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This work has the aim to demonstrate the importance of the development of the digital competitions in the university teachers to empower his academic work with the support of the Technologies of the Information and Communication (ICT). In this sense, the University of Tamaulipas (UAT) Mexico has trained a total of 124 teachers from the different UAT schools in the International Certification Program in Digital Competencies-ICDL, of which up to now 76 teachers have accredited the Basic Certification-ICDL related with Computer Fundamentals, Online Course Fundamentals, Word Processor and Spreadsheets. To do this, teachers had to perform level tests, study lessons and develop, in a self-taught manner, different types of exercises and practices, until submitting their certification exam. This paper also presents the advances that teachers had in the development of their digital competences, comparing the results of the beginning and the end of the certification. Universities should invest in the training of their teachers, in order to respond to the challenges of the 21st century higher education, mainly because they require a specialized teaching profile, sufficient background in pedagogical methods, expertise in contents and certifications in digital competencies recognized by international organizations that guarantee their quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of the research that analyzed the perception of the educational benefit of users of the Learning Management System (LMS) Blackboard that is used at the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo (UAEH), taking as a central axis the question: What is the benefit of the learning management system as a technological tool in the educational process of UAEH? For this, the analysis was performed based on the models: TPACK by Mishra & Koehler (2006), SAMR model developed by Puentedura (2006) and TAM3 developed by Venkatesh & Bala (2008). Methodologically it is a multiple case study, where several cases are used simultaneously to explore and describe a reality. Three teachers of the Campus Tlahuelilpan of the UAEH participated in the semistructured interview, which constituted the technique for obtaining data. The results indicate the need for an adequate training, not only in the technological, but also in the pedagogical and curricular; adequate infrastructure and changes in institutional policies, among others. This responds to the theoretical models mentioned above. It is suggested that Higher Education Institutions take into account this results when implementing a Learning Management System as a support in the educational process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the paper is to present a validated analytical framework for assessing the institutional conditions of online teaching in higher education. A descriptive study was performed using content analysis techniques, interviews and focus groups. The method included theory, fieldwork, and academic teamwork, and an intersubjective consensus was sought between various teams of participants (expert researchers, basic and specialized users of online teaching) who assessed the clarity, relevance, coherence, and adequacy of dimensions and indicators. As a result, a framework was developed including seven dimensions: institutional policy, institutional organization, institutional regulations, institutional plans and programs, online educational model, teachers' working conditions, and infrastructure and equipment. The work concludes by supporting the use of the proposed framework as a guide for selfassessment of institutional conditions that further the quality of online teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of an analysis of the application of a test of citizenship skills on a group of students from the University of Magdalena (Universidad de Magdalena) after they received teaching practices that were both constructive (case studies) and playful (games) to acquire citizenship skills. The study is quantitative with a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest design, a control group that received explanations (lectures) and an experimental group that received playful and constructive teaching practices. The parametric tests performed on the data obtained lead to the conclusion that there are significant differences in favor of students who used playful and constructive teaching practices to develop citizenship skills. This points to the need to continue applying effective teaching practices to develop these skills in university students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper identifies from a mixed approach the main characteristics of the profile of the Library-Archivology professor in Colombia, characterization preceded by an extensive documentary search in the context of Ibero-America, which evidenced the absence of the subject in the research agendas. It also affirms that given the dynamics of each university and each professional's training program, it is not possible to talk about a unique professor's profile, since it depends on the type of institution, educational model, areas of performance and fundamentally, the criteria of affiliation, where although training, work experience, research and academic production are taken into account, it is not explicit the pedagogical competence, nor the contributions to the disciplinary development, which are essential in the profile of the university professor. For these reasons, it is advisable for library-archivology professor to carry out research, to contribute to academic visibility, and to the advancement and scientific position of the area, in order to generate value for the academic program and the institution and thus, increase the quality of the university to which they are affiliated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is to explain academic performance with the aid of an innovative technique: Fuzzy-set, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA). To do so, different, objective factors, which affect, higher education, are analyzed and the academic performance of university students is also considered. Specifically, data of students on different, degrees in the Faculty of Business Sciences of the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville since 2009 was used, but, it, is believed that, the methodology described can be easily