EDUTOOLS MEMBERS:

EDUTOOLS is made up of a number of teachers and researchers linked to different university centres throughout Spain.

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Estefanía Gómez Muñoz

Research Support Technician | Dpto de Didáctica General, Específicas y Tª de la Educación | University of León

Estefanía Gómez Muñoz

Research Support Technician | Dpto de Didáctica General, Específicas y Tª de la Educación | University of León

Research support technician at the Edutools University Educational Research Group, attached to the University of León. Graduate in Sociology from the University of Salamanca, and currently studying for a Master's Degree in Research in Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of León. She is part of an educational research project on advising educational inspection in the implementation of innovative educational practices in the field of scientific competence (STEM) in schools in Castilla y León. Its main lines of research have to do with the analysis of the situation of educational inspection in relation to the functions of advice and evaluation to the centres and the analysis of the situation of STEM competences at present in the centres of Castilla y León.

Email:egomm@unileon.es

Luis Matosas López

Dpt. of Financial Economics and Accounting | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Luis Matosas López

Dpt. of Financial Economics and Accounting | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Luis Matosas López's teaching activity focuses on the development of ICT skills for management in different areas of the social sciences, in general, and business, in particular. In the teaching field, Luis Matosas López has 3 triennia of the DOCENTIA programme evaluated positively (Fundación del Conocimiento Madri+d); the last two obtained with a rating of Excellent. In this area, several teaching innovation projects also stand out; framed within initiatives linked to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Luis Matosas López has produced more than 30 highly relevant publications. All of them related to the implications of the use of technology in the management of public and private organisations. He has also participated in more than 40 international conferences. His research output was used to achieve, in 2020, the recognition of his first SEXENIO of research. This recognition is the result of the evaluation of the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNEAI) of ANECA. Luis Matosas López also collaborates as a member of scientific committees in different international congresses and as a reviewer and member of the editorial team of many journals indexed in JCR (Journal Citations Reports) and SJR (SCImago Journal Rank). In the research field, it is also worth mentioning his participation in several regional, national and international projects obtained in competitive calls.

Email:luis.matosas@urjc.es

Mario Pena Garrido

Dept. of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education II | National University of Distance Education (UNED)

Mario Pena Garrido

Dept. of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education II | National University of Distance Education (UNED)

Mario Pena Garrido is a Doctor of the UNED (Extraordinary Doctorate Award). He began his university studies at the associated centre of the UNED in Talavera de la Reina, where he studied the first three years of Psychology. He later graduated in Psychopedagogy from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Extraordinary End of Degree Award). She later obtained a pre-doctoral scholarship from the UNED, under the direction of Elvira Repetto, in the MIDE II department (OEDIP) of the Faculty of Education.

In relation to her research merits, she has received the positive evaluation of 2 research sections/sexenios, by the CNEAI. Her research has focused mainly on the area of emotional competences and their relationship with well-being variables in the educational environment, both for teachers and students. He has published a total of 7 books/chapters and 40 articles in journals with impact indexes. He has directed as principal investigator a project funded by the Royal Board on Disability (Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality); on the other hand, he has actively participated in several national research projects and R&D projects related to the development of socio-emotional competences; and the EVEMETS study (Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Methodology Based on the Use of Tablets), funded by Snappet España S. L. He is a member of the inter-university group of the Spanish Ministry of Education, funded by Snappet España S. L. He is also a member of the Spanish Ministry of Education.L. He is a member of the inter-university educational research group Edutools (University of León), and of the inter-university group Positive personal resources, well-being and health in applied contexts (University of Málaga). He has been evaluator of two projects of the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Promotion of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of Argentina (2012 and 2018). Finally, he has been a member of numerous organising and scientific committees, including the presidency of the organising committee of the V National Congress on University and Disability: Accessible Technologies in Education.

He has taught first and second cycle, undergraduate, Master's and PhD courses; he has also collaborated as a lecturer in the International Master's Degree in Specialised Teacher Training in Ecuador, teaching two subjects and forming part of the TFM defence tribunals. She has directed two collaboration grants from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (2014-2015 and 2017-2018), within the subject Diagnosis and Guidance of people with special educational needs (Degree in Pedagogy). On the other hand, she has participated in teaching innovation projects within the UNED. In addition, she has taken numerous training courses on the methodology of distance learning within the Teacher Training Plan for its adaptation to the methodologies of the European space. Likewise, in 2009, she did a pre-doctoral stay in the Laboratory of Emotions at the University of Malaga, under the direction of Professor Pablo Fernández-Berrocal, a pioneer in our country in research on emotional intelligence. In 2013 he obtained a study leave to move to the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Malaga to work with the now Professor Natalio Extremera, one of the international leaders in the field of emotional competences. He has directed numerous summer courses at the UNED, including those given for several consecutive years in prisons throughout Spain. He is currently directing several doctoral theses.

