joined Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) where he is currently acting as the Dean of Graduate School and Scientific Research. Al-Zoubi is a member of IEEE, Vice President of the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vice President and co-founder of the International E-Learning Association (IELA), member of the International Mobile Learning Association and Co-Editor of the International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET). He is actively involved in research in the fields of mobile learning, eLearning, virtual engineering, remote labs, and microwave measurements. Al-Zoubi is a recipient of the Australian Government Endeavour Executive Award, for a research visit to Sydney University, Australia, 2007, and a DFG Award for a research visit to Stuttgart University, Germany, 2005, and TU-Berlin in 2008.
	Brazilian Area: Prof. Murilo Matos Mendonça Responsible for the International Affairs Department UNISUL - Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Palhoça, Brazil. Professional Curriculum: Author of the coursebook “English for Reading Purposes”, used at UnisulVirtual; teacher of English for Reading Purposes and of Reading and Writing in Portuguese at UnisulVirtual; manager of the OpenLearn project at UnisulVirtual, a collaboration with The Open University of the UK. In Face-to-Face Education: teacher of Business and Financial English of the Undergraduate Program of International Relations; former teacher of the following undergraduate programs: Architecture and Urbanism, Business Administration, Computer Science, English Language, and Telematics Engineering.
	Latin American Area: Prof. Beatriz Fainholc General Director of CEDIPROE - Centro de Diseño, Producción y Evaluación de Recursos Multimediales para el Aprondizaje and General Director of Education Technology in the Department of Educational Science Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Professional Curriculum: Prof. of Educational Technology at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Buenos Aires; Prof. of the course “Processes of teaching and learning” at Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Prof. of E-learning at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain; Prof. of Educational Technology at ILCE, Mexico; Prof. of the seminar “Prepare professors for distance learning” at Kingston University, Canada; Prof. of Informational Science at University of Oklahoma; Prof. at Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana UTEM VIRTUAL of Chile and at UDE, Montevideo, Uruguay.
	European Area: Prof. Krzysztof Gurba Director of the Institute for Research on Civilizations and Vice-Director of the Institute of Journalism and Social Communication The Pontifical University of John Paul II, Poland. Professional Curriculum: Professor of Computer Science and Philosophy. Academic teacher since 1986 at Medical Academy, Pedagogical Academy, the Jagiellonian University. Since 2003 Dean and Associated Professor at the Tischner European University, Department of Applied Social Sciences. Teaches also journalism at Technical and Management University in Rzeszow and the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Cracow. Worked as a journalist and editor since 1981 (independent press) and from 1989 in official journals and newspapers. City Counselor of Cracow in 1998-2002. Published 2 books, over 50 papers and many translations. Now Responsible for e-Learning at the Tischner European University.
	African Area: Prof. Rachida Ajhoun Director of CRU –  Centre des Ressource Universitaires -  Université Mohammed V-Souissi, Morocco. Professional Curriculum: President of the association e-NGN (News Generations Networks) ; Vice-president of @’t : APRIMT (Association pour la Recherche en Réseaux Informatiques, Multimédia et Télé-enseignement) Member of the project TVI of the Ministry of Education of Morocco; Responsible of the ENSIAS projects MED NET'U and “Analyse et suivi du comportement de l’apprenant sur plate-forme de formation ouverte et à distance”. Author of several publications about E-learning and M-learning.
	African Sub-Saharan Area: Prof. Babatunde Ipaye Director of the Learner Support Services. National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Nigeria. Professional Curriculum: Professor Ipaye had been twice Dean of Faculty of Education at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He also served as Director of the Institute of Education at the Ondo State University and as Provost and Chief Executive of the College of Education, one of the oldest in the country. Since joining the National Open University of Nigeria in October, 2003 he had been charged with responsibilities for establishing and administering the various Study Centres of the University.
	North American Area: Prof. David Guralnick President of Kaleidoscope Learning, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and President and Co-Founder of the International E-Learning Association, New York, U.S.A. Professional Curriculum: His career has focused on designing and developing e-learning software and authoring tools to solve training and performance issues for a variety of clients, including Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations. He’s a frequent keynote speaker at e-learning conferences and has been published in numerous industry journals and periodicals. He’s an adjunct assistant professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University, New York. He also serves as Chairman of ASTD-NY's E-learning. Special Interest Group and Chairman of the International Conference on e-Learning in the Workplace.
	North American Area: Prof. Robert W. Robertson Dean of Graduate Programs & Director of RWU Online Roger William University, U.S.A.. Professional Curriculum: He served as Dean, Bang College of Business and Executive Director, Centre for Sustainable Urban Futures at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (2005-2006). He has more than twenty years of management experience in the public sector in Canada. Most recently, he served as the City Manager, City of Hamilton, Ontario. He has lectured at universities in China, Brazil, Canada and Central Asia and is an invited speaker at conferences world-wide. His research and consulting interests include corporate and strategic planning, quality management, continuous improvement, organizational behaviour, economic development, public sector management, city planning and international business.
	International Consultant: Prof. Marco Rimanelli Saint Leo University, U.S.A.. Professional Curriculum: Full Professor in U.S. Foreign Policy, European Affairs & NATO/ International Security, and Director of International Studies (1993-now) at Saint Leo University in Tampa, Florida. Saint Leo University is Central Florida’s historic Catholic university since 1889, with 3,000 students on-campus (residents/week-end), 6,000 in Distance Learning Centers at U.S. military bases and third-largest U.S. provider of On-line classes to 4,000 professionals. He previously served as Scholar-in-Residence in the U.S. Government (1999-2001 & 1990-91) on NATO Enlargements, NATO-USSR/Russia nuclear weapons negotiations.
	Chinese/Asian Area: Prof. Zhang Deming President of Shanghai TV University, China. Professional Curriculum: Prof. Zhang is currently President of Shanghai TV University and Chair Holder /Coordinator of UNESCO Chair/Network in ODL for East Asia. He is the Founding Chairman of Global Mega-University Network, and Executive Council Member of Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU). Once awarded the title of “National Distinguished Educator”, he also serves as Head of Shanghai Education TV Station, Executive Vice President of the Association of China Education TV, Council Member of Chinese Reportage Association, and Managing Director of Shanghai Association of Journalists. He has published several books and more than 100 academic papers about Distance Education. In addition, he is editor or co-editor of three papers collections.
	Japanese Area: Prof. Kumiko Aoki Professor at the Center of ICT and Distance Education The Open University of Japan, Japan. Professional Curriculum: Kumiko Aoki, Ph.D., obtained her Ph.D. in communication and information sciences from the University of Hawaii. She taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology, U.S.A., and Boston University, U.S.A. before she returned to her home country Japan in 2004. Since January 2004, she has been a researcher at the National Institute of Multimedia Education, which was merged with the Open University of Japan in April 2009. Her research interests include learning designs, quality assurance of distance education, student-centered learning, and international distance education.
Secretariat
Office Manager:	Dr. Laura Ricci l.ricci@unimarconi.it
Project Officers:	Dr. Arturo Lavalle a.lavalle@unimarconi.it Dr. Roberto Favaroni r.favaroni@unimarconi.it
Conference and Membership Coordinators:	Dr. Alejandra Senerio a.senerio@unimarconi.it Dr. Valentina Valle Baroz v.vallebaroz@unimarconi.it