2011 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

87 Universidad ORT Uruguay AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2011 Institute of Education Gabriela Augustowsky, B.A. (Argentina) Professor and researcher in the Master’s Program in Didactics at the University of Buenos Aires. Activity: taught the course “Theories of Teaching” as part of the Master’s and Diploma in Education programs on June 2, 3, and 16; served as an external member of the thesis defense committees for the Master’s in Education on June 15 and 16 and November 10; taught the first and second parts of the course “Theories of Teaching” as part of the courses offered by the Center for Continuing Education in Higher Education, October 28 and November 11. Dr. Carina Lion (Argentina) Professor of Educational Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires. Activity: taught the seminar “Contemporary Educational Problems” for the Master’s and Diploma in Education programs, July 5–7; taught the course “Innovation and Educational Change” for the Master’s and Diploma in Education programs, August 11, November 25, and December 9; taught the course “Educational Technology in Higher Education” together with Mag. Wellington Mazzotti, as part of the courses offered by the Center for Continuing Education in Higher Education, on August 12, 19, and 26. Flavia Terigi, B.A. (Argentina) Full Professor of the Department of Genetic Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires. Activity: taught the seminar “Contemporary Issues in Teaching” in the Master’s in Education program, July 4–6. Lic. Inés Aguerrondo (Argentina) Professor of Educational Policy and Planning at the Universidad Nacional General San Martín and the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Researcher at the International Institute for Educational Planning – UNESCO. Activity: taught classes in the course Strategic Planning in Educational Management for the Master’s in Educational Management and the Diploma in Educational Planning and Management, July 11 and 12. Lic. Teresa Lugo (Argentina) Coordinator of ICT and Education Projects at the International Institute for Educational Planning – UNESCO. Activity: Taught a class on Strategic Planning in Educational Management for the Master’s in Educational Management and the Diploma in Educational Planning and Management, July 7 and 8. Prof. Hugo Malajovich (Brazil) Director of the ORT Technological Institute, Rio de Janeiro. Activity: Delivered the lecture “Secondary School Management in the Context of Science, Technology, Society, and the Environment,” August 22. Dr. Joaquín Gairín (Spain) Professor in the Department of Applied Pedagogy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Activity: led the seminar “Knowledge Management in Educational Institutions,” July 10 and 11.