extrapolated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses a possible solution to low graduation rates in higher education, and particularly postgraduate students, given that for every 10 students that complete their course programs in Mexican higher education institutions, only 2.9 graduate. There are a number of reasons for this, notably student inconsistency and a lack of support from institutions. A thesis is an argumentative discourse that requires systematic intellectual support based on models of this nature. Toulmin’s heuristic model of argumentation was chosen in order to organize, around a subject of research, mental representations that are, at the outset, disorganized and vague. The experience with four classes in a residency of the master’s program in the School of Psychology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and analysis of student graduation from 2012 to 2015, produce a promising model for increasing graduation rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the paper we present progress of a research project that aims at studying the political-pedagogical project and actions of popular education with youth and adults in the Department of University Extension of the University of Buenos Aires which ran between 1956 and 1966.The Department of University Extension attempted to articulatethe university with the people. The focus of its actions was in the Maciel Island. There, for ten years, they developed educational, health and welfare actions in order to solve the problems of the inhabitants of the island, from a joint effort between the university and the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the current form of teacher assessment at a higher level and criteria used, based on surveys of student opinion is analyzed. Such surveys do not reflect the real capacity of teachers and only serves as a form of administrative control. This paper establishes the utility of these assessments as a tool for improvement and as part of an early detection of needs, be altered by the biased way he handles himself. In addition, a criticism of this type of evaluation is done; the results are disclosed extemporaneously, which also restricts the development of teachers through the bureaucratic control of that information not timely feedback to teachers in order to improve their performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to contribute, on the one hand, to the discussion of the homogeneous image that is constructed regarding who we are, indigenous students; and on the other, to the knowledge of the challenges that we, indigenous youth, face in academic programs. I present the formative experiences of young men and women from different indigenous groups who attended the Indigenous Education Program at the National Pedagogical University - Ajusco Unit in Mexico city. I use interviews with graduates from the 2007-2011 cohort -of which I was part- to discuss what it means to be an indigenous student at the university, what their main problems and expectations are through their training, how they are seen in their communities of origin after becoming professionals, and if their access to the university caused loss of cultural identity. Methodologically, this research was carried out in the frame of collaborative work or dialogical research. Being part of this generation helped me to have the dialogues addressing the issues mentioned above. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reexamines data from three GICEOLEM studies, which focus on how writing and reading are included in different courses in higher education. On one side, a national survey results showed two modes of dealing with reading and writing in different courses: peripheral and intertwined. On another side, by means of observational studies, in History and Biology, the analysis of teaching situations in which teachers and students talk about what has been read or written allowed to identify, in turn, two variants of the intertwined mode: reading and writing as a means or as an end of instruction. Class observations transcripts enabled to characterize teaching practices and triangulate them with what was declared by professors in the survey. Our aim is to contribute to the debate on academic literacy instruction, offering a more detailed picture on how, why and what for reading and writing practices are dealt with across the curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the partial results of a doctoral thesis linked to a research project financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, which aims at divulging the enablers and significant obstacles that students with disabilities encountered during their stay in institutions of higher education. Using a biographical narrative the points of view of the students with disabilities is exposed identifying and explaining the barriers and aids these young people experienced at the University. For the collection of information, various instruments such as biographical interviews, photographs and lifelines were used. Specifically, the results achieved of this work focuses to know on the main barriers and help that this group identified at the institutional level at the University. The main conclusions highlight that quality education is not guaranteed by the current legislation and that support services for guidance and advice during their careers or, for example, the administration and service are of great importance as they serve as resilient factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review on empirical studies on self-regulated learning in Latin-American university students. The search was performed in the databases, Academic Search Complete®, Educational Source®, Science Direct®, Scopus®, Scielo®, and Redalyc®. The eligibility criteria were: studies had been conducted with a university student population of at least one Latin-American country, and report findings regardless of the methodology used. After eliminating duplicates, the review included a total of 43 papers that fulfilled the eligibility criteria. Bibliometric information is presented and the scope of the various studies is evaluated by their methodological approaches. Finally, some observations are made on the state of development of self-regulated learning in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the paper is to identify the current trends in competency-based evaluation in the field