Welcome! I'm glad you took the time to stop by and look. This website provides information about me -- Danilo M. Baylen, a faculty member in the Department of Media and Instructional Technology at University of West Georgia.

Through the years I lived in places beyond the borders of my native country, worked in different jobs, and met several interesting individuals. The places were memorable, the jobs helped me achieved personal goals, and several individuals mentored me to pursue professional endeavors, and got to know myself better.

This web space provides a wealth of information about who I am, where I come from, and how I started my career in instructional design, teaching and learning at a distance, and curriculum development.

This site is composed of clusters of web pages with information on things I learned to activities that interested me. I also included several links to my academic writings and presentations as well as creative endeavors.

Click on the hyperlinked texts below to navigate around this website. Again, welcome and feel free to explore. If you have a question, please email me at dbaylen@westga.edu.  Again, thanks for visiting and hope to cross paths with you in the near future.

Concurrently serving as co-editor (2009-2011) and managing editor (2008-2011) of the Social Studies Research and Practice (SSRP), a peer-reviewed online journal

Recognized as one of the recipients of the 2009 Apollo Award for Excellence in Distance Teaching, Training and Mentorship from the Distance and Distributed Education Center at UWG

Serving as co-chair, Awards Committee (2009-2010), International Visual Literacy Association

Serving as Chair (2009-2010), Technology Planning Committee, a university-wide standing committee of the University of West Georgia's Faculty Senate

Serving as member to the following college and departmental committees and task forces: Diversity, International Program, IT Curriculum, Probation and Dismissal Policy

Baylen, D.M., & Zhu, E. (2009). Challenges and issues of teaching online. In P. L. Rogers, G. Berg, J. Boettcher, C. Howard, L. Justice, & K. Schenk  (Eds.), Encyclopedia of distance learning (2nd ed., pp. 241-246). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.

Online collaboration and cross-cultural connection through Moodle: Inquiry into undergraduate Filipino students’ educational experiences with technology at the 2009 Association of Educational Communications and Technology international conference, Louisville, KY

Ten digital tools and applications every educator needs to know at the 2009 Georgia Educational Technology conference, Atlanta, GA

Notable trade book lesson plan: Glass slipper, gold sandal: A worldwide Cinderella at the Early Childhood Education Session, 2009 National Council of Social Studies conference, Atlanta, GA

Tell me! What's so foreign and unfamiliar with these books? at the 2010 Georgia Children's Literature conference, Athens, GA

Rethinking infrastructures and strategies to support student learning in an online environment at the 2010 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education conference, San Diego, CA

• Georgia Educational Technology conference -- November 4-6; One concurrent sessions accepted
• National Council of Social Studies 2009 conference, Early Childhood Education session -- November 12-14; Once roundtable session accepted
• Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference -- March 29-April 2; Proposal due 10/21/09
• Georgia Children's Literature Conference -- March 19-20; Proposal due 11/5/09

• Example of a graduate ePortfolio in Elementary Education htm]
• Beyond Seedfolks: From Readers to Emerging Writers [pdf]
• Once upon a time ... Digital storytelling brings new dimensions to reading, writing and more [pdf] from Pinnacle (2007, see page 7)
• Educational Applications of Emerging Technologies in Higher Education: A Blogging Experience with Pre-Service Teachers (2005)