Mhel Cedric D. Bendo is a researcher and academic writer.  His research focuses on Educational Psychology, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Measurement and Evaluation, Educational Technology, as well as Business and Financial Technology (Fintech). He applies Quantitative, Psychometrics, and Mixed-Methods approaches to explore various aspects of instructional effectiveness, and technology-mediated learning, including AI-based detection  and the interpretation of educational constructs across diverse learning environments. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines– Maragondon Campus. 

As of 2026, Bendo is a member of the Editorial Board of the SIAR-Global Journal of Humanities, Management & Educational Review and the Education and the SIAR-Global Journal of Literatures & Educational Review, where he contributes peer-review support and subject-area feedback on submitted manuscripts in educational and interdisciplinary fields.

He also serves as an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences (IJEPS), the International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Exploration (IJMRE), and the International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Application (IJAMA). In these roles, he contributes to manuscript evaluation, methodological assessment, research quality review, and scholarly publishing activities across multidisciplinary and educational research domains.

Previously, he served as Technical Editor of the Journal of Student-Run Clinics (JSRC), contributing to editorial review processes and the technical evaluation of submitted manuscripts. 

He also serves as an invited peer reviewer for several international peer-reviewed journals across education, learning sciences, multidisciplinary research, educational technology, psychology, business and financial technology (fintech) research, digital economy studies, and interdisciplinary social science fields.

Beyond empirical research, Bendo contributes to academic discourse through research-informed commentary and opinion pieces that bridge theory, classroom practice, and educational policy. His work appears in leading national and regional outlets, including the Punto! Central Luzon, Daily Guardian, Mindanao Times, SunStar Cebu, Business Mirror, Manila Bulletin, and the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Philippines’ leading national daily and one of the most influential newspapers in Southeast Asia, covering topics such as digital distractions, artificial intelligence in education, academic integrity, and inclusive learning. He also engages in reflective writing, including essays and poetry, offering insights into learning, identity, and educational equity.

Currently, Bendo serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for Cogent Education (Taylor & Francis), an internationally recognized peer-reviewed journal of the Taylor & Francis Group, a major academic publisher, contributing to the evaluation of scholarly manuscripts in education and interdisciplinary learning research; Open Praxis, a leading international peer-reviewed diamond open-access journal published by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), dedicated to research and innovation in open, distance, and flexible education and indexed in major international databases including Web of Science (ESCI) and Scopus (Q1); the Online Learning Journal (OLJ), an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Online Learning Consortium and indexed in major databases including Web of Science (ESCI), Scopus (Q1), ERIC, and DOAJ; the International Online Journal of Education and Teaching (IOJET), an international peer-reviewed Scopus-indexed journal that publishes research in education, instructional innovation, digital learning, teacher education, and educational technologies; the Asian Journal of Distance Education (AsianJDE), an international peer-reviewed journal published by the Asian Society for Open and Distance Education (ASODE), Japan, dedicated to advancing scholarship in open, distance, online, and technology-enhanced learning and indexed in major educational databases including ERIC and EBSCOhost Education Source; the International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE), an internationally recognized Scopus-indexed, (Q3) journal published by IAES; and the Journal of Learning for Development (JL4D), a Scopus-indexed (Q3) international journal published by the Commonwealth of Learning. 

He also serves as a Reviewer for Communications in Information Literacy (CIL), a Scopus-indexed (Q2) international peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarship on information literacy, critical pedagogy, and scholarly communication. He is further invited to serve as an Invited Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Research, Innovation, and Strategies for Education (RISE), the Journal of Educational Technology and Learning Creativity (JETLC), and the Integrated Science Education Journal (ISEJ), interdisciplinary journals dedicated to advancing educational research, innovation, and technology-integrated learning across diverse contexts. He is also an Invited Peer Reviewer for the World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues (WJET), an international peer-reviewed journal focusing on emerging technologies, digital learning environments, and innovation in technology-enhanced education.

He also serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Economics Education and Entrepreneurship (JEE), an international peer-reviewed journal focused on economics and entrepreneurship education, including innovative teaching, curriculum development, digital learning, and real-world economic applications. In this role, he evaluates scholarly manuscripts and contributes to advancing research in the field.  Additionally, serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for the International Journal of Management and Human Sciences (IJMHS), a peer-reviewed journal that disseminates research across management, business administration, human sciences, and interdisciplinary social studies, where he contributes to the evaluation of research design, methodological clarity, and applied quantitative scholarship. 

