The instance is part of the actions carried out by the Integrated Management Unit of Pedagogies (UGIP) to support ULS pedagogy courses in the implementation of the renewal of their Study Plans.

One of the great commitments that the UGIP assumed through the Institutional Improvement of Pedagogies Project was to accompany the teams of each ULS pedagogy career in the implementation of their respective renewed programs, which were launched in March of 2019.

This work has been carried out by the UGIP team, who have carried out various actions to guide this process. One of these actions was to generate a self-report, with the purpose of collecting the perception of the academics who taught classes during the first semester in the courses of the renewed curriculum. Likewise, I sought to know the vision of the career coordinators and school directors themselves regarding the curricular appropriation of these programs.

“All majors have participated in the accreditation process, and one of the great challenges for our Universities is the self-regulation processes, an opportunity for majors to look at their own curriculum and the educational trajectory of their students. One of the mechanisms that have been designed within the UGIP, to support programs in self-regulating their training processes, is self-reporting, a mechanism on which we have been working today. It is the academic's own form of self-evaluation, where he says how far he feels participating in the curriculum,” explained Dr. Rodrigo Ruay, UGIP researcher.

In this context, the Curricular Implementation Monitoring Day was held with the participation of both coordinators and directors, who were able to learn about the main findings found in the work carried out in this report, data that will serve as a basis for the self-regulation mechanisms of each career. The main dimensions surveyed were related to the name of the learning outcomes; the learning environment in which the classrooms were developed; time management; and learning resources, which allowed for a survey of information on the teachers' perception regarding the development of the curriculum during the first semester.

“Not only must we be aware of all those management mechanisms that we need for curricular implementation and its achievements, but also an understanding of our own capabilities to redefine the reality within our careers, it is a need that we have always been visualizing, but We have not always had the conditions to carry it out. Curricular appropriation means, from one perspective, fully understanding all those curricular devices that will allow us to understand the curriculum, but also the improvements that we can make. And the challenge of this curricular appropriation is how we are able to identify what our careers need,” explained Dr. Sandra Álvarez, academic coordinator of the UGIP.

In this way, the conference contributed to responding to the external requirements that are currently demanded in terms of teacher training and also to the internal needs, which are focused on improving the curricular quality of their pedagogical careers.

Written by Daniela Ledezma, UGIP.

In total there were 12 participants who received recognition in each of the 5 categories of the competition, organized by the Inclusion Project 1799 of the University of La Serena.

In order to promote educational and social inclusion as a fundamental right of people with disabilities and other groups historically excluded from social and educational development, the Inclusion Project 1799 of the University of La Serena carried out the contest " Art and Inclusion of People with Disabilities and Other Excluded Groups”, aimed at the university community and which held its award ceremony last Friday, December 20, in which 12 participants were distinguished.

A total of 60 people participated in each of the 5 categories (Short Story, Photography, Micro Video, Inclusion Ideas and Poster) of the competition, works that were evaluated by a jury made up of academics and officials from the house of studies. .

According to what was indicated by the organizers, with the development of this contest the participation of students from different careers in some of the categories was achieved. “Through some artistic manifestation, it was possible to reflect on the impact of a truly inclusive culture in society, and how discrimination violates the human rights of people with disabilities and other excluded groups such as migrants, indigenous peoples, sexual diversities , people in a condition of vulnerability, etc.", they specified.

Along with the awards given to each of the winners, a diploma of recognition was delivered to each of the students who have voluntarily collaborated with Project 1799 this year.

The contest was convened by the ULS Inclusion Commission, made up of the Library team, the 1799 Project, academics, officials and students.

The conferences took place on December 12 and 13 and were organized by the Chilean Society of Mathematical Education and the Universidad Austral de Chile, Puerto Montt headquarters.

The Chilean Society of Mathematical Education and the Austral University of Chile carried out the XXIII version of the National Conference on Mathematics Education, an activity that included the participation of an academic and a student from the University of La Serena, as well as teachers from different places in the country, who were part of the various conferences, workshops, research reports and successful classroom experiences, to address and reflect on mathematics teaching-learning phenomena.

In this context, the academic of the Department of Mathematics, Diego Contreras, participated with the presentation of the classroom experience: “A didactic proposal: application of semiotic representation registers in linear algebra”, an initiative that is part of the curricular renewal of the Mining Engineering and Mechanical Engineering careers of the university.

“It is important to enhance the competencies that the new study programs focus on, which are sometimes little considered in the development of the subjects. In this particular case, we sought to place the mathematical object of systems of linear equations in a real context close to the students,” explained Professor Contreras.

Along with what was explained by the academic, the Mathematics and Computing Pedagogy student, Paulette Roco, presented the poster “The construction of origami and tessellations as a tool for the teaching-learning process of composition of isometric transformations.”

"This work is part of what was done in the subject Mathematics Education Project, where the aim was to locate a problem present in the classrooms, and through an innovative proposal, generate interest and motivation on the part of the students to generate meaningful learning," the student stated.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom

Its objective is to support entrepreneurial students from the Faculty of Engineering and ULS, who will promote and offer their products to the university community.

The FIULS 2030 Project, together with the Mentoring program, invite the entire university community to participate in the “Great Christmas Market for Entrepreneurs”, to be held on Monday, December 23, from 9:30 a.m. to 16:00 p.m., in the field of the Ignacio Domeyko Campus.

