«Innovate for a more human future: impacts on higher education»
Ainara ZubillagaCOTEC Foundation, Spain
Abstract
The digitalization and development of the 4.0 environment involves a series of transformations in different fields -social, labour, human, etc.- with important effects on the educational context and on higher education institutions. What’s the new role of universities in a digital environment? How should the education system respond? New skills, new capabilities, new content, new professional profiles….. This talk proposes an open and shared reflection on the impact that the future 4.0 will have on the role of the university, the training of students and the creation of knowledge.
Bio
Ainara Zubillaga del Río is director of Education and Training at Cotec Foundation for Innovation. She has developed her professional career in different university institutions as a teacher, researcher and manager. At Camilo José Cela University she directed the Educational Innovation Unit and the vice-rectorate of Innovation. Doctor in Education Sciences from the Complutense, her research focuses on educational innovation, teacher training and the didactic use of technology in inclusive learning environments. Currently, her research work is focused on Universal Design for Learning. Member of the national network REDUNI+D (University Network for Educational Research and Innovation), and incluD-ED (European Network for Inclusive Education and Disability), she is part of the research team INDUCT (Inclusion, Universal Design, Cooperation and Technology) of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where she works as associate professor.
