2019 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

103 Dr. Denise Vaillant Institute of Education (Argentina) Academic Secretary of the Institute of Education. She participated in the first workshop of the Coalition for Teaching Excellence in Latin America, organized by the Varkey Foundation and the Inter-American Dialogue, at the Cultural Center of OEI Argentina (Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science, and Culture), Buenos Aires, February 7–8. She also participated in the presentation of the Varkey Foundation’s Leadership and Educational Innovation Program, an initiative aimed at providing new tools and enhancing the capabilities of school principals and teachers, in Buenos Aires on June 26. Furthermore, she participated in the 14th National Political Science Congress, titled “Politics in Uncertainty. Global Reorganizations, Domestic Realignments, and the Question of Transparency,” organized by the Argentine Society for Political Analysis, where she was part of the panel “Public Policies on Teacher Professionalization in a Comparative Context,” held at the National University of San Martín, Buenos Aires, July 17–20. Mag. Andrea Tejera (Brazil) Academic Coordinator of the Master’s in Educational Management. She presented the papers “Digital Inclusion for Deep Learning in Teacher Education: A Multiple Case Study in Uruguay and Chile” 29 and “Quality Assessment for Equity in Higher Education: Results for the Case of ORT University Uruguay” 30 at the 9th FORGES Conference (Forum on Higher Education Management in Portuguese-Speaking Countries and Regions), held at the University of Brasília from November 20 to 22. He also delivered the opening address at the 12th International Meeting on Teacher Education and Supervised Curricular Practice, titled “Training and Transformation in a Collaborative Context,” which took place at the Federal University of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, November 26–29. She also presented the research project “Networks and Digital Inclusion,” one of the projects selected in December 2018 by the Sectoral Education Fund, Digital Inclusion category, in Minas Gerais, from November 26 to 29. 29 Conducted in collaboration with Dr. Claudia Cabrera Borges, professor and graduate advisor at the Institute of Education; Dr. Mariela Questa-Torterolo, professor and graduate advisor at the Institute of Education; and Prof. Dora Sajevicius, graduate professor at the Institute of Education. 30 Conducted in collaboration with Dr. Claudia Cabrera Borges and Dr. Mariela Questa-Torterolo, professors and graduate advisors at the Institute of Education. Dr. Denise Vaillant Mag. Andrea Tejera ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2019