2020 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

135 CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2020 Dr. Carina Lion (Argentina) Adjunct Professor of Educational Technology at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires. Participated via videoconference in the defense of Martín Rebour’s doctoral thesis, titled “Teachers’ Beliefs, Pedagogical Use of Technologies, and Initial Teacher Training,” as an external member of the examining committee, December 17. Dr. Ana Maria de Albuquerque (Brazil) Adjunct Professor in the Department of Planning and Administration at the Faculty of Education, University of Brasília. Participated as a member of the committee in the thesis defenses for the Master’s in Educational Management, June 8–11. Dr. Jesús Manso (Spain) Professor in the Department of Pedagogy at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Participated via videoconference in the defense of María Cristina Rodríguez Cartagena’s doctoral thesis, titled Teacher Training for the Development of Inclusive Practices with Students with Learning Difficulties in Secondary School Classrooms in Uruguay. A perspective from the initial training provided by the 2008 Plan and the effective professional performance of its novice teachers, for the award of the Doctor of Education degree, in his capacity as thesis advisor, November 12. Defense of the doctoral thesis by María Cristina Rodríguez Cartagena