University change is inevitable. Progress and innovation is a choice

February 2, 2024
Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Innovation, Lifelong Learning, Philosophy, University

The future of universities is closely linked to their capacity to change and innovate and their internal coexistence. To remain in the same place, you must keep moving; otherwise, you will get left behind. However, higher education has shifted many times to and from positions based on individuals who learn and advance to corporate structures that […]

September 10, 2023
Distance Education, Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Online Ed, Open Learning

Rereading some of my works from decades ago, I read with anguish that the world has changed, not universities or education. We have replaced the blackboard and chalk with LCD screens, PowerPoint presentations, virtual toys, or sophisticated ways to plagiarize with ChatGPT. We make assumptions with Artificial Intelligence, but genuine education, with valuable exceptions, remains […]

June 24, 2023
AI, EdTech, Education, Educational Theory, Humanism, Learning, Liberal Arts, Philosophy, science, Technology

The segmentation of fields of knowledge has led to the fragmentation of language, producing a generation of professional people incapable of communicating between one branch of knowledge and another and, increasingly, between the cultures of science and the humanities. The false dichotomy between formative education in the sciences and the arts requires a radical change […]

April 12, 2023
Education, Ethics, Faculty, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Staff, Student, University Culture

Much of the crisis in the quality of university education has this dichotomy as its background: the crisis of the relationship between the person who teaches and the person who learns. A university where professors and students must foremost be lifelong learners; and where the study programs are designed, modified, and transmitted daily based on […]

December 12, 2022
distance learning, e-Learning, EdTech, Education, Educational Philosophy, Online Ed, open education

Open education consists of the reason and essence for education, as it would be inadequate to contrast the term open education with closed education. It would be impossible to understand any type of closed education. The concept of open education embraces all types of true education and guides it in four directions: open to all populations, […]

January 24, 2022
Education, Educational Philosophy, Emotional Intelligence, Intercultural, Learning, Psychology, Social Skills

Let me share with you on the International Day of Education some thoughtful ideas about the psychological, social, and cultural nature of education in a few paragraphs, extending them to education professionals, teachers, mentors and professors. How we should instill in their teaching profession the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that are related to the affective […]

December 20, 2021
Accountability, EdTech, Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, HigherEd Management

Among all the social forces that are intervening in the development of the education systems is the productive sector of the economy, which has a direct impact on the labor market. However, this sector has failed to forecast the type of jobs and professions that it will need in the medium and long-term (and many […]

November 9, 2021
Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, HigherEd Theory & Praxis, University Policy

The backdrop to many university crises has been precisely these dichotomies: the crisis of the relationship between the individual who teaches and the individual who learns, between the member of the ‘academic ethos’ and the member of the ‘social ethos’ and also between the individual who teaches and the one who administers. The academic ethos […]

July 19, 2021
Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Learning, Lifelong Learning, Social Philosophy, University

«In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.» Recently, during an education conference, I referenced a passage from the beautiful and profound story of Alice in Wonderland. One of the characters of the story, the […]

May 11, 2021
Aesthetics, Art, Education, Educational Philosophy, Essay, Ethics, Humanities, Psychology, Social Philosophy

We do not want for art to remain a forbidden garden for a fortunate few, because we know that the absence of art in our lives dims our creative and cognitive abilities, and silences the voice of our souls. Both, sciences and arts, are creative dimensions for human development, change and innovation. As professionals of […]