In addition, he serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for Circuit: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Teknik Elektro, reviewing engineering and technology-focused education research. He also serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for Jurnal Inovasi Teknologi Pendidikan (JITP), a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research and innovative work in educational technology, particularly in educational multimedia and e-learning development, bridging academic research and practical applications in schools and educational institutions. 

He also serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Early Childhood Education Perspectives (JECEP) (Reviewer, 2026), an academic journal focusing on research and scholarly perspectives in early childhood education, pedagogy, and developmental learning contexts. 

He likewise serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for DIKSI, a peer-reviewed journal established in 1993 that publishes research in language, literature, and language education, and holds SINTA-2 national accreditation. He also serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for Jurnal Pendidikan Teknologi  Dan Kejuran (JPTK), a peer-reviewed open-access journal focusing on technical and vocational education and training (TVET), including pedagogy, curriculum, assessment, and educational policy. 

He also serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for the Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences (MOJES), a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal published by the University of Malaya that disseminates research in education, learning sciences, and instructional practice, contributing to the evaluation of empirical educational studies and methodological rigor in international education research. 

He also serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Technology and Educational Science (JOTES), an international peer-reviewed academic journal published by Yayasan Cendekiawan Indonesia Timur that focuses on educational technology, digital learning environments, and innovation in teaching and learning. In this role, he evaluates manuscripts addressing technology-enhanced learning, instructional design, and emerging digital pedagogies in contemporary education.

He also serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for international undergraduate research journals, including Spectrum: Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research, a peer-reviewed academic journal supported by the Undergraduate Research Initiative at the University of Alberta, and Reinvention: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research. Across these appointments, he reviews empirical studies, systematic literature reviews, and bibliometric analyses, with sustained emphasis on methodological rigor, educational relevance, and scholarly integrity in undergraduate and international research contexts.

His scholarly service further extends to the health sciences. He also serves as a Reviewer for the Journal of Student-Run Clinics (JSRC), an open-access, peer-reviewed journal highlighting innovations and research from student-run free clinics worldwide. In addition, he serves as an Invited Peer Reviewer for the Malaysian Journal of Medical Research (MJMR), an international, open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal published by Lincoln University College, Malaysia, which focuses on multidisciplinary research across the health sciences, including medicine, physiology, public health, and medical education. In these roles, he evaluates empirical health research with particular attention to statistical modeling, methodological rigor, and reporting standards in quantitative and interdisciplinary studies. 

educational psychology, educational measurement and evaluation, psychometrics, health education, measurement validity and reliability, quantitative and mixed-methods research, educational technology, technology-mediated learning environments, AI in education, validity, AI in Education, , ICT, Digital Learning,  Second Language Acquisition (SLA), language, educational equity, multilingual learning environments, open and distance learning (ODL), online and blended learning, entrepreneurship, business and finance.

Bendo, M. C. D., Alviar, D. C., Palcon, M. C., Abaya, F. C., Castillo, M. T., & Mendoza, C. V. (2026). [Title withheld to protect double-blind peer review]. ASEAN Journal of Education. [Under consideration]

Bendo, M. C. D., & Siregar, T. (2026). International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction. [Forthcoming]

Siregar, T., & Bendo, M. C. D. (2026). International Journal of Education, Technology and Science . [Forthcoming]

Siregar, T., Bendo, M. C. D., Alviar, D. C., & Ulgado-Rosas, M. V. (2026). [Title withheld to protect double-blind peer review]. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. [Under Peer Review]

Bendo, M. C. D., Alviar, D. C., Ulgado-Rosas, M. V., & Carpio, L. S. (2026). [Title withheld to protect double-blind peer review]. International Online Journal of Education and Teaching.  [Forthcoming] 

Bendo, M. C. D., Siregar, T., & Caingcoy, M. E. (2026). [Title withheld to protect double-blind peer review]. Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences.  [Under Peer Review] 

Bendo, M. C. D., Siregar, T., Gomez, A. M., Caingcoy, M. E., & Kumar, A. (2026).  [Title withheld to protect double-blind peer review]. Asian Journal of Distance Education. [Under  Peer Review] 

Bendo, M. C. D., Alviar, D. C., Ulgado-Rosas, M. V., Clarin, A. V., Gomez, A. M., & Carpio, L. S. (2026). [Title withheld to protect double-blind peer review]. International Review of Management and Marketing. [Forthcoming] 

