Manuel B Garcia
Biographic Data
| ID | 6769628 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Manuel B Garcia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Manuel B |
| FAMILY NAME | Garcia |
| SIGNATURE | GARCÍA M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Philippines Diliman |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2615-422X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Virtual Collective Consciousness in Metaverse Communities: Sociological Insights from Collective Effervescence and Networked Sociality
Governing generative AI in higher education: A global Delphi study on policy and practice
As GenAI technologies become more pervasive in higher education (HE), scholars call for guidance on AI governance. To meet this need, a Delphi technique and collective writing was used in gathering expert perspectives from across 22 countries/locations and six continents. This resulted in the development of a HE GenAI policy/guidelines framework with eight core areas: (1) academic integrity, (2) ethical use and responsible use, (3) privacy and pr…
Petmalu-Ai: A Reporting Checklist for Transparent and Accountable Generative AI-Assisted Research Writing
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools into academic research and writing has introduced new challenges related to transparency, accountability, and reproducibility. While publishers increasingly permit AI use with disclosure, there is currently no standardized reporting framework guiding how such use should be documented. This study introduces PETMALU-AI (Principles for Ensuring Transparency in Machine-assisted Authorship, L…
Multilingual language learning in a multimodal metaverse: A multidimensional study of communicative, affective, and cognitive development
Introduction: As digital platforms increasingly mediate language learning, the challenge is no longer simply how to deliver content online but how to design environments that cultivate authentic multilingual practice. While multilingualism has long been linked to enhanced metalinguistic awareness and domain-general cognitive flexibility, the role of multimodal digital environments in fostering these outcomes remains underexplored.Purpose: Grounde…
Modeling the factors influencing technology students’ intentions to use AI-driven virtual simulation apps in technical drafting and design education
Doctoral student attrition among all-but-dissertation students: A case study in the Doctor of Information Technology program
This study sought to understand the experiences of All-but-Dissertation (ABD) students that led them to withdraw from a Doctor of Information Technology (DIT) programme. A total of 27 students from three Philippine universities were interviewed using a semi-structured format. Results show that most participants were driven by extrinsic motivations and viewed graduate education as a pathway to a better life. The challenges they faced were both int…
A framework for generative AI policy and guidelines in K-12 education
The rapid emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has introduced both opportunities and challenges for education systems worldwide. Educational stakeholders are grappling with fundamental questions of how to guide students on whether and when, and in what ways, they should use GenAI. In this study, a framework was developed to guide K–12 policies and guidelines on the use of GenAI. Using the Delphi technique and collective writing…
Human–AI interaction in a socio-educational metaverse: Insights from a developmental evaluation of AI avatars
The metaverse and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly intersecting in educational contexts, yet limited empirical research has examined how generative AI avatars function within socially interactive virtual environments. This study investigates the deployment of generative AI avatars within a socio-educational metaverse environment. Using a developmental evaluation approach, data were collected through interviews with seven institutiona…
The illusion of presence and the reality of engagement: How avatar dynamics define social interaction in an educational metaverse
Social interaction has long been a subject of theoretical inquiry in both Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), but seldom has it been examined through the lens of digital embodiment. As the metaverse gains traction as a platform for learning and collaboration, understanding how its affordances construct behavioral engagement demands empirical scrutiny. Thus, this study examines the effects of avatar customiz…
Virtual selves and embodied learning: Enacting simulated lived experience in the metaverse as critical pedagogy in higher education
As calls to center lived experience in higher education intensify, so too do concerns about the ethical, emotional, and structural risks involved in integrating real-life narratives into pedagogy. This study introduces Simulated Lived Experience (SLE) as a novel pedagogical modality that leverages the immersive affordances of learning environments like the metaverse to approximate systemic conditions of marginalization without reproducing trauma …
Self-Coded Digital Portfolios as an Authentic Project-Based Learning Assessment in Computing Education: Evidence from a Web Design and Development Course
Digital portfolios have become an essential assessment tool in project-based and student-centered learning environments. Unfortunately, students exert minimal effort in creating digital portfolios because they find the writing component unchallenging. This issue is concerning since existing research predominantly focuses on the use of pre-existing platforms for building digital portfolios. With this concern, there is an opportunity to explore mor…
Teachers in the metaverse: The influence of avatar appearance and behavioral realism on perceptions of instructor credibility and teaching effectiveness
Teaching in the metaverse presents a dynamic frontier for educational innovation. Avatars, serving as digital representations of teachers, play a pivotal role in shaping virtual learning experiences. This study explores the impact of avatar design and behavioral realism on student perceptions of credibility and teaching effectiveness in avatar-mediated environments. True experimental research with a 2 × 2 factorial design was conducted involving …
