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In a post-pandemic context, reflection on teacher training in the use of digital technologies has accelerated unprecedentedly, becoming a key aspect of educational research. In this regard, the lack of appropriate models to support teachers in their professional development is evident.  Many studies have analysed the different positions and beliefs of teachers regarding the use…

Each year, the Academic Commission at the UOC awards prizes for outstanding excellence in a doctoral dissertation within each program stream offered by the doctoral school.  Candidates must have received the highest grade during the initial defence, including the Cum Laude mention, among a range of other criteria, and later be included in a program…

The article “Lifelong learning ecologies in online higher education: Students’ engagement in the continuum between formal and informal learning” written by the researchers of Edul@b Mitchell Peters and Marc Romero  has been published in the British Journal of Educational Technology. The article outlines ways in which students shape their learning ecologies in virtual contexts to support formal…

The article “Learning ecologies through a lens: Ontological, methodological and applicative issues. A systematic review of the literature” written by the researchers of Edul@b Albert Sangrá, Juliana Raffaghelli and Montse Guitert  has been published in the British Journal of Eduational Technology. The objective of this work has been to try to frame a concept on…

Research Stay Purpose After completing a 3 month research stay at the Centre for Research in Digital Education, I feel it is an important moment to reflect on how the stay has informed my work, including key research findings, implications and emerging questions.  My intention in working in Edinburgh as a visiting researcher was to…

On November 12, the international seminar organized by the UNESCO Chair in Education and Technology for Social Change entitled “Aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida: ¿Cómo aprende nuestra sociedad?” took place, held at the Col·legi d’Agents Comercials of Barcelona. The objective of the seminar was to discuss the new forms of learning throughout the…

From June 17 to 20 has taken place the twenty-seventh edition of the annual conference EDEN 2018, on this occasion held in Genoa, Italy. The conference has been organised by the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN). This year, the theme of the conference has been “Exploring the micro, meso and macro: Navigating between dimensions…

On the 21th an 22th of July 21, Albert Sangrà, professor of the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, academic director of the UNESCO Chair in Technology and Education for Social Change and member of the Edul@b research group, participated in the “III Encuentro Internacional de Maestros Investigadores” organised by the Universidad del Norte of Barranquilla,…

On June 21th, the Edul@b research group organised a meeting in Barcelona between the researchers from the group Nati Cabrera, Lourdes Guàrdia and Marcelo Maina, the UOC researcher Maite Fernández, and the researcher and professor Curtis Bonk from the University of Indiana. Professor Bonk, as an expert in Open Education and especially in MOOCs, initially became…

On June 21-23, Edul@b PhD student, Nicole Johnson, participated in the Gender and Education Association (GEA) conference at the University of Middlesex in London. She gave a presentation titled, “Capacity development though informal learning online: Opportunities for addressing the motherhood wage gap” which relates to her PhD research project on the exploration of the digital…