The meeting organized by the University of La Serena will take place on November 14 and 15, 2019.

This September 30 is the deadline to submit contributions to the First Congress of Teaching in Higher Education (CODES 2019), organized by the University of La Serena, through the Academic Vice-Rector's Office and the Research and Postgraduate Vice-Rector's Office, with the aim of promoting innovation and reflection in the practice of teaching in higher education.

CODES 2019 will make visible research and experiences linked to teaching in higher education in the national and international context through 5 themes that will be addressed in this first edition: Interdisciplinarity in training, Evaluation systems and monitoring of learning processes, Incorporation of ICT in the training process, curricular innovation and inclusion.

Investigative works must be sent to the email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., where you must indicate which line of work you belong to. While acceptance letters will be sent until October 18, 2019.

For more information regarding this event, which will take place on November 14 and 15 in La Serena, go to http://codes.userena.digital/

Inaugural conference

The inaugural conference of CODES 2019 will be given by Dr. Óscar Jerez, associate researcher at the Center for Advanced Research in Education, at the University of Chile; director of the Teaching and Learning Center, of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Chile; and academic director and founder of the Higher Education Training Program (FES) of the University of Chile.

The guest speaker has been a consultant and advisor for several government and higher education entities in Latin America, and an undergraduate and graduate teacher in several programs on Quality Management, Teaching in Higher Education and co-creator of Teaching and Learning Centers or “Teaching.” and Learning Center” in different universities in Latin America, Europe and Africa. In addition, he has been head of Education & Business projects at the Society for Manufacturing Development (SOFOFA) and Innovation coordinator of the Undergraduate Department of the University of Chile.

Dr. Jerez has worked alongside the European Union on projects to support higher education in Africa and Latin America. He is recognized both nationally and internationally, through his various academic actions, consultancies and professional work in higher education for more than 20 years.

Second version of the Academic Writing Course

It should be noted that within the framework of this Congress, the second version of the Academic Writing Course will be held from September 25 to October 3: “The path to academic publication on teaching in higher education”, which seeks to promote the participation of ULS academics.

The course had a successful first version and is aimed at academics who are beginning to prepare publications, with a topic focused on teaching in higher education.

Written by Gonzalo Lozano, DirCom