Under the form of an online seminar, some 200 education professionals from all over the country met to share experiences in the use of technologies in education.

In a conference called “Good practices in the use of technologies in Science Education”, the Laboratory of Research and Technological Innovation for Science Education - LIITEC-ULS brought together an expert audience eager to learn collaboratively about the use of technologies in science teaching, a topic that has been the reason for the ULS laboratory since its inception in 2018.

Almost 200 people, including teachers of all educational levels and managers, worked online, motivated to tell their cases and learn from the work of colleagues who, like them, integrate technology to improve learning processes.

LIITEC-ULS and its commitment to co-creation

The developments of LIITEC-ULS have allowed the generation of numerous instances to collaborate in the improvement of science teaching, collecting the needs that emerge in the classroom and that constitute one of the fundamental inputs for the development and subsequent use of technology.

“For the LIITEC-ULS team, the path of co-creation has been especially revealing and that is why this dissemination effort followed the same logic: work among peers, which constitute communities of work and learning, in which successes are shared. and difficulties, seeking to accelerate the journey towards the success of technological innovation in education thanks to shared knowledge that strengthens capabilities through constant feedback,” said Francisco López.

During the activity, relevant researchers from the area of ​​didactics applied to science participated, but the tone of the presentations was that of a dialogue between peers. In this scheme, LIITEC-ULS acts as a catalyst for experiences and an articulator that guides and facilitates the learning of teachers who, ultimately, are the ones who are infected with the enthusiasm and rigor required to implement technological innovation for teaching.

192 people participated in the activity, 80 of them basic and secondary education teachers, early childhood educators and special education educators, classroom assistants, PIE teams and Directors. The activity program included expert speakers and, above all, samples of concrete experiences of technological innovation for science teaching,” said the director of LIITEC-ULS, Mg. Francisco Lopez.

The almost 200 participants came from 12 regions of the country, bringing together a total of 83 institutions. 80% of them fulfilled functions in educational establishments, while the rest carry out their work in universities and government institutions such as MINEDUC, JUNJI, Integra and the Gabriel González Videla Municipal Corporation.

This last institution, represented by the Coordinator of the Communal Pedagogical Technical Unit, Viviana Rivera, highlighted the contribution of the work with the laboratory: “for us as a corporation it is an opportunity to strengthen the alliance that exists between both corporations through LIITEC-ULS […] Having this type of training for teachers has been very important, especially this year that has been so different from the others; The idea has been to provide tools to teachers to face this scenario, develop XNUMXst century skills and for the pedagogical technical unit to work in an interdisciplinary manner has helped teachers who have managed to be protagonists of their schools by supporting projects that are in favor of these skills.”

Written by DirCom