He has held various single-person university management positions from 2007 to the present: Assistant Secretary of the Faculty of Education; Director of the Centre for the Care of University Students with Disabilities of the UNED (UNIDIS); Coordinator of the Practicum of the University Master's Degree in Teacher Training for Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Language Teaching; and Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Vocational Guidance; Vice-Rector of Lifelong Learning for Professional Performance and Social Development; and Deputy Director of the Centre associated with the UNED in Madrid.

Email:mpena@edu.uned.es

Patricia Sanz Chumillas

Technician specialising in responsible production and consumption | Dpt. of General and Specific Didactics and Theory of Education | University of León

Patricia Sanz Chumillas

Technician specialising in responsible production and consumption | Dpt. of General and Specific Didactics and Theory of Education | University of León

Technician specialising in responsible production and consumption at the Edutools University Educational Research Group. Graduate in Environmental Sciences, and with a Master's degree in Natural Risks both from the University of León. Her main line of research focuses on Public Universities, aligned with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, so that they move towards a future where sustainability, ecological transition and responsible consumption and production are cornerstones of their strategy.

Email:psanc@unileon.es

José Manuel Suárez Riveiro

Dept. of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education II | National University of Distance Education (UNED)

José Manuel Suárez Riveiro

Dept. of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education II | National University of Distance Education (UNED)

Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education II (Educational Guidance, Diagnosis and Psychopedagogical Intervention)

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

University Professor and Doctor in Psychopedagogy. Professor in the Faculty of Education of the UNED, developing his teaching and research activity in the MIDE II Department (OEDIP), of which he is currently director. His lines of research revolve around academic motivation, self-regulated learning (SRL) and learning strategies, as well as specific educational support needs (SEN). He has written numerous research articles, books and book chapters. His research activity has been positively evaluated with four sexenios of research.

Email:jmsuarez@edu.uned.es

Belén Sola Pizarro

Dpt. of General and Specific Didactics and Theory of Education | University of León

Belén Sola Pizarro

Dpt. of General and Specific Didactics and Theory of Education | University of León

Researcher and cultural producer between contemporary artistic practices, experimental ethnography and critical pedagogies. Graduate in Art History from the University of Valladolid, Master in Anthropological Research from the UNED and PhD in the Department of General and Specific Didactics and Theory of Education at the University of León. Between 2004 and 2020 she was head of the Department of Education and Cultural Action at MUSAC. Since 2016 she has founded and co-directed with the artist Chus Domínguez the Laboratorio de Antropología Audiovisual Experimental (LAAV_), a transdisciplinary space for research and creation with communities. Since 2021 he coordinates the area of Didactics of Plastic Expression of the Department of General and Specific Didactics and Theory of Education of the Faculty of Education of León. His publications include the books "Experiencias de aprendizaje con el arte actual en las políticas de la diversidad" (2010), which covers the first five years of MUSAC's educational project, and "Exponer o exponerse: la educación en museos como producción cultural crítica" (2019), which recounts the research and experiences set in motion in MUSAC's Education Department between 2012 and 2020, in an attempt to reflect on a new model of critical education that involves the re-signification of the museum space and the vindication of the notion of cultural democracy for which he advocates. Her main line of research deals with collaborative artistic practices and the relationships between these and altered, subordinated or marginalised groups, using artistic practice as a tool for critical thinking and self-representation of people.

Email:msolp@unileon.es

Rosa Eva Valle Flórez

Dpt. of General and Specific Didactics and Theory of Education | University of León

Rosa Eva Valle Flórez

Dpt. of General and Specific Didactics and Theory of Education | University of León

Dean of Students and Mobility of the Faculty of Education at the University of León. Member of Grupo Interuniversitario de Investigación Educativa Edutools, she carries out her professional work within the Department of General and Specific Didactics and Theory of Education at the University of León.

His research activity has been positively valued with two research periods (sexenios) by the CNEAI..

Email:revalf@unileon.es

José Luis Vázquez Fernández

Associate Professor | Dept. of General and Specific Didactics and Educational Theory | University of León.

José Luis Vázquez Fernández

Associate Professor | Dept. of General and Specific Didactics and Educational Theory | University of León.

