EDUCON 2020: a commitment to a multicultural and smart world
The eMadrid network will be, once again, part of EDUCON (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference). This year, it will take place on 27, 28, 29 and 30 of April ONLINE, due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Last year, the conference was held in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The guiding thread of EDUCON 2020 will be «Engineering Education for the Future in a Multicultural and Smart World». Manuel Castro (Full Professor at UNED and IEEE Fellow) and Edmundo Tovar (Professor at UPM) are members of the Steering Committee. Moreover, Carlos Delgado Kloos (Full Professor at UC3M and eMadrid network coordinator) and Sergio Martín (Professor at UNED) have a seat on the Scientific Committee.
EDUCON has become an unmissable event for professors, researchers and other professionals. We are talking about a fórum, sponsored by IEEE Education Society, which is considered the the largest reference in education in the IEEE 8 Region (Europe, Middle East and North Africa). For many people, its the perfect place for collaboration and Exchange of ideas on engineering teaching and learning around the world.
eMadrid network session at EDUCON 2020 will take place on April, 30 at 9:00 am (10:00 am Madrid time):
- «Making Educational Technology Invisible». Carlos Delgado Kloos, Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Pedro J. Muñoz Merino, Mª Blanca Ibáñez, Carmen Fernández-Panadero, Iria Estévez-Ayres (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).
- «EntreCom4LL MODEL to sustain the entrepreneurship competence needs». Edmundo Tovar Caro, Bernardo Tabuenca (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) y Nelson Piedra (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador).
- «Computational Thinking Test for Beginners: Design and Content Validation». María Zapata-Cáceres, Estefanía Martín-Barroso (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) y Marcos Román-González (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia UNED).
- «Can e-book technology be enough to support e-learning?». Martin Takev (University of Plovdiv ), Miguel Rodríguez-Artacho (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia UNED), Elena Somova (University of Plovdiv), Manuel Castro Gil y Sergio Martín (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia UNED).
More info about eMadrid network at EDUCON 2020 here