The Paradox of Artificial Creativity: Challenges and Opportunities of Generative AI Artistry
Creativity has long been viewed as the bastion of human expression. With the advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI), there is an emerging notion of artificial creativity that contests traditional perspectives of artistic exploration. This paper explores the complex dynamics of this evolution by examining how generative AI intertwines with and transforms the art world. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the challenges posed by gene…
Venturing into the Unknown: Critical Insights into Grey Areas and Pioneering Future Directions in Educational Generative AI Research
School reopening concerns amid a pandemic among higher education students: A developing country perspective for policy development
Outcomes From a Randomized Trial of a Bilingual mHealth Social Media Intervention to Increase Care Engagement Among Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women With …
Background The North Carolina Community Research Partnership developed, implemented, and tested weCare, a 12-month bilingual mHealth social media intervention designed to reduce missed HIV care appointments and increase viral suppression among racially/ethnically diverse gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) and transgender women living with HIV by harnessing established social media platforms (i.e., Facebook, texting, and da…
Who is gullible to political disinformation ?”: Predicting susceptibility of university students to fake news
This study determined the items that could predict university students’ susceptibility to disinformation (e.g., fake news). Toward this goal, randomly-selected students from the four private universities in Manila answered a content-validated and pilot-tested survey form. Through binary logistic regression analysis, it was found that frequent visits to Instagram, sharing a political post of a friend, and liking a post of a political party could i…
Harnessing “Scale-Up and Spread” to Support Community Uptake of the HoMBReS por un Cambio Intervention for Spanish-Speaking Men: Implementation Science Lessons Learned by a CBPR Partnership
Latinx men in the southern United States are affected disproportionately by HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, few evidence-based prevention interventions exist to promote health equity within this population. Developed by a well-established community-based participatory research partnership, the HoMBReS por un Cambio intervention decreases sexual risk among Spanish-speaking, predominately heterosexual Latinx men who a…
Who is gullible to political disinformation ?”: Predicting susceptibility of university students to fake news
This study determined the items that could predict university students’ susceptibility to disinformation (e.g., fake news). Toward this goal, randomly-selected students from the four private universities in Manila answered a content-validated and pilot-tested survey form. Through binary logistic regression analysis, it was found that frequent visits to Instagram, sharing a political post of a friend, and liking a post of a political party could i…
Venturing into the Unknown: Critical Insights into Grey Areas and Pioneering Future Directions in Educational Generative AI Research
Harnessing “Scale-Up and Spread” to Support Community Uptake of the HoMBReS por un Cambio Intervention for Spanish-Speaking Men: Implementation Science Lessons Learned by a CBPR Partnership
Latinx men in the southern United States are affected disproportionately by HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, few evidence-based prevention interventions exist to promote health equity within this population. Developed by a well-established community-based participatory research partnership, the HoMBReS por un Cambio intervention decreases sexual risk among Spanish-speaking, predominately heterosexual Latinx men who a…
Who is gullible to political disinformation ?”: Predicting susceptibility of university students to fake news
This study determined the items that could predict university students’ susceptibility to disinformation (e.g., fake news). Toward this goal, randomly-selected students from the four private universities in Manila answered a content-validated and pilot-tested survey form. Through binary logistic regression analysis, it was found that frequent visits to Instagram, sharing a political post of a friend, and liking a post of a political party could i…
Outcomes From a Randomized Trial of a Bilingual mHealth Social Media Intervention to Increase Care Engagement Among Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women With …
Background The North Carolina Community Research Partnership developed, implemented, and tested weCare, a 12-month bilingual mHealth social media intervention designed to reduce missed HIV care appointments and increase viral suppression among racially/ethnically diverse gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) and transgender women living with HIV by harnessing established social media platforms (i.e., Facebook, texting, and da…
School reopening concerns amid a pandemic among higher education students: A developing country perspective for policy development
Self-Coded Digital Portfolios as an Authentic Project-Based Learning Assessment in Computing Education: Evidence from a Web Design and Development Course
Digital portfolios have become an essential assessment tool in project-based and student-centered learning environments. Unfortunately, students exert minimal effort in creating digital portfolios because they find the writing component unchallenging. This issue is concerning since existing research predominantly focuses on the use of pre-existing platforms for building digital portfolios. With this concern, there is an opportunity to explore mor…
Teachers in the metaverse: The influence of avatar appearance and behavioral realism on perceptions of instructor credibility and teaching effectiveness
