The objective was to continue with the basis of the inclusion of people with hearing disabilities and their right to have equal opportunities and participation in all areas.

With the fundamental purpose of continuing to train students, officials and professionals of the University of La Serena, in the areas of education and engineering, in Sign Language, different workshops were held organized and awarded within the framework of the projects of the Ministry of Education, Institutional Development Fund -FDI- of the Student Entrepreneurship line.

The workshops, which ended with a closing ceremony where different university authorities and professionals from the institution participated, were based on the inclusion of people with hearing disabilities and their right to equal opportunities and participation, promoting respect for diversity, in addition to creating inclusive awareness in students about the accessibility and inclusion of deaf people.

The training was carried out at different levels, both basic, intermediate and fourth level facilitator, which generated a continuity of training and learning, since students from previous courses were able to resume classes, thus achieving a level of compelling experience to put it into practice. in the places where they work.

Among the specific objectives that stood out in carrying out these workshops was knowing and managing concepts such as culture and identity of deaf people and their needs, creating social awareness on the issue of accessibility at the University, disseminating sign language as an effective tool for social and educational inclusion of the deaf community and provide a useful learning tool to students to have better job competence in issues of accessibility and respect for diversity.

Source: DEIP Press

It is a three-state, participatory and dynamic space to celebrate the progress made and imagine our future transition paths.

Next Friday, January 11, between 08:30 and 12:30, the Conversation “Sustainable University, leading by example: experiences, resources and reasons for our transition” will take place at the University of La Serena, organized by the School of Design, with the collaboration of Ineergias and the students of the Environmental Design Training course.

“It will be a three-state, participatory and dynamic space to celebrate the progress made and imagine our future paths of transition,” said Design academic Marco Gutiérrez Cocq.

Three panelists will participate in the discussion: the Director of Postgraduate and Postgraduate Studies and academic of the ULS Department of Biology, Dr. Cristian Ibáñez; the Doctor in Education for sustainable development, Cecilia Ramos, and the executive director of the Sustainable Campus Network, Francisca Sandoval.

The activity will take place in the Human Resources Auditorium, located on the Isabel Bongard Campus.

For questions and confirmation of attendance, contact Marco Gutiérrez at email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or cell phone 976023434.

At the meeting held between both research centers, the executive director of LIITEC-ULS, Francisco López, presented the application “3D Mitotic Cell Division, a learning experience with augmented reality.”

The Research and Technological Innovation Laboratory for Science Education of the University of La Serena (LIITEC-ULS) and the Education Research Center (CIE-UBO) of the Bernardo O'Higgins University established a strategic alliance that supports the development and dissemination of educational teaching materials created in the institution of the Coquimbo Region.

At the meeting held between both research centers, the executive director of LIITEC-ULS, Francisco López, presented the application “3D Mitotic Cell Division, a learning experience with augmented reality”, a tool that explains cell division interactively, as as this shows video lesson.

“This alliance with the UBO will increase the dissemination of the 'app' that we developed, we will be able to co-design learning activities with teachers, validate disciplinary, pedagogical and didactical content,” López explained.

In this sense, CIE-UBO will collaborate with the research and dissemination of the content so that the free educational technological resource is used by the majority of schoolchildren in our country. “We hope to produce scientific knowledge through articles and research projects generated at our University, to enrich the work they are doing at the ULS,” said the director of the UBO Doctorate in Education, Raquel Flores.

Source: UBO

The AFULS board is made up of Karina Núñez (president), Cecilia Hernández (secretary), Felipe González (treasurer), Claudia Cortés (director) and Carlos Lagos (director).

With the purpose of officially introducing themselves and making known part of the challenges as a union, the new board of directors of the Association of Officials of the University of La Serena (AFULS) met with the Rector of the state campus, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, in a protocol meeting held in the offices of the Central House and in which the Vice-rector for Economic and Administrative Affairs, Dr. Alejandra Torrejón, was also present.

The members of the new AFULS board for the period 2018-2020 participated in the greeting, made up of Karina Núñez (president), Cecilia Hernández (secretary), Felipe González (treasurer), Claudia Cortés (director) and Carlos Lagos (director), who They took advantage of the opportunity to address issues of relevance to University officials, in addition to valuing the dialogue with the authorities.

The Rector of the ULS, meanwhile, congratulated the new board of directors of the Association of Officials and expressed the greatest success in his management, along with highlighting how important it is to continue working together for the development and growth of the institution. and his community.

The work is carried out within the framework of the Applied Pedagogical Research Program (IPA) promoted by the Institutional Improvement Plan for Initial Teacher Training (PMI FIP ULS1501) and managed through the Integrated Management Unit of Pedagogies (UGIP) .

Promoting and strengthening the formation of research teams in the educational area is one of the focuses that the UGIP unit has within the actions developed to improve the work of the pedagogical careers of the university. In this context, since 2016, with the support of the ULS Research and Development Directorate, the Applied Pedagogical Research Competition has been held, which has brought together academics, classroom teachers and undergraduate students to carry out various projects that respond to the educational problems expressed by educational establishments in the region.