of health, based on review of scientific literature. A review of primary, secondary and tertiary sources in Spanish and English from 2005 to date was conducted in search engines such as PubMed, Redalyc, Scielo, Lilacs and Virtual Health Library. Current trends show competency-based evaluation brings students, teachers, HEIs and the community together to train new professionals as part of the transformation in education. It is essential that students, teachers, administrators and universities are part of the teaching, learning and evaluation process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Higher education institutions, particularly in Latin America, are facing the challenge of universal tertiary education. This paper starts from the problem of exclusive inclusion, which lies in increased enrollment of students and their inappropriate training causing them to fall behind and leave educational institutions. Probable causes of this problem are examined, focusing on points of view held by institutions, responsibilities of these for it, and on finding effective solutions considering teaching to be the key to change structural tendency to exclude many of students who wish to be enrolled. Experiences gained by means of the Learning Support Program PROGRESA offered by the University of the Republic (UdelaR), Uruguay as an institutional endeavor to assist students throughout their academic years are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper falls within the research project «Building University Social Responsibility (USR) to Be Taken on by Professors and Students at Cuban Higher Education Institutions». It focused mainly on evaluating young professors' research performance by means of some indicators to measure their training as ethical and socially responsible researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the paper we present progress of a research project that aims at studying the political-pedagogical project and actions of popular education with youth and adults in the Department of University Extension of the University of Buenos Aires which ran between 1956 and 1966.The Department of University Extension attempted to articulatethe university with the people. The focus of its actions was in the Maciel Island. There, for ten years, they developed educational, health and welfare actions in order to solve the problems of the inhabitants of the island, from a joint effort between the university and the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper it is presented a collaborative work by peers for the digital curation of curricular contents in high education. To do so it was created a net of blogs in which the digital resources related to these curricular contents were published. This was the information on which the content healing work was done through a peer assessment. Furthermore, the results of the assessment and opinion of the students about it are shown, based on information of a qualitative and quantitative nature. A total of 69 students (13 females and 56 males) from the second grade in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences participated in the experience. However, only 50 of the participants (10 females and 40 males) remained active until end of the work. As results, a good feedback was obtained from both the creation of the blog network and the peer evaluation performed, highlighting the amount of information obtained through collaborative work. However, some aspects of improvement were detected, such as the reliability of the sources of information, the intra-group organization and the management of autonomy, elements in which it is necessary to continue working to consolidate the network of collaborative work in higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Public speaking is a generic competence highlighted at College, both teaching-learning process and their assessments have high complexity. This paper shows an instrument to assess in a practical and systematical way the nonverbal component of public discourse delivered by students. It is an observational scale made of 5 categories which internal consistency and reliability have been studied in a group of 60 subjects. Analyses reveal that this is a promising tool to evaluate nonverbal dimension of oral competence in the educational context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper a historical analysis of two fundamental aspects of hydraulic engineering is made. They are the construction of works and engineering teaching in Cuban context. Evolution of construction and its influence in the formation of professionals can be appreciated. Also, the presence of this professionals has influenced the amount and complexity of works. Here, some social and environmental factors are mentioned, establishing an ancient memory, which has been divided into five parts withholding five centuries. On each part development of works and teaching of this engineering are presented, thus making a historical - logical link between them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, it was analyzed to what extent the current process of selecting students for entering Cuban higher education institutions contributes to the selection of white students and students whose parents are university graduates, professionals or managers. The study included senior high school students from the whole country, who applied to universities in the 2013-2014 school year, as well as 74 % of those who didn't. While the process does contribute to the selection of students having the above mentioned characteristics, it begins after they have finished secondary school. Additionally, reasons why students didn't want to enter any higher education institutions in this school year were examined. The main reason was that they wanted to have a job instead; secondly, they said that they didn't feel trained enough to pass entrance examinations and that they had few opportunities to study for degrees they liked the most, and finally, that they had no motivation to attend any universities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents experiences gained by teaching biotechnology as part of degree programs in Industrial Engineering, Forest Engineering, and Agronomy. Biotechnology includes such elective courses as Elements of Biotechnology, Micropropagation, and Biotechnological Processes taught by the staff from the Center for Plant Biotechnology Research