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INVESTIGATION GROUPS

• DiNeLLL – Digital innovation for iNclusive and experiential Life Long Learning Multidisciplinary research group approved in 2023, coordinated by the UNED's School of Computer Engineering, with the participation of researchers from the Faculty of Psychology and Economics with extensive experience in institutional management and research in the field of digital and distance education in its various forms, combining and integrating different knowledge and experience in new technologies based on machine learning and deep learning, innovation and quality in distance and online education, as well as the analysis of textual documents and multimedia objects or technologies applied to the digital humanities, all under the consideration and application of technologies and processes that promote inclusive education and the well-being of teachers and students in technology-mediated environments. Group website
• Smart and Adaptive Learning and Teaching-Crowding Group. SALT-CG (Research Group on Educational Innovation)) SALT-CG is a Teaching Innovation Research Group at UNED recognized since 2016 (GID2016-34), composed of 30 members. Its main objective is to promote the development and application of intelligent and adaptive teaching-learning systems that meet current standards of quality and accessibility in technology-mediated education, ultimately improving the learning and experience of UNED students and particularly encouraging their engagement in the process. To achieve this objective, the SALT Group promotes a multidisciplinary working environment for educational innovation, based on the previous experience of the group members in the management and practice of innovation, both technological and methodological, in the field of distance education in its various forms: blended, online, and open. SALT has set five specific objectives covering various areas of action through a set of specific goals translated into different lines of development, each coordinated by one of the group members. Ángeles Sánchez-Elvira Paniagua coordinates the line related to student support. These main objectives focus on the following areas:
  1. development of technologies for adaptive and intelligent learning;
  2. improvement of accessibility;
  3. actions to support students and prevent dropouts;
  4. research on innovation actions;
  5. and improving the quality of training and learning.
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• INnovative User INteraction to Accesible Digital Objetcs and Collections (INADOC) (Educational Innovation Research Group)) The INADOC group at UNED is a multidisciplinary group that includes research professors who are experts in accessibility and usability models and technologies for managing large information repositories, automatic natural language processing, and access to multimedia information, as well as experts in the design and monitoring of the use of new technologies in education and the measurement of their quality. It works closely with the Digital Inclusion Laboratory (formerly the UNED-Vodafone Spain Chair in Technology and Accessibility), to which several of its members belong. (+info)

PROYECTOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN

• Most recent funded projects PRODIGE (Promoting high-quality DIGital Education in Georgia) (ERASMUS-EDU-2024-CBHE-STRAND-3.. Proposal ID 101179064. UNED team IP. December 2024-December 2027 PRODIGE is a three-year structural reform project in Georgia that promotes high-quality Digital Education (DE). It involves the Ministry of Education and Science, the National Quality Agency (NCEQE), 10 pioneering Georgian universities, and international partners from Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, and Spain. At the national level, it supports regulatory developments to integrate DE into higher education through a Quality Assurance Framework designed by the NCEQE. In universities, the project will train teachers, managers, and staff in pedagogical and organizational aspects, developing strategic plans and roadmaps to implement DE. Resource centers will be established to facilitate the launch of 50 educational modules, making digital teaching a reality in the country.   DIVE (Digital Immersion of Vietnamese Higher Education (ERASMUS-EDU-2023-CBHE-STRAND-2. Proposal ID. SEP-210920025). UNED team IP, February 2024-February 2027 Promote digital transformation in higher education (HE) in Vietnam by a consortium of 11 Vietnamese higher education institutions (HEIs), 3 European HEIs, and an international association of HEIs and companies that expand their diverse experience in digital education (DE), the Vietnamese government's effort to modernize HE and promote DE, and the attempt to accommodate the increase in students in the coming years, as well as responding to the need for digitally skilled educators and students.   ADMIT (ADMIT generative Ai anD large language Models In higher education)..ERASMUS-EDU-2023-PCOOP-ENGO. Proposal ID 101134520. UNED team member. January 2024-January 2027 To establish the necessary educational and ethical conditions that enable the use of LLM and generative AI as a means to improve teaching and learning in higher education. An LLM-ed framework and guidelines will be created, using Large Language Models for education, to integrate LLM and generative AI into the design of teaching and learning.   Inclusive Memory Inclusive Museums for well-being and health through the creation of a new shared memory (2021-1-IT02-KA220-HED-000031991). 2021 call for EU Erasmus + KA projects – UNED team member. Nov 2021 - Nov 2024 (3 years)   AGORA (Technological and methodological innovation for language teaching and the creation of synergies in rural areas). National grant (State Program for Knowledge Generation of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, ref. PID2021-128182OB-100). Team member. UNED September 2022–August 2025 (3 years)   SPEKTRUM Autism friendly museums (2021-1-IT02-KA220-HED-000031991)2021 call for EU Erasmus + KA projects – UNED team member. Jan 2020 - Sept 2022 (2.5 years)   ANNETTE. Advanced Networking for Nuclear Education and Training and Transfer of Expertise. EURATOM research and training Work Programme 2014 2015. Grant agreement No 661910. H2020. ENEN. European Nuclear Education Network - UNED team member. January 2016 - January 2020 (4 years)   MUSACCES Museology and social integration: disseminating the artistic and cultural heritage of the Prado Museum to groups with special accessibility needs (blind, deaf, and prisoners) (S2015/HUM-3494). Autonomous Community of Madrid – Call for R&D programs in Social Sciences and Humanities. UNED team member. January 2016 - June 2019 (3.5 years)   From design to assessment in generic skills: Empirical analysis and intervention using rubrics. MEC. Call for the “Studies and Analysis” program. Project EA2009-0102 January-July 2010. Principal investigator (6 months)
• Management of previously funded projects
  • Attitudes and values towards science and technology among students on the Access Course for Over-25s at the UNED. Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT). Principal investigator. July-November 2005
  • Psychosocial profiles and academic performance of university students at the UNED. Vice-Rectorate for Research. Principal investigator. January 2002- longitudinal study
  • Relevant individual differences in attentional processes and their impact on learning (Coordinated research project). Subproject director: Personality variables and attentional resource allocation: performance and psychophysiological correlates. DGICYT PB95-0529-C02-02, 1996-1999 (3 years).
• Participation in other funded projects
  • Individual differences (motivational and emotional), performance, and psychophysiological responses in laboratory situations involving physical and cognitive stress. DGICYT PB95-0048. Start and end dates: 1996-1999
  • Psychophysiological reactivity to stress. Call for research grants from the Department of Health of the Government of Navarre. June 1991-June 1992.
  • Cardiovascular recording. Call for infrastructure from the UNED. Vice-Rectorate for Research of the UNED. January 1991-December 1991.
  • Psychosocial factors associated with the development of cardiovascular disorders. Their incidence in the Community of Navarre. Call for research grants from the Department of Health of the Government of Navarre. June 1990-June 1991.
  • Cardiovascular diseases. Funding entity. Call for equipment for regional programs. Department of Education. Community of Madrid. January 1990-December 1990.
• Innovation Projects / Research Networks in Teaching Innovation at UNED. SALT-CG GID projects.
  • Research Project on the Well-being of University Students in Spain. Project developed jointly with the UNESCO Chair in University Management and Policy at the UPM. Coordination: UNED Group
  • Annual participation in UNED Teaching Innovation Research Projects, with projects related to dropout prevention (e.g., Mentorums Project), the use of educational technologies such as Q-Stream and UNED-Trivial, and the application of chatbots (Chatbot for support, management, and resolution of questions in the Psychology TFG, joint project with the Dean of the Faculty of Psychology) or the study of psychosocial variables associated with the well-being and performance of UNED students (2016-).
    Coordination of Research Network Projects in Teaching Innovation at the UNED. Vice-Rectorate for Quality and Teaching Innovation at the UNED (2006-2014)
  • REDiferencial (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII Calls).
  • Network “Compañero Apoyo en Red_CAR” (IV Call).
  • Network for the analysis and improvement of informal peer support. Through the C.A.R. Project (V and VI calls).
  • Network “Engánchate.” Network for research into optimal academic performance (V, VI, and VII).
  • Network “e-UNED Primeros Pasos” (VI and VII calls)