Bendo, M. C. D., Alviar, D. C., Ulgado-Rosas, Carpio L. S., & Prudente, A. B., Jr. (2026). [Title withheld to protect double-blind peer review]. Journal of Education and e-Learning Research. [Forthcoming]

Bendo, M. C. D., & Alviar, D. C. (2026). [Title withheld to protect double-blind peer review]. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science. [Under Peer Review]   

Bendo, M. C. D., & Alviar, D. C. (2026). [Title withheld to protect double-blind peer review]. Qualitative Report. [Under Peer Review]

Bendo, M. C. (2026, July 14). The citation recency bias: Rethinking temporal standards in literature review practices. Puissant, 7, 3435–3447.  https://puissant.stepacademic.net/puissant/article/view/816

Bendo, M. C. D., & Alviar, D. C. . (2026). Digital Divide and Educational Inequality in Asia: A Cross-Country Secondary Data Analysis of Connectivity, Access, and Student Achievement. Journal of Research, Innovation, and Strategies for Education (RISE), 3(4), 136-155. https://doi.org/10.70148/rise.v3i4.9

Bendo, M. C. D. (2026). Market dominance of GCash in the Philippine digital payment ecosystem: A secondary data analysis. American Journal of Business Science Philosophy, 3(1), 104–117. https://doi.org/10.70122/ajbsp.v3i1.8

Bendo, M. C. D. (2026). Effects of Instructional Message Tone on Student Participation in Philippine Online Learning: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 21(1), 155-170. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19886178

Bendo, M. C. D. (2026). Mobile Game Addiction and Academic Achievement among Senior High School Students: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study in a Philippine Public School. Journal of Research, Innovation, and Strategies for Education (RISE), 3(4), 57-71. https://doi.org/10.70148/rise.v3i4.4

Bendo, M. C. D. (2026). False positives in AI writing detection: A small-scale empirical study using authentic Filipino student essays. ASEAN Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 18(1), 12-19. https://doi.org/10.64233/VYVI9613 

Bendo, M. C. D. (2026). Attention Fragmentation in Digital Learning Environments: Micro-Procrastination, Cognitive Load, and Deep Work Across Educational Levels. Journal of Research, Innovation, and Strategies for Education (RISE), 3(4), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.70148/v3i4.1

Bendo, M. C. (2026, February 15). The categorical ceiling tax: Interpreting intervention outcomes in educational research. Puissant, 7, 3083–3092. https://puissant.stepacademic.net/puissant/article/view/778 

Bendo, M. C. D., Angue, D. D. ., Buhay, J. ., Dimaisip, J. A., Lobos, T. L., Pahimnayan, E. G., Piedad, R. B. ., France Lawrence Pulgo, F. L. ., Ramos, K. ., & Yabut, W. A. . (2026). Enhancing Grade 7 Reading Proficiency through an English Reading Program Intervention in High School. Journal of Research, Innovation, and Strategies for Education (RISE), 3(3), 90-109. https://doi.org/10.70148/rise.v3i3.7

Bendo, M. C. D. (2026). From L2 Comprehension Difficulty to Test Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Academic Stress Among Filipino University Students. Journal of Research, Innovation, and Strategies for Education (RISE), 3(3), 59-71. https://doi.org/10.70148/rise.v3i3.5

Angue, D. H., Bendo, M. C. D., Buhay, J. M., Dimaisip, J. A. D., Lobos, T. C., Pahimnayan, E. G. R., Piedad, R. B. P., Pulgo, F. L., Ramos, K. J., & Yabut, W. A. D. (2024). Increasing the level of reading proficiency of Grade 7 students through the implementation of an English reading program (ERIC Document No. ED676636). ERIC. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED676636

Bendo, M. C. D. (2023). Exploring the influence of mobile game addiction on the academic achievement of Grade 11–Punzalan students (ERIC Document No. ED677277). ERIC. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED677277

Bendo is currently advancing multiple manuscripts under consideration in international peer-reviewed journals, focusing on psychometric rigor, advanced quantitative methods, and technology-mediated educational behaviors across education, psychology, digital learning environments, AI in education, as well as business and finance. This reflects his commitment to innovative measurement techniques and the real-world application of his findings in entrepreneurship, educational psychology, and educational technology.

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