2019 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

161 LECTURES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2019 Simone Polenta, Eng. (Italy) Specialist in product application training for the lighting company iGuzzini. He delivered the lecture “Digital Technology for Lighting Works of Art from the Past,” on November 7. Dr. Soledad García Ferrari (United Kingdom) Professor of Architectural Design at the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Edinburgh. She held a meeting with Architect Gastón Boero, dean of the School of Architecture, Architect Paula Cardellino, a faculty member and researcher, Architect Federico Bervejillo, Professor of Urban Planning, Environment, and Landscape, and representatives of the Florida Municipal Government, led by its mayor, Carlos Enciso, to discuss forms of cooperation between the faculty and the municipal government, April 1. Institute of Education Dr. Carina Lion (Argentina) Adjunct Professor of Educational Technology at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She taught the Doctoral Seminar for the Doctorate in Education on February 25 and 26. Dr. Gabriela Augustowsky (Argentina) Graduate professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She taught the course “Theories of Teaching” for the Master’s in Education and the Center for Continuing Education in Higher Education (CAES), May 2 and 16. Hugo Labate (Argentina) National Director of Pedagogical Coordination at the Ministry of Education and Sports of Argentina. He taught the course “Evaluation of Training Programs and Projects” in the Master’s in Training of Trainers, on May 13. Dr. Jason Beech (Argentina) Director of the Doctorate in Education and the Center for Pedagogical Innovation at the University of San Andrés. He taught the course Contemporary Educational Issues for the Master’s in Education, July 1–3, and the Ongoing Thesis Workshop for the Doctorate in Education, July 29–30. Simone Polenta, Engineer