The doctoral student of Edul@b Juvvy Lizette presents her thesis proposal “Capacity Development for Public Servants through Open and Distance e-Learning (ODeL)”

On September 13th, the research group Edul@b have organised a meeting with the doctoral student of the group Juvy Lizette M. Gervacio on the occasion of her visit to Barcelona.

In this meeting, in which other Edul@b doctoral students have participated, Lizzete presented her thesis proposal, co-directed by Dr. Albert Sangrà and Dr. Teresa Romeu, entitled “Capacity Development for Public Servants through Open and Distance e-Learning (ODeL): The Case of the Master of Public Management (MPM) Program of the University of the Philippines Open University”.

This research aims to determine and explain the contribution of Open Distance and E-Learning (ODeL) in capacity development of public servants in the Philippines.

Ms. Gervacio is an Assistant Professor of the University of the Philippines Open University where she also serves as the Program Chair of the Master of Public Management.  She is currently a PhD student at UOC under the Doctoral Programme in Education and ICT (e-Learning).