José Luis Vázquez Fernández, headmaster of a public school dependent on the Regional Ministry of Education of the Regional Government of Castile and León. Professional experience of 37 years in teaching and 23 years in the management of educational centres. Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education of the University of León since the 2015/2016 academic year. Member of the Inter-University Educational Research Group Edutools. As a University Expert in Educational Computing (UNED qualification) and University Specialist in Educational Computing (qualification issued by the UNED), he has focused his teaching in these areas. He has also been a speaker in teacher training courses. His main line of research is related to the integration of ICT in the Primary School curriculum.

Email:jvazf@unileon.es

Ismael Vieira

PhD student, University of León | Senior Technician Specialist in Educational Innovation | ISCAP/Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)

Ismael Vieira

PhD student, University of León | Senior Technician Specialist in Educational Innovation | ISCAP/Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)

PhD Student, University of León | Senior Specialist Technician in Educational Innovation, Support Office for Innovation in Education | ISCAP/Polytechnic University of Porto (Portugal) PhD student in Educational Psychology and Educational Sciences (Unileon). He holds a Bachelor's degree in History, a Master's degree in Educational Sciences, and a PhD in History, all from the University of Porto, and a Postdoctoral degree in History of Science from the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) at the University of Coimbra. Professionally, he is dedicated to educational innovation, heading the Support Office for Innovation in Education at the Porto Accounting and Business School of the Polytechnic University of Porto (Portugal). He works in areas such as the management of educational platforms, training organization and management, and is also a trainer and researcher. His current research interests focus on digital education, digital competencies, and online didactics. He is conducting his doctoral work under the supervision of Dr. Roberto Baelo Álvarez (Unileon) and Dr. Paula Peres (P.PORTO) on didactic models in digital education.

Email:icerqv00@estudiantes.unileon.es

Adrie J. Visscher

Full professor | University of Twente

Adrie J. Visscher

Full professor | University of Twente

I am a senior lecturer at the University of Twente. I am interested in measuring the quality of teaching in a valid way as a basis for improving it. In my research I study how teachers can be helped to optimise the quality of their classes and their impact on student learning by providing them with feedback: feedback on the characteristics of their teaching activities (e.g. based on student perceptions or classroom observations) and feedback on their impact on student performance. As this kind of information can be the starting point for improvement-oriented activities, my research also focuses on how to effectively train teachers to differentiate their teaching activities according to the different educational needs of pupils.

Email:a.j.visscher@utwente.nl

Abir Zitouni

PhD student and trainee teacher | General Didactics, Specific Didactics and Theory of Education | Universidad de León

Abir Zitouni

PhD student and trainee teacher | General Didactics, Specific Didactics and Theory of Education | Universidad de León

PhD student in Psychology and Educational Sciences and trainee lecturer at the University of León. She holds a BA in Anglo-Saxon Civilisation, Literature and Linguistics, as well as an MA in Language and Communication from the University of Mostaganem (Algeria). She joined the University of León in 2022 to pursue her PhD under the supervision of Dr Roberto Baelo Álvarez with the TalentUniLeón scholarship. She is a teacher of English as a foreign language with three years of experience and a member of the student co-creation group of the EURECAPRO alliance since 2022. Her research interests are linked to teaching, educational psychology and Information and Communication Technologies in education. Her PhD project focuses on the implementation of social and emotional learning in online education.

Email:azitou00@estudiantes.unileon.es

Group Code: 402
Name: EDUTOOLS: EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH GROUP
Acronym: EDUTOOLS
Principal Investigator: ROBERTO BAELO ÁLVAREZ (ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-6739)

Date of Recognition: 25/05/2017
Keywords:
Learning, Competences, Professional Skills, Education, Teaching, Educational Equity, Training, Knowledge Management, Behavioural Incentives, Educational Innovation, Research, Teaching Methodologies, Guidance, Technology, Information and Communication Technologies Learning, Competences, Professional Skills, Education, Teaching, Educational Equity, Training, Knowledge Management, Behaviour Incentives, Innovation, Research, Teaching Methodologies, Guidance, Technology, Information and Communication Technologies

About us

EDUTOOLS MEMBERS:

Beatriz Álvarez Campos

Roberto Baelo

Néstor Briceño Estepa

Isabel Cantón Mayo

Ruth Cañón Rodríguez

Daniela C. Orozco

Paula García Llamas

Sheila García Martín

Mario Grande Prado

Estefanía Gómez Muñoz

Luis Matosas López

Mario Pena Garrido

Patricia Sanz Chumillas

José Manuel Suárez Riveiro

Belén Sola Pizarro

Rosa Eva Valle Flórez

José Luis Vázquez Fernández

Ismael Vieira

Adrie J. Visscher

Abir Zitouni

Roberto Baelo