Defense of the doctoral thesis co-supervised by Montse Guitert “Design, implementation and evaluation of ICT-mediated learning situations in physical education through teacher collaboration” by Meritxell Monguillot

Last June 7, 2017, the doctoral student of Edul@b Meritxell Monguillot defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Design, implementation and evaluation of learning situations mediated by ICT in physical education through teacher collaboration”. The thesis was co-directed by the main investigator of Edul@b Montse Guitert and Dr. Carles González Arévalo of the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC Barcelona).

The purpose of the research of the thesis was focused on how to design ICT-mediated learning situations in Physical Education through collaborative teaching as a strategy, in order to respond to the requirements of an increasingly technological, changing and uncertain society. The research is in line with other studies that emphasise the importance of an educational transformation that advocates for competency learning, the combination of learning environments, collaborative work and the integration of ICT in the classroom.

The thesis defense took place in the headquarters of the Avinguda Tibidabo of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). The candidate Monguillot has obtained the degree of Doctor in Education and ICT (e-learning) with a Cum laude mention.

The thesis has been introduced to the TDX repository, you can check it through the following URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/404673