2022 Excellence in Instructional and Teaching Practice Award. “Digital Transformation of Higher Education Through Disruptive Pedagogies: Wrapping a Course around a Course to Promote Learner Agency" was selected as a winner by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) for the Excellence in Instructional and Teaching Practice Award (November, 2022).
2021 AECT Division of Distance Learning - Distance Education Book Award. Microlearning in the Digital Age: The Design and Delivery of Learning in Snippets was recognized by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology – Division of Distance Learning as “an outstanding book published within the last three years that describes important aspects of distance education, theory or examples that can help others involved in distance education, or research on an important aspect of distance education” (AECT, 2016).
2021 Faculty Excellence Award in Online Teaching. The Faculty Excellence Award in Online Teaching recognizes, encourages, and rewards superior teachers and their contributions to the development and delivery of exceptional online teaching and learning. The recipient provides models of excellence for fellow faculty. The recipient courses use well-designed course materials and instructional strategies while demonstrating a rapport with students and effective achievement of desired learning outcomes using best practices.
2020 IACIS Computer Educator of the Year. Recognized by the International Association for Computer Information Systems as the 2020 Computer Educator of the Year.
2019 OLC Effective Practice Award. Received the Effective Practice Award by the Online Learning Consortium for “Integrating Competency-Based Micro-Credentials into Stackable Graduate Degrees.”
2019 AECT Best Practice Award. Awarded by the AECT Division of Organizational Training and Performance for an outstanding application of organizational training and performance research and theory in a practical setting: Integrating Competency-Based Micro-Credentials into Stackable Graduate Degrees.
2019 AECT Outstanding Book Award - Culture, Learning, & Technology Division. Responsible Analytics and Data Mining in Education was recognized by AECT Culture, Learning, & Technology Division for an outstanding published book relevant to the field of culture, learning, and technology.
2019 AECT Outstanding Book Award - Systems Thinking & Change Division. Responsible Analytics and Data Mining in Education was recognized by AECT Systems Thinking & Change Division for an outstanding published book relevant to the field of systemic change, diffusion of innovations, systems theory, or change management.
2019-2020 Outstanding Graduate Program Coordinator. Awarded by the UTRGV Graduate College for the highest enrollment growth of a small AOP Program: Educational Technology.
2018 Promotion to Full Professor. On September 1, 2018, I was promoted to full professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
2017 Faculty Spotlight on Teaching. Recognized by the Center for Teaching Excellence for a Faculty Spotlight on Teaching to highlight UTRGV "the faculty members’ teaching effectiveness."
2017 OLC Effective Practice Award. The undergraduate Educational Technology minor was recognized for its implementation of digital badges to acknowledge students’ achievement of specialized knowledge and skills in the discipline. Our submission, Digital Badges: Motivating Learners to Excel While Adding Professional Value to their College Degrees, was awarded an Effective Practice Award by the Online Learning Consortium.
2016 2nd Place AECT-DDL Book Award. The MOOC Case Book: Case Studies in MOOC Design, Development, and Implementation was recognized by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology – Division of Distance Learning as “an outstanding book published within the last three years that describes important aspects of distance education, theory or examples that can help others involved in distance education, or research on an important aspect of distance education” (AECT, 2016).
2016 Top 200 Social Media Influencer for “EdTech” and “E-learning.” The Educational Technology Twitter Page EDTECH@UTRGV placed 100 into top 200 influencers and brands leading the global discussion on the topics of “EdTech” and “E-learning.” http://goo.gl/bIX0IZ
2012 University of Texas System's Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award. This award recognizes faculty members at the nine University of Texas System academic institutions who have demonstrated extraordinary classroom performance and innovation in undergraduate instruction.
2011 Selected Papers from the 22nd International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. Awarded to the most outstanding papers submitted to the conference, as judged by a faculty committee for Hello? Anyone There? Reducing Online Learner Isolation Through Live Chat, April, 2011.
2010 Best Technology Paper. Paper titled Using social networking to teach while on the go. Yes! There is an app for that" submitted to the International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) 50th Annual Conference was recognized as the Best Technology Paper of 2010.
2007 EDUCAUSE Quarterly Contribution of the Year Award. Awarded to Joseph Rene Corbeil and Maria Elena Valdes-Corbeil for Are You Ready for Mobile Learning? (Volume 30, Number 2, 2007).
2007 Best Pedagogy Paper. Paper titled Globalizing professional development: The evaluation of a collaborative computermediated professional development program” submitted to the International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) 47th Annual Conference was recognized as the Best Pedagogy Paper of 2007.
2007 Selected Papers from the 18th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. Awarded to the most outstanding papers submitted to the conference, as judged by a faculty committee for Overcoming Teacher Anxiety Toward Computers Through the Use of Low Threshold Applications, April, 2007.
2006 Selected Papers from the 17th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. Awarded to the most outstanding papers submitted to the conference, as judged by a faculty committee for Developing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Collaborative Computer-Mediated Professional Development Program, April, 2006.
2005 Selected Papers from the 16th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. Awarded to the most outstanding papers submitted to the conference, as judged by a faculty committee for Electronic Portfolios: High-State Assessments in Graduate Level Distance Education Programs, April, 2005.
1997 Secondary Teacher of the Year. Brownsville Independent School District - May 14, 1997.
1995 Texas Fellow: Teachers & Technology Institute. Received a “Best in Class” award from the Conference Board with the Texas Governor’s concurrence and was invited to attend a two week Summer Technology Institute at the AT&T Bell Laboratories in Somerset, New Jersey, where I had an opportunity to work with Nobel Prize-winning scientists, writers, and inventors. May 9, 1995.
