2020 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

92 2020 Yearbook Dr. Denise Vaillant (Colombia) Dean and Director of the Doctoral Program in Education. She participated in the discussion “Teacher Training for 21st-Century Skills” as part of the webinar series “Education in Times of Emergency” organized by the University of the Andes and the Colombian Ministry of Education on August 19. Dr. Andrea Tejera (Colombia) Academic Coordinator of the Master’s in Educational Management. She delivered the virtual lecture “Institutional and Personal Changes That Will Remain After This Pandemic: Crisis and Perspectives on the Future,” together with Dr. Màrcia Lopes Reis, professor at the Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brazil), and Dr. Marisa Montesano, researcher at the Research Directorate of the Inter-American University of Panama, as part of International Week: Brazil 2020, an event organized by the Rafael Núñez University Corporation of Cartagena, August 29. Mag. Liliana Jabif (Costa Rica), Academic Coordinator of the Center for Continuing Education in Higher Education. She led the workshops “Pedagogical training for university professors: premises for the development and success of a training program” and “A proposal for renewed training for UCR (University of Costa Rica) professors,” aimed at the technical team of the Office of Teacher Training at the UCR Faculty of Education, San José, March 10–13 and March 19, respectively. Mag. Andrea Tejera (Costa Rica) Academic Coordinator of the Master’s in Educational Management. She participated in the roundtable “Latin America: Opportunities for Equity in Higher Education” at the 2nd Congress “Reflection on Knowledge and Practices in Guidance and Attention to Diversity: Equity in Higher Education,” organized by the University of Costa Rica and the Costa Rican node of the Regional Observatory for Quality and Equity in Higher Education (Oracle), September 17 and 18. Dr. Denise Vaillant (Spain) Dean and Director of the Doctoral Program in Education. She participated as a speaker in the EduCaixa Talks Methodologies webinar: Collaborative Learning, where she reflected on effective strategies for designing and implementing effective collaborative learning proposals, November 11. Dr. Denise Vaillant (United States) Dean and Director of the Doctoral Program in Education. She participated in the Working Group on Technology and Innovation in Education, “The Use of Technology to Innovate Teaching Practice,” organized by The Dialogue Leadership for the Americas, where she discussed with leading international researchers and academics the role of technology in teacher professional development and in communities of practice, December 8. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2020