The University of La Laguna showcases new teaching models and experiences at its Educational Innovation Conference

The University of La Laguna celebrates every year some Educational Innovation Conference to showcase experiences with new teaching models and teacher performance. The aim is to offer teachers tools and learning models better adapted to the social environment and the demands of the students themselves. The Blas Cabrera Felipe Room in the Physics and Mathematics building will host the sessions for this 2025 edition on January 20th and 21st.

This is an opportunity to learn from expert knowledge, share best practices, and foster collaboration and communication among faculty members from the various degree programs offered at the University of La Laguna. The production of horizontal knowledge and collaboration in teaching are also objectives of these meetings.

He program It will open on Monday the 20th with the inauguration ceremony at 9:30 a.m. by the rector, Francisco García, and the vice-rectors of Teaching from the two public universities in the Canary Islands, along with the dean of the host institution. 'Let's listen to the voice of the university: Reflections on innovation in university teaching' is the title of the opening presentation, given by Francisco Imbernón, Professor of Didactics and Educational Organization at the University of Barcelona, while the second part of the morning will be dedicated to... presentation of communications in different simultaneous rooms, which will also happen in the afternoon.

The same format will be repeated the following day, with the plenary lecture at 9:30 a.m. by Manuel Area, Professor of Educational Technology at the University of La Laguna, who will speak on 'Challenges for Innovation in University Teaching in the Face of Hybrid Learning and Artificial Intelligence'. Following his presentation, the conference will continue, with a total of fifty confirmed presentations.

Thus, there will be an opportunity to learn about teaching experiences related to service learning, new tools and methodologies for active teaching, 3D applications, different aspects of the use of generative Artificial Intelligence, social intervention work in neighborhoods, uses of flipped classrooms, gamification, etc.