Innovación docente en la universidad y realidades emergentes


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Es una realidad que la innovación docente emerge cada vez más como una supracategoría dentro del campo de la enseñanza universitaria. Son múltiples los vectores y elementos que configuran ese constructo que nos anuncia cambio, modificación o novedad. Se trata de un cambio intencional, conducido en un escenario multiaxial en donde el docente universitario se mueve entre múltiples disciplinas científicas, con locus más o menos debatidos dentro de la enseñanza universitaria. De otra parte, nos encontramos con una importantísima renovación de los marcos conceptuales de carácter metodológico, tanto en un sentido estricto (métodos y técnicas específicas variadas acuden a insertarse en la tarea cotidiana del docente universitario), como en un sentido más abierto: enfoques de competencias, modelos dialógicos, diversidad, inclusión, género, etc. Así nos encontramos con cambios curriculares de gran calado como el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior, junto a diversas y abundantes irrupciones de metodologías específicas, unas importadas desde ámbitos de enseñanza diferentes a la universidad y otras generadas en el propio contexto universitario. En esta obra nos planteamos ofrecer al lector interesado por la acción docente en la universidad una serie de aportaciones que todas ellas mantienen un denominador común, la de presentar respuestas a realidades emergentes afrontadas desde una concepción innovadora de la acción docente. Se abordan nuevas realidades vinculadas al tradicional campo de las TIC, acercamientos al tema de las competencias, de la diversidad e inclusión, ciudadanía...sin dejar de prestar atención a aspectos transversales como la colaboración docente, la formación permanente o el desarrollo de situaciones de estrés en el docente. Los autores constituyen un elenco de docentes universitarios, disciplinarmente variado: trabajo social, educación, economía, arquitectura, música, etc., por lo que su nexo de intereses en común, es la innovación docente en un escenario universal como es la universidad, pero desde experiencias singulares.




Educational innovations in pandemic learning contexts: multidisciplinary perspectives.


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This work aborded educative innovation in pandemic context and how the teachers' different levels and matters have resolved their teaching circumstances. The educators, through creative proposals, sometimes using ICTs and put on the effort in others aspects of the teaching like emotions and actitudes of students in these new situations of teaching and learning. As coordinators, we have count with expert authors worldwide in their field of work about this first title. This work has nine chapters; four of them show one panoramic of pandemic generated by COVID.







Accessibility of Vulnerability Groups: from Icts to Emotions.


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The Educational Intervention in highly diverse social contexts shows the need for improvisation of professionals with high training levels and in many cases a remarkable professional background. This book, entitled: Accessibility of vulnerability groups: from ICTs to emotions" aims to respond to the situations experienced by professionals and vulnerable groups from a socio-scientific perspective. The publication is made up of nine chapters, of which 8 of them present studies of teaching experiences and one of them a systematic review of the integration of ICTs in education. Therefore, we want to highlight the great professional challenge in these post-pandemic times that consists of ensuring that students are trained in safe contexts to grow safely and creatively.




MOOC Courses and the Future of Higher Education


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During the last decades, our society is witnessing an authentic revolution that, in a dizzying manner has deeply influenced, modified, and transformed the way of life of human beings. This constant and unstoppable revolution is transmuting all areas of our life: social, cultural, personal, labor, economic, training, etc. This new society is characterized by a high generation of knowledge and the constant and fluid processing of information. In this macro-context, the MOOC phenomenon emerged. MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) courses are based on the principles of massive, free access to all materials and resources offered online. This new didactic path can be constituted in an innovative techno-social tendency, especially oriented in the panorama of Higher Education to stimulate university improvement, open opportunities at the same time for education and training or, simply, derive towards a new business model for the universities. In addition to being an entry point for the popularization of science and knowledge, the future possibilities are enormous and are being studied in all their various dimensions. Many initiatives as a result have been developed to implement this new form of education. MOOC Courses and the Future of Higher Education presents the latest research theories and current examples of MOOC courses practices in Higher Education. The chapters represent an extensive assortment of interpretations and practices examples of MOOC courses, across areas as varied as teaching methodologies, instructional innovations, educational technology, etc. This work is structured in three sections, the first one covers the university institution in the knowledge society, the second analyzes the MOOC training proposals, and the third discusses the future role of MOOCs. Technical topics discussed in the book include: The Virtualization of Teaching in Higher EducationTraining and Professional Development at the e-UniversityTaxonomy of MOOCsMOOC: Strengths and WeaknessesMOOCs and the Scientific Community: Challenges and InnovationMOOC PlatformsDirectory of MOOC ResourcesMOOC: Reflections of the Future




Emerging Technologies in Distance Education


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Highlighted are the pedagogical, organizational, cultural, social, and economic factors that influence the adoption and integration of emerging technologies in distance education. Advice is offered on how educators can launch effective and engaging distance education initiatives, in response to technological advancements, changing mindsets, and economic and organizational pressures.




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Didactics of Smart Pedagogy


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The focus on smart education has become a new trend in the global educational field. Some countries have already developed smart education systems and there is increasing pressure coming from business and tech communities to continue this development. Simultaneously, there are only fragmented studies on the didactic aspects of technology usage. Thus, pedagogy as a science must engage in a new research direction—smart pedagogy. This book seeks to engage in a new research direction, that of smart pedagogy. It launches discussions on how to use all sorts of smart education solutions in the context of existing learning theories and on how to apply innovative solutions in order to reduce the marginalization of groups in educational contexts. It also explores transformations of pedagogical science, the role of the educator, applicable teaching methods, learning outcomes, and research and assessment of acquired knowledge in an effort to make the smart education process meaningful to a wide audience of international educators, researchers, and administrators working within and tangential to TEL.




Transformative Approaches to Sustainable Development at Universities


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This book documents and disseminates experiences from a wide range of universities, across the five continents, which showcase how the principles of sustainable development may be incorporated as part of university programmes, and present transformatory projects and programmes, showing how sustainability can be implemented across disciplines. Sustainability in a higher education context is a fast growing field. Thousands of universities across the world have signed declarations or have committed themselves to integrate the principles of sustainable development in their activities: teaching, research and extension, and many more will follow.




25 Years of Ed Tech


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In this lively and approachable volume based on his popular blog series, Martin Weller demonstrates a rich history of innovation and effective implementation of ed tech across higher education. From Bulletin Board Systems to blockchain, Weller follows the trajectory of education by focusing each chapter on a technology, theory, or concept that has influenced each year since 1994. Calling for both caution and enthusiasm, Weller advocates for a critical and research-based approach to new technologies, particularly in light of disinformation, the impact of social media on politics, and data surveillance trends. A concise and necessary retrospective, this book will be valuable to educators, ed tech practitioners, and higher education administrators, as well as students.