Aside from being an outstanding folklore researche

Aside from being an outstanding folklore researcher, Dr. Patrick Azanza is also one of the very first and the very few academic leaders in the field of social education and cultural development who advocate the use of e-learning technology to complement the traditional mode of teaching social, arts, culture, and other related subjects. As early as 2003, he founded and organized the Philippine National e-Learning Association which provides a venue for presentation of e-learning researches and share information among member institutions, faculty, and students on the latest development in e-learning. Dr. Azanza who holds a PhD from UP and a post-doctoral diploma from the Harvard University dared to risk his academic reputation as he pushed for the use of e-learning to complement traditional teaching methods in the Philippine educational system. He conducted researches that are significant to the subject and proved that e-learning can work especially in promoting social and cultural education as well as other technical courses. The commitment of Dr. Azanza in promoting positive social and cultural values that support the preservation of our country’s folklore and traditions which are on the verge of being permanently lost, genuinely promotes the interest of the general public and sets positive directions to our youths. The present generation cannot move forward without having a good sense of our cultural history which is partly enshrined in the folklore and traditions Dr. Azanza sought to keep alive as he deemed it vital to cultural development and nation-building.