- August 13, 2024
- AI, Digital Education, EdTech, Educational Philosophy, Innovation, Learning, Lifelong Learning, Psychology
We are at the very early stage of a significant learning revolution. AI is just the beginning of it, and we are responsible for giving future generations a much better world than what we have today. However, technology artifacts such as AI are only instrumental toys for the human playground. Our human brain and our […]
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 […]
Educación afectiva: alas para el viaje del futuro
- January 14, 2024
- Aprendizaje Cultural, Educación, Education, Ensayo, Ética, Filosofía de la Educación, Futuro, Lifelong Learning, Política educativa, Psicología
En cualquier examen del futuro, deberíamos preguntarnos antes que nada, no tanto hacia dónde va la educación, sino más bien hacia dónde debería ir. En el fondo debemos pensar en forma dialéctica entre el ser y el deber ser. Veamos a vuelo de pájaro dónde estamos y hacia dónde podríamos ir. Muy a pesar de […]
The Academic and Administrative Ethnocentrism of the Contemporary University
- 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 […]
Learning Forever: Deconstructing Current Education
- March 1, 2023
- distance learning, EdTech, Educational Philosophy, Learning, Lifelong Learning, Psychology
The education system will rediscover its true role of serving the individual, helping to educate people in mastering cognitive skills and the ability to think, developing a critical awareness of reality, developing affective domains, and cooperating with others around them. Information will no longer take pride of place in this system since it can be […]
Alegoría del río: La necesidad de educar para el cambio permanente
Aprender para el futuro no sólo es estar al día, no sólo es acumular conocimientos, es aprender a cambiar, aprender a pensar, aprender a escuchar, aprender a cuidar, aprender a compartir, aprender a crecer, aprender a seguir aprendiendo, aprender a llegar al itinerario bajo del río de la vida, es aprender a morir. Es en […]
El fuego de Prometeo y la antorcha del conocimiento
- September 23, 2021
- Cambio social, Educación, Education, Ensayo, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Psychology, Universidad
Un día los dogmas que siguen encadenando al ser humano se disolverán frente a una conciencia tan inundada de luz que será capaz de hacerse una con el sol, y esta conciencia arribará a esas playas ideales donde residen la dignidad y libertad humanas. Elisseus Elitis. Discurso de aceptación del Premio Nobel de Literatura 1979 […]
Aprendices de por vida
«Los que están aprendiendo heredarán el futuro. Los que ya han aprendido se encontrarán equipados para vivir en un mundo que ya no existe» En el ámbito de un congreso de educación, hacía unas reflexiones con un pasaje de ese bello y profundo cuento de Alicia en el país de las Maravillas. Como todos saben, hay […]
Lifelong Learners
- 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, in the context of an education conference, I referenced a passage from the beautiful and profound story of Alice in Wonderland. One of the characters of […]
From Terminal Degrees In Higher Education To Lifelong Learning
- April 1, 2014
- Essay, Higher Education, Learning, Lifelong Learning, Social Philosophy, University, University Policy
The most relevant and controversial issue facing the university is one of its «raisons d’être»: formation, the teaching-learning process. The English word ‘formation’ – among other meanings – indicates ‘the act or process of forming’ or ‘the shaping or developing of something’. The word ‘formative’ means ‘having influence in forming or developing’. Similarly, I use the term […]