“The investigations had to comply with three mandatory components; First, they must be works that seek to solve real classroom problems; second that they are directly linked to educational centers; and, finally, they must have the participation of academics from the University, professors from the educational system and also pedagogy students,” explained the alternate executive director of the UGIP and person in charge of the IPA program, Dr. Fabián Araya.

In this way, in its latest version, there were three projects awarded by academics belonging to the Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities, and Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences. The works were presented at the Annual Design and Implementation Evaluation Conference, on which occasion the preliminary results obtained by the researchers and their respective teams were announced.

One of the works is “Evaluation of the implementation of the ODEAT model for the design of didactic interventions with ICT integration at the San Rafael de Pan de Azúcar School” by the researcher Mg. Rodrigo Castillo and co-investigator Dr. Hugo Tapia, who worked in collaboration with the school's teachers, graduate Alexis Sarzosa and student Rodrigo López.

“Among the preliminary results, a medium knowledge is observed in the evaluation part and in the objectives, and a very low knowledge and integration of the technology. Although the School had a type of technology, when faced with the ODEAT model the teachers realized that there was poor management of it (...). In this sense, the model allows you to adapt your pedagogical practice, favors decision-making around ICT and develops a reflective process for class design. This proposed model is for the teacher to reflect before designing his class,” explained researcher Castillo.

For its part, another of the projects presented was called “Determine Integrated Learning Strategies for the Extraction of Information from Texts and Images” led by the academic Mg. Hernán Cortes and the coordinator Mg. María Carmen Varela, who worked together with teachers from the Eusebio Lillo School in Coquimbo and students from Ped courses. in Biology and Natural Sciences, Ped. in English and Ped. in History and Geography.

"It is estimated that the research determines a model that considers the strategies required for the development of skills and abilities, becoming a vital competence tool to access knowledge and the construction of reality, which is achieved through this position, with the interpretation and extraction of information from texts and images. A successful evaluation of this model in the case study would allow widespread application at all levels and subjects of the establishment and feasible dissemination to other establishments in the local educational network. The greatest expected achievement is that this strategic model constitutes a tool for practicing teachers and for those who are currently in training, allowing them to develop skills in the extraction of information from written texts and images,” said academic Varela.

The last research presented corresponded to the one titled “Evaluative strategies that develop learning of English Language skills in seventh and eighth grade students from two schools in the Coquimbo Region - Chile”, which was developed by Dr. Rodrigo Ruay with the academic Elvis Campos and supported by teachers Karina Vásquez (Arturo Prat Chacón School) and Jorge Carvajal (El Palqui School) and the students of the Ped degree. in English.

“The main focus of the research is evaluation, which is fundamental within the teaching-learning process, since it provides relevant information regarding the performance of the students as well as the teacher, among other elements. From this, and in practical terms, our research aimed to detect flaws, inconsistencies or biases in the evaluation processes carried out in the establishments and from there implement an improvement plan that is in relation to the current national curriculum and the expected objectives in the area of ​​English,” said student Ignacia Medina, project participant,

With these works we hope to contribute to the increase in research focused on the initial training of teachers and the level of scientific productivity, both in its quantity and quality. Therefore, the product of the three awarded works will be the preparation of an article that gives an account of the results obtained in each project carried out.

Source: Integrated Pedagogy Management Unit (UGIP) – PMI FIP ULS1501 | CM ULS1755

The planetarium will benefit students from schools and the ULS, and the guides from the tourist observatories in the area.

During 2019, the mobile planetarium of the University of La Serena will be operational, which was concessioned by CONICYT thanks to the management of the Vice-Rector's Office for Research and Postgraduate Studies (VIPULS) and the support of the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

The Director(s) of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dr. Sergio Torres, explained that a program of activities was established that responded to the CONICYT proposal and that aims for the planetarium to benefit students from schools and the University itself. , for example, from the Pedagogy, Journalism and Tourism areas, in addition to including the guides from the tourist observatories in the area.

The base unit of the mobile planetarium will be the aforementioned Department attached to the Faculty of Sciences, where various activities will be carried out, but it will be moved once a month to a nearby location to be used by students of educational establishments.

“As the Department is one of the units that provides a lot of teaching at the University, it also has to be linked to the environment and show its extension, show the research that is done, and the planetarium is a perfect tool to do the above,” said Dr. Torres, who added the planetarium will be operated by astronomers from the unit.

“Inside this mobile planetarium, an infinite number of astronomical themes can be shown. We are not only focused on projecting the stars, but different options can be presented, such as themes related to the Eclipse, positioning in the sky, among other content.” , added the academic and researcher.

Finally, the Director(s) of the Department of Physics and Astronomy highlighted that having a planetarium of this type can open a horizon to think about a future physical planetarium at the University, “which would be an icon and fundamental for astronomical dissemination in the Star Region.”