University Education Workshop ?Innovate in a simple and fruitful way?

The 7th and 8th of November give rise to the University Education Workshop ?Innovate in a simple and fruitful way? which is developed in a hybrid way, with attendance at the University of Costa Rica, which has the objective of publicizing various experiences that invite reflection on the academic processes of the member universities of the Central American Higher University Council.

With the words of Felipe Alpízar, Vice Chancellor of Teaching opened the workshop, offering a welcome to the facilities of the University of Costa Rica, for all those teachers who are in person at the workshop and offered a warm greeting to the authorities and teachers who meet virtually.

Within the opening remarks, Gabriela Valverde, representative of the Vice-Rector for Teaching at the University of Costa Rica, expressed: ?Innovate is a word that is often given a meaning focused on technology, when we can really innovate from different perspectives, how do you do it and come to share with us in this workshop, one of the most valuable expected contributions of this activity, that you can build contributions in community?

For his part, Francisco Alarcón, Deputy Secretary General, stated ?I congratulate you for going that extra mile, for innovating in the teaching methods that you share in teaching, simple innovations to be realistic and at the same time sustainable, aimed at contributing significantly to didactics, aimed at developing skills such as critical thinking, the possibility of solving problems, creativity, responsibility, moral and ethical training, leadership, entrepreneurship, among others, human skills that are needed today more than ever at the time of automation?

Also, Iris Danowski, representative of the Conference of Rectors of Germany -HRK- explained ?Scientific knowledge, personal development and social commitment are objectives of university education, therefore, the study houses have to be attentive to the new challenges and new needs with a commitment to quality and constant growth, the impact on the processes is imminent, it is essential to continue developing and updating university teaching processes, to open a space for innovation and strengthen the academic processes of students?

While Carlos Alvarado Cerezo, Secretary General of CSUCA, made the reflection ?Today public universities live in a new reality, a situation that forces us to generate new skills, without a doubt we face important challenges, but integrating work will help us to meet these goals through the construction of tools that allow us to find answers and propose solutions in the short and medium term for our societies?

The methodology of the workshop consists of being able to present the projects that each of the teachers has worked on, with the purpose of being able to offer the different innovation processes and that other teachers can join in making use of these innovative methodologies within the different universities and the time to find joint mechanisms to develop inter-university innovation processes.