in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Granma. Majors offering such courses, number of teaching hours, types of lessons, and knowledge system are also presented. Student performance, assessed by using final grades, showed a better performance of Industrial Engineering students, with them getting such a good grade as an A in Biotechnological Processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we provide a practical approach of the use of transition scenarios in the field of environmental education. We particularly show the usefulness of this teaching tool to develop their use in the field of environmental education in water issues. The transition scenarios give coherence to the treatment of social and environmental problems associated facilitates management of content as well as the inclusion of ideas and conceptions of the participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shows the results of a research study whose purpose is to evaluate the technical efficiency of institutions of higher education in Colombia during the years 2011-2013 by applying the data envelopment analysis and data mining techniques. With data envelopment analysis, it is determined the technical efficiency and data mining allows to discover hidden information. The result of the combination of these techniques allows to establish prediction rules based on a group of management indicators that can be used by the designers of educational policies to determine the reasons for inefficiency of institutions of higher education. The information provided by the Ministry of National Education was used as a source for the data. It was observed that seven of the 32 institutions considered had an efficiency of 100% during the period of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Year 2013 revealed that nearly a thousand students who had obtained the highest general average at their respective high schools could not apply to universities via the Chilean university admission process -Sistema Único de Admisión (SUA)-, because they did not reach the minimum score requirement at the standardized university selection test called Prueba de Selección Universitaria (PSU). Universidad de Santiago then initiated a pilot project to a) make a timely contact with at least some of these students; b) exempt them from their PSU score requirement; c) invite them to access the Science and Humanities College Program; and d) accompany them until they became academically indistinguishable from their peers. During 2015, 10 students entered Universidad de Santiago in this process and in 2016; there were 26 new students in the university. This paper presents the latter early results in terms of average grades and retention, compared to those of students who entered via PSU. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An exploratory study on the use of the digital portfolio as an educational tool is presented. The experience focused on assessing the weaknesses, threats, strengths and opportunities of this tool based on the participants' assessments. Likewise, it seeks to know to what extent its use enhances skills and competences relevant in the European Higher Education Area, both individually and as a group. To do this, we conducted a study of descriptive nature through technical survey (questionnaire). The results show that this is a positively valued learning tool that favors issues such as accessibility to cooperative learning or economic and environmental cost savings without printing paper. We conclude therefore that the digital portfolio contributes to the process of teaching and learning, encouraging the students to be aware of this, and progressively bringing you to a more autonomous and responsible learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TIn this paper, we present some results of the research Relation of the literacy levels with the academic performance at new Management Science School students at University of Envigado (IUE) in 2015-I with students of International Business Administration and Public Accountancy during the research advance until 2016-I. Therefore, we focus on the relation between literacy and academic performance and their overlapping with students' sociocultural context, with a strong incidence with the meaningful dropping-out given at IUE, mainly, because of the little verbal ability in the students in order to take new knowledge that also requires a new language for representing and expressing. However, the dropping-out is no only produced by linguistics reasons but also aspects such as program election, economic reasons or personal problems and others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper offers the results of a quantitative study carried out with the aim of defining the technological skills profile of 301 students entering the BA in elementary education. A 29-question digital survey was used; results reflect a prevalence of female students over 30 years of age, who have access to a computer with an Internet connection, prefer to interact using phones, use e-mail, surf the Internet every day, are able to use technology at a basic level, particularly office suites, and are unfamiliar with the use of modern tools such as blogs and social bookmarking. It is concluded that these students do not display the characteristics expected of digital natives: the production, dissemination and consumption of culture online. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to examine the state of higher education in Colombia and estimate the efficiency of different academic programs from institutions of higher education in the country. To estimate efficiency measures, we use stochastic frontier techniques and the results of the Saber Pro test. Estimations evaluate the effect of variables associated with the teaching staff and infrastructure of institutions, and environmental factors that are not directly under the control institutions, such as the family income and parental education. Results highlight the importance of environmental factors, suggesting that while many institutions have margin to improve their efficiency, many of them are restricted by the influence of students' socioeconomic factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To address the accreditation of Institutions of Higher Education of Ecuador, this paper aims to develop an integrated management procedure enabling those involved deal with this process from the general requirements set out in Resolution No.