The activity will be carried out with the objective of supporting entrepreneurial students from the Faculty of Engineering and the University of La Serena, who will promote and offer their products to the university community.

Written by María José Barraza, FIULS 2030 Project

During the visit, both authorities discussed the work carried out by the university in the area of ​​science, teaching and innovation.

The Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, received a visit from the new Seremi of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation of the Macro Central Zone, Dr. María José Escobar, where both authorities discussed the work that seeks to implement the Seremía within the Coquimbo Region, in addition to the work that the study house has developed, focused on science, technology and innovation and its impact on the territory.

Present at the meeting were the Academic Vice-Rector, Dr. Alejandra Torrejón; the Vice-Rector for Research and Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Eduardo Notte; the Director of Postgraduate and Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Cristian Ibáñez; the Director of Research and Development, Dr. Sergio Torres; the Coordinator of the Office of Dissemination and Dissemination of Science and Technology, Mg. Alejandra Leyton; the coordinator of the Scientific Communication Nucleus of the Faculty of Sciences, Dr. Marcela Gatica, and the head of the Department. of Science and Technology of the Development and Industry Division of the Regional Government, Mario Suárez.

Regarding her visit, the Seremi de Ciencia referred to what was known during her stay at the university and the importance of the work to be carried out. “It has been a very pleasant visit, we have been able to share with the authorities and academics of the University of La Serena, learn about the work that is carried out at the University. For Seremía, it is important to carry out work that generates innovation in science from the regions and this visit contributes to that goal, since both institutions must develop joint work,” she explained.

For his part, the Rector of the ULS stated that “it is important that the ministry wants to see the work being done in universities, mainly state ones. Today, with Seremi's visit, a link is generated that demonstrates the State's interest in improving the work carried out in science, technology and innovation and we hope that this will allow the University to open up to new research, with state support, and that it will generate a greater impact not only at the regional level, but also nationally.”

After the meeting, Seremi took a tour of different ULS laboratories, in addition to the new scientific-technological spaces implemented by the university.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom

In addition, he toured the new facilities prepared for the Multidisciplinary Institute of Science and Technology.

The University of La Serena is one of the most important research centers in the Coquimbo Region, and has become a scientific hub in the north of the country. That is why the Seremi of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation for the Macro Central Zone, Coquimbo - Valparaíso, Dr. María José Escobar, made a visit to the University to learn about the work being carried out.

The new Seremi, in the company of the Vice-Rector for Research and Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Eduardo Notte, the Director of Postgraduate and Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Cristian Ibáñez, the Director of Research and Development, Dr. Sergio Torres and the Director of Strategic Development and Quality, Dr. César Espíndola, took a tour of the laboratories of the Food Engineering and Biology departments, in addition to visiting the new facilities arranged for the Multidisciplinary Institute of Science and Technology, to end by meeting with academics from the Physics and Astronomy departments .

The Vice-Rector for Research and Development explained that the new Seremi was “especially interested in learning about the work being carried out in research and technology at the ULS. We have a very high standard of dependence and when we say that we have focused research, for us it goes hand in hand with the formation of advanced human capital, and in that sense, we have high-level research, with master's degrees and doctorates, therefore, it is the way of bringing applied knowledge to the territories.”

For its part, the Seremi of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation stated that “the creation of the Multidisciplinary Research Institute is powerful. “The spirit of the Vice-Rector for Research to promote certain areas of work, which is materialized in the construction of these new spaces and new contracts, places emphasis on developing and promoting each of the priority lines that they establish as a possibility,” he said. .

In that sense, the Seremi of the Macro Zone valued that the ULS seal seeks to share knowledge that improves life. “The main role of the university is to generate knowledge so that our society grows and knows more. There are currently very few researchers in Chile, we need to develop more critical mass, therefore, that role is crucial, and not only that, but also apply it to our productive sector and become a society that creates innovation based on science." .

The academic of the Department of Biology and Executive Director of the Laboratory of Research and Technological Innovation for Science Education of the University of La Serena LIITEC-ULS, Francisco López, presented the Makespace of the laboratory, where technological creation is developed with mobile reality applications increased. “Our commitment is to share knowledge through innovation, and one of the ways is through education. To the extent that we form advanced human capital and that innovation moves from the classroom outwards, we are collaborating with that area.”

The authorities also visited the works of the modern facility that will be available for the Multidisciplinary Research Institute in Science and Technology, which had an investment of more than 474 million pesos, 426 m2 built, and which will house the Research and Development Directorate, the Area of ​​Energy and Sustainability and the Office of Dissemination and Dissemination of Science and Technology.

In this regard, the Director of Strategic Development and Quality, Dr. César Espíndola, pointed out that 5 years ago the decision was made to expand the new research focus towards energy efficiency and sustainability. The idea is to seek to respond to the seal of the educational model regarding the role of the University of La Serena, in terms of training with social responsibility, and under that logic, work on optimizing the use of energy and the use of scarce resources. water.

"This has allowed us to have today an infrastructure that houses scientific activities, both the analysis and synthesis laboratory, and the Office of Dissemination and Dissemination of Science and Technology carried out by the University, therefore, we find ourselves with the complete cycle . Generation of knowledge and also taking it to the community, with the aim of improving the well-being of the Coquimbo Region,” said Espíndola.

Written by Sergio Muñoz, Office of Dissemination and Dissemination of Science and Technology