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The book “The Future of Ubiquitous Learning: Learning Designs for Emerging Pedagogies” (Springer, 2016), edited by Begoña Gross, Kinshuk, and Marcelo Maina, researcher of the Edul@b group, has been successfully accepted by Web of Science Book Citation Index. This book explores emerging pedagogical perspectives based on the design of new learning spaces supported by digital…

The researchers of the Edul@b research group, Montse Guitert, Teresa Romeu and Marc Romero have organised the meeting of the UOC Advisory Council on Digital Competences that has taken place on November 25th at the headquarters of Tibidabo. The vice rector of Globalisation and Cooperation of the UOC, Pastora Martínez, has welcomed the current members of the…

From November 14th to 16th took place the 9th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2016) in Seville, Spain, under the slogan Transforming Education, transforming lives. This year the main objective was to bring together more than 700 experts to present their projects and share their knowledge on teaching and learning methodologies…

The MOOC courses (Massive Online Open Courses) have become a leading educational practice in today’s society: in addition to the contents of a traditional course, these courses provide an enriched environment through audiovisual and interactive resources and enable a stimulating online digital community for teachers, students and consultants. That is why Edul@b has participated in…

On October 27 took place the “I Jornadas de Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje” in Murcia, Spain. The meeting was organized by the Research Group on Educational Technology (GITE) of the University of Murcia. In the conference were presented the results of the CAPPLE project  “Competencias para el aprendizaje permanente basado en el uso de PLEs:…

It has begun the European project DEvelop COmpetences in Digital Era. Expertise, best practices and teaching in the XXI century (DECODE), coordinated by the Italian organization Fondazione Link Campus University and in which the Edul@b group participates. DECODE aims at highlighting experiences, practices and teachers competences activated in schools in digital fields, with the intent…

It will soon begin the European project Demonstration of a scalable and cost effective cloud-based digital learning infrastructure through the Certification of digital competences in primary and secondary schools (CRISS), coordinated by the British organisation EXUS Software LTD and in which the Edul@b group participates. CRISS aims to provide an innovation infrastructure for personalized learning and…

The book “Evaluación por competencias: la perspectiva de las primeras promociones de graduados en el EEES”, recently published, is a publication edited by Elena Cano Garcia and Maite Fernandez-Ferrer, that counts with the participation of the Edul@b group: Nati Cabrera is co-author of the chapter “Las competencias de los graduados universitarios y su evaluación. La…

Guest post from Nicole Christen (Edul@b PhD student) From a student perspective, one of the challenges with online learning at the PhD level is networking and building relationships with other scholars in the field. The EDEN Research Workshop proved to be a valuable experience, not only in terms of the content delivered, but also in…

The XIII National Health Education Forum was held in Merida, Mexico, between September the 27th and 30th. In this event, thought as an academic discussion and exchange of practices and research results in health education, the Edul@b member Marcelo Maina presented the conference entitled “Innovation and new trends in e-learning“. This was an opportunity to delve…