Digital Campus will implement four diploma courses starting in 2019

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The digital initiative, which already has the approval of the Board of Directors and included in the program offering of the Postgraduate and Postgraduate Directorate, will be launched starting in 2019. Two of them will be under the b-learning modality and two in e-learning mode.

The University of La Serena and its Digital Campus unit are working on four Diploma Courses that have already been approved for implementation. This initiative is added to the training courses and undergraduate programs already carried out and will function as a complement for those who wish to expand their knowledge in the different areas on which each of them will focus. Specifically, the four Diplomas offered are “Diploma in University Education for Health Sciences” “Diploma in Teaching for Technical Vocational Training”, “Diploma in Didactics of Social Sciences” and “Diploma in Digital Marketing”. These Diplomas will be available at university.userena.digital.

Humberto Farías, head of Campus Digital, highlighted the importance of the diplomas at the University and the way in which it has worked to generate them, pointing out that these programs “are a new stage in the growth process of the University of La Serena in education to distance and continuous training, which began with the creation of the Digital Campus. We currently have one of the most modern platforms in the country, and we have already digitized subjects and electives for undergraduate students, as well as training courses, among other milestones. The above, added to a multidisciplinary team of professionals, allows us to launch this new offer of distance training programs within a framework of quality service."

For her part, Yanett Leiva, instructional designer of Campus Digital, indicated that “the University of La Serena, in accordance with the new social and economic context of the country and the world, in which Information and Communication technologies have become a tool that covers a large number of needs, makes continuous training programs available in e-learning (100% online) and b-learning (50% online and 50% in-person) modalities for development and specialization in different disciplines (… ). These Diplomas have been designed in compliance with the best quality standards.”

The Diploma in University Education for Health Sciences is an educational institution that aims to provide teachers with knowledge in methodologies linked to new technologies and their implementation. The duration of this diploma is 148 hours online and 12 hours in person and will require teaching in that area.

While the Diploma in Teaching for Professional Technical Training will provide pedagogical skills for professional performance focused on the training of professional technicians. Like the previous one, it will be divided into 148 hours of online work and 12 of in-person classes.

The Diploma in Didactics of Social Sciences aims to improve teaching strategies by applying didactic principles. This Diploma will be completely online and will consist of 160 hours of work.

In the line of commerce, the Digital Marketing Diploma aims to apply new and better e-commerce techniques, aiming at a better business positioning and the use of available technological tools. Like the previous diploma, this one will last 160 hours of online work.

Dr. Cristian Ibáñez, Director of Postgraduate and Postgraduate Studies, pointed out that “the new Diplomas come to satisfy a growing need for specialization that society demands and demonstrates the usefulness that technologies provide in the service of communication and continuous learning. The Digital Campus will not only allow people to carry out their studies from their homes but will also make it possible to make the time and moment in which they wish to acquire their new knowledge more flexible.”

The Diplomas will be available from the first semester of 2019, and with this the University of La Serena will take an important step in the continuity of studies of its professionals, offering study programs appropriate to the use of new digital technologies. For more information consult through This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..