-130- -CEAACES-SE-17-201-format-IES-Self-Assessment Self-Assessment or Career Programs for Universities and Polytechnics of Ecuador, based on a management system and quality assurance focus its efforts on meeting the criteria: relevance, curriculum, academia, institutional environment and students by providing relevant training to managers and teachers on standards for accreditation, selection of personnel responsible for the process and collection of evidence, methods, internal audit program and procedures documented, to ensure the quality of their results, which added a single block provides a methodological tool to address this process and elements that provide the approach of the actions that constitute a basis for accreditation, further such practices are complemented by safety and health work and to ensure commitment to the environment friendly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The teachers in the current information society have had to change their role due to the impact by the ICTs upon the higher education. In that sense, their pedagogical and didactic task has been changing in relation to more collaborative dynamics with their trainees. Thus, to investigate these collaborative practices within the concept of teacher-prosumer, we have used a qualitative methodology based upon a methodical axial and selective framework towards a reflection upon collaborative and communicative effects by the teacher in web 2.0 within the education environment. Also, the result of this paper is translated into a characterization and an exemplification of the role by a teacher-prosumer, by discussing the need for a learning process in order to develop pedagogically and critically this role in higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper have purpose of perfecting continuous for learning and teaching process in the pedagogy careers, in this case, from a sort focus perspective. From development didactic of the labor investigative practice, he suggests idea about of the woman role. This work will let a change in the way proceeding of the professors' future, to using the possibility that offer of the subject, for to guarantee a tally behaved and educate formation, which will let a first educate labor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Currently, the professionalization of journalistic practice is being promoted from government areas of the Republic of Ecuador through the Communication Law. The goal of this paper is to identify the influence of academic education of the Ecuadorian journalists, when conceiving the performance of journalistic practice. To do this, forty interviews were conducted, semi-structured, to Ecuadorians active journalists on the four types of media (newspapers, television, radio and internet). The results shows that journalists detect a rupture between what they learned in university classrooms versus the professional practice. Ecuadorian professionals relate this break with academic programs too theoretical as other overly technical or general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is to provide a general overview of the aspects that define the strategic relationship between Europe and China, centered on the scientific cooperation and mobility promoted by the European Commission and the Chinese Ministry of Education in recent years. The shared vision of China and the United States in terms of scientific mobility and exchange programs is necessary, as migration flows of Chinese origin have always been primarily destined for United States soil. The objective of Sino-European cooperation is based on reforming the higher education system to do away with the "brain drain" that has had a dramatic impact on the Asian nation and member countries of the European Union. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to explore the factors that predict the behaviour of study by university students. A survey based on the Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour conducted to 137 Chilean university students was used to measure this phenomenon. Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the model. The results indicate that the model explains 54% of the study behaviour, and point to the habit as the key antecedent of this behaviour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the contributions of the praxeological approach to the development of civic competences and civic education, based on an incipient and incident mechanism on pedagogical practice, shaped in higher education and developed in children's classrooms. This pedagogical strategy is highly linked to the recognition of social needs in a non-conventional way that encourages the inclusion, innovation and the development of social competences. The methodology of this investigation is to involve different sectors of society for the reconstruction of democratized and inclusion-oriented spaces, based on the reflection and discussion of a civic education thought from and for the child population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main purpose of this paper is to share research results. These are about the reconstruction that students do on their previous school experiences and how they contrast them with the changes in their university life. The central problem was linked to the need to know the characteristics of young people who are in fact living at the stage of university. We have as a goal to show some of their psychosocial references in order to identify issues related to the experiences in this new step and their ways of action on the construction of their institutional place. The research was conducted in 2014. It is a mixed methodological approach, because we gave a questionnaire with closed and open questions, but also, we took individual and group interviews. The population consisted of students who were enrolled in their second year of Chemical and Veterinary Sciences at the Catholic University of Córdoba. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Taking into consideration the gap between the explosive growth of enrollment of new students and the small number of graduates, this paper explores the processes of attrition and slowing that increase the distance between theoretical duration and real duration of university courses. Taking as an object of analysis the behavior of students in the University Technical Degree in Cultural Management, -Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Design, UNMDP, we have made a cut on the Cohort 2009 to explore the current dynamics, among the factors that enhance the low rate of graduation, persistence or prolongation of studies and the attrition process of students in the institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on the evaluation of teaching in higher education from student and teacher perceptions. It analyzes its relationship with factors linked to students, teachers and curricular units (CU) and the consistency between student and teacher perspectives, while taking into consideration the study's two objectives: firstly, to find out how teachers and students of the Escuela Superior de Salud Jean Piaget de Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal) assess teaching quality; and secondly, to determine how appropriate it is for students and teachers to use the SEEQ (Student's Evaluation of Educational Quality) tool. A SEEQ-based instrument was used with a population of 1,343 students and 146 teachers. The study results support the assurances offered by the model used. This is due in part to the reliability and consistency of the instrument, but mainly to the consistency between student and teacher perceptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research on epistemological beliefs has become widespread, but in recent years has opened the doors to a debate on how these beliefs should be characterized and assessed. It is within this context that this study seeks to characterize these beliefs as component premises of epistemological perspectives. The study evaluated 55 first-year university students from four academic disciplines by means of the Egyptian pyramid-building dilemma. Two epistemological perspectives were identified. One was empirical and supported by the premise that knowledge is an objective systematization of observations of an unequivocal reality embodied by just one possible explanation, and the other was an individual relativist perspective supported by the premise that knowledge is a subjective systematization of facts that gives rise to multiple but equally valid explanations. The paper discusses the nature of these premises, the utility of a dilemma-based methodology and the implications for educational practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El trabajo que se presenta se realiza a partir de reconocer las necesidades de formación que presentan los docentes de los institutos superiores tecnológicos en el Ecuador, toda vez que se presenta como regularidad que estos no cuentan con una formación pedagógica inicial y sí en el área de su especialidad profesional, por ejemplo ingenieros, economistas, licenciados, abogados, entre otros. Por esta razón, el presente trabajo tiene como objetivo socializar reflexiones teórico - metodológicas en relación con el proceso de construcción de proyectos de formación pedagógica permanente que han permitido configurar las propuestas que contribuyen a la solución de esta problemática. The work presented comes from recognizing the training needs presented by teachers from colleges in Ecuador, since it appears as regularly as they do not have an initial teacher training but in the area of expertise professional, such as engineers, economists, lawyers, attorneys, among others. This paper aims to draft theoretical reflections - methodological process regarding the construction of permanent teacher training projects., which allow setting proposals that contribute to the solution of this problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: In 2006, the Nursing School of the University of Chile began changing the teaching plan from a learning objective syllabus to one based on competencies; this implementation began in 2013. Objective: This paper aims to present a summary of a research carried out from 2010 to 2013 by the syllabus innovation commission of the Nursing School from the University of Chile in order to implement a syllabus based on competencies Methodology: It presents the different phases that require the integration of different actors, per se; the academic school staff, external teachers to it, employers, graduates and students from the nursing program as well. Conclusions: This experience allowed thinking about some of the paradigm changes required in this process, such as the student at the learning center, with dynamic and proactive participation of them, the agreement on using a different language, with innovative methodologies that aim to a meaningful learning. [Silva-Galleguillos A. Training by Competencies in Nursing. An Experience from the University of Chile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Various significant aspects of the "actually existing" university coordination system are analysed, starting from the passing of the Ley de Educacion Superior 24.521/95 (LES) in Argentina. Certain regulations and practices involving the Ministry of Education and the Consejo Interuniversitario Nacional, formed by the presidents of public universities, are taken into consideration. The paper examines some particular transformations that took place from 2003 onwards, and proposes a specific approach to problematize the coordination and government of the university system, which is sensitive to the transformations of the state apparatus and the modes of governing and intervening in the system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, colleges, universities and other higher education institutions have taken up the challenge to integrate issues related to ICTs in order to pay attention to the student's role as a builder of his own learning. In that regard, the issues of a pedagogical model consistent with these emerging practices has prompted several analysis about pedagogical perspectives to think following flexible roles and tasks by teachers and students to reach a meaningful knowledge. Therefore, from a qualitative approach related to grounded theory, this paper offers an interpretation about some points of view and reflections to the need of a flexible pedagogy based on the feasibility to use educational technologies to make easier learning through creative, participatory, critical and axiological issues (poiesis). In conclusion, we observe the roles and tasks by teachers involved to address issues in order to develop this type of educational guidance and a priority to include the student as the cornerstone of a triad, i.e. university-society-business. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the design and validation process of a questionnaire to determine the types of assessment used by members of faculty. The methodology used begins with the conceptual and operational definition of the domain and is followed through to the analysis of the pilot results to determine, on the one hand, the reliability of the questionnaire and each question and, on the other hand, the construct validity. The results of this study provide sufficient evidence to show 1) the validity of the questionnaire content, which shows an acceptable index of agreement according to experts (with Krippendorf's alpha coefficient greater than 0.7); 2) the global reliability of the questionnaire, equivalent to alpha = 0.87 and the reliability of the questions, between alpha 0.81 and alpha 0.87; 3) the construct validity of the questionnaire; 4) that the factorial structure is not significantly different from the theory used as a basis to establish the questions. The data suggests that the questionnaire is a valid tool and psychometrically sound for its purpose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper evaluates the integration of mobile devices for learning proposes and identifies those factors that influence the adoption of this technology in higher education. A sample of 411 students participated in the research. The data was analysed using two models of technology adoption (TAM and UTAUT) including socio-demographic indicators. The results show that three-quarters of students use mobile devices for tasks associated with their studies, and nearly half for specific learning proposes, and do so regardless of the resources that provide them the University. The results confirm the theoretical models, while being female increases the probability of adopting the m-learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The epistemological shift towards a society and a university of knowledge has had as an immediate effect on a renewal of teaching based on a thorough reflection on the new role of teachers and learners in higher education. The ongoing changes and the filtration due to the wide variety of competences have determined new identities in university teaching; in this, the differences and the specificities will be defined within each disciplinary field, although there is a series of main competencies (cognitive, instrumental, interpersonal and research) common in each domain for the achievement of successful academic relations. In this paper, we intend to make a review of the competency models that have emerged in higher education as a result of the Bologna Declaration (1999) and its impact on the qualification of teachers and their continuing areas of development in the field of education. The review of these academic standards will allow us go into depth based on what the current situation and the new facets of university teachers are, who have acquired a bidirectional profile oriented towards professionalism and empowering specialisation and knowledge. The analysis of these aspects implies a reconsideration of all the factors that have influenced the current status of university teachers, from whom not only a master of a specific knowledge is expected but also adaptation to the substantial changes of the society and the university in order to achieve an improvement in the quality of teaching, an embodiment of teaching innovation procedures and a legitimate attainment of knowledge transfer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a changing context in and for the university, with new organizational approaches coming from the unique situation - such as that associated with the EHEA -, along with the undeniable technological progress; it is also unequivocal the permanence and, at times, the aggravation of social and economic inequalities in the national and international levels. That is why we must try to educate college students through ways and means capable of strengthening a consistent scale of social values and attitudes; taking into account the self-construction of personality and giving special attention to social experiences. Since in a changing social and economic environment, a more conscious and active citizenship, more adaptable and competitive while more supportive and critical, will be the thorough answer. The proposal outlined in this paper considers service-learning as an instruction path inside the classroom, but even beyond the class. Thus, we are presenting the PEINAS project (Multicultural Pedagogy and service-learning), an experience developed at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where students of 2nd year of the Degree in Pedagogy. Within this program, students learn while they are performing a service with organizations working for interculturalism. Among the conclusions reached, most importantly, here and now, it is that service-learning shall be understood as a vector of innovation, with the assistance of other strategies it can produce a better connection between the academic and social dimensions of learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Regional cooperation in higher education is also tending to create and develop academic networks at present. In view of the changes having taken place for the last years, this is a new stage of development of knowledge society. This paper emphasizes the importance of higher education internationalization process, particularly university cooperation and its management. It also highlights the role played by academic networks in building cooperative relationships between knowledge development centers and achieving integration of higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of an exploratory study regarding the practice of the social sciences in two states in Mexico: Nayarit and Sonora. Both show different economic structures and dynamics, while Sonora has a modern industrial sector, Nayarit rests basically in a tertiary activity, tourism. While social exclusion is significant in Nayarit, in Sonora is relatively low. Considering these disparities this analysis seeks to determine the correspondence between the socioeconomic characteristics of the two regions and the practice of the social sciences from the educational offerings, research and academic linkage from the local higher education institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]