Teaching in the metaverse presents a dynamic frontier for educational innovation. Avatars, serving as digital representations of teachers, play a pivotal role in shaping virtual learning experiences. This study explores the impact of avatar design and behavioral realism on student perceptions of credibility and teaching effectiveness in avatar-mediated environments. True experimental research with a 2 × 2 factorial design was conducted involving …
The Paradox of Artificial Creativity: Challenges and Opportunities of Generative AI Artistry
Creativity has long been viewed as the bastion of human expression. With the advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI), there is an emerging notion of artificial creativity that contests traditional perspectives of artistic exploration. This paper explores the complex dynamics of this evolution by examining how generative AI intertwines with and transforms the art world. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the challenges posed by gene…
Venturing into the Unknown: Critical Insights into Grey Areas and Pioneering Future Directions in Educational Generative AI Research
Virtual Collective Consciousness in Metaverse Communities: Sociological Insights from Collective Effervescence and Networked Sociality
Governing generative AI in higher education: A global Delphi study on policy and practice
As GenAI technologies become more pervasive in higher education (HE), scholars call for guidance on AI governance. To meet this need, a Delphi technique and collective writing was used in gathering expert perspectives from across 22 countries/locations and six continents. This resulted in the development of a HE GenAI policy/guidelines framework with eight core areas: (1) academic integrity, (2) ethical use and responsible use, (3) privacy and pr…
Petmalu-Ai: A Reporting Checklist for Transparent and Accountable Generative AI-Assisted Research Writing
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools into academic research and writing has introduced new challenges related to transparency, accountability, and reproducibility. While publishers increasingly permit AI use with disclosure, there is currently no standardized reporting framework guiding how such use should be documented. This study introduces PETMALU-AI (Principles for Ensuring Transparency in Machine-assisted Authorship, L…
Multilingual language learning in a multimodal metaverse: A multidimensional study of communicative, affective, and cognitive development
Introduction: As digital platforms increasingly mediate language learning, the challenge is no longer simply how to deliver content online but how to design environments that cultivate authentic multilingual practice. While multilingualism has long been linked to enhanced metalinguistic awareness and domain-general cognitive flexibility, the role of multimodal digital environments in fostering these outcomes remains underexplored.Purpose: Grounde…
Modeling the factors influencing technology students’ intentions to use AI-driven virtual simulation apps in technical drafting and design education
Doctoral student attrition among all-but-dissertation students: A case study in the Doctor of Information Technology program
This study sought to understand the experiences of All-but-Dissertation (ABD) students that led them to withdraw from a Doctor of Information Technology (DIT) programme. A total of 27 students from three Philippine universities were interviewed using a semi-structured format. Results show that most participants were driven by extrinsic motivations and viewed graduate education as a pathway to a better life. The challenges they faced were both int…
A framework for generative AI policy and guidelines in K-12 education
The rapid emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has introduced both opportunities and challenges for education systems worldwide. Educational stakeholders are grappling with fundamental questions of how to guide students on whether and when, and in what ways, they should use GenAI. In this study, a framework was developed to guide K–12 policies and guidelines on the use of GenAI. Using the Delphi technique and collective writing…
Human–AI interaction in a socio-educational metaverse: Insights from a developmental evaluation of AI avatars
The metaverse and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly intersecting in educational contexts, yet limited empirical research has examined how generative AI avatars function within socially interactive virtual environments. This study investigates the deployment of generative AI avatars within a socio-educational metaverse environment. Using a developmental evaluation approach, data were collected through interviews with seven institutiona…
The illusion of presence and the reality of engagement: How avatar dynamics define social interaction in an educational metaverse
Social interaction has long been a subject of theoretical inquiry in both Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), but seldom has it been examined through the lens of digital embodiment. As the metaverse gains traction as a platform for learning and collaboration, understanding how its affordances construct behavioral engagement demands empirical scrutiny. Thus, this study examines the effects of avatar customiz…
Virtual selves and embodied learning: Enacting simulated lived experience in the metaverse as critical pedagogy in higher education
As calls to center lived experience in higher education intensify, so too do concerns about the ethical, emotional, and structural risks involved in integrating real-life narratives into pedagogy. This study introduces Simulated Lived Experience (SLE) as a novel pedagogical modality that leverages the immersive affordances of learning environments like the metaverse to approximate systemic conditions of marginalization without reproducing trauma …
Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Educational technology (5 works) · Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (5 works) · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (4 works) · Generative grammar (4 works) · Higher education (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (3 works) · Avatar (3 works)