2012 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

109 Universidad ORT Uruguay AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2012 Dr. Massimiliano Dell'Anna (Italy) President of the Scuola Edile della Provincia di Lecce. He gave an open lecture on sustainable construction for students in the Bioclimatic Architecture for Energy Efficiency course on November 13. Jorge Silva (Mexico) Photographer specializing in documenting architectural works. He gave the lecture “Architectural Photography for Today’s Architect,” March 12. Dr. Roine Leiringer (Sweden) Reader in Construction Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology. He conducted an academic visit as part of a cooperation project between the School of Architecture and Chalmers University of Technology aimed at developing research lines related to the Ceibal Plan and the design of educational buildings, February 23 to March 11. Institute of Education Gabriela Augustowsky, B.A. (Argentina), Academic Secretary of the Master’s Program in Didactics at the University of Buenos Aires. She taught the course “Theories of Teaching” in the Master’s in Education program on April 26 and May 10; she served as an external member on the thesis defense committees for the Master’s in Education program on June 5 and 6; taught the seminar “Theories of Teaching” organized by the Center for Higher Education Development, October 18 and November 8; taught the module “Cultural Heritage and Teaching. Best Practices and Projects in Action” for the Certificate in Heritage, Cultural Tourism, and Education, November 9. Dr. Carina Lion (Argentina) Director of the Center for Innovation in Technology and Pedagogy at the University of Buenos Aires. Taught the course Innovation and Educational Change in the Master’s in Education program, July 12; led the seminar “Educational Technology in Higher Education” alongside Mag. Wellington Mazzotti, organized by the Center for the Advancement of Higher Education (CAES), August 17; taught the seminar “Innovation and Educational Change” organized by the Center for the Advancement of Higher Education, November 23 and 30. Mag. Flavia Terigi (Argentina) Full Professor in the Department of Genetic Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires. She led the seminar “Contemporary Issues in Teaching” in the Master’s in Education program, July 9–11.