The central campus of the Industrial University of Santander (UIS) was the venue for the meeting of the Network of Teaching-Learning Centers (RedCrea), Santander Node, held on August 1. The event was attended by representatives from higher education institutions such as the Technological Units of Santander (UTS), the University of Santander (UDES), and, as host, the UIS, with the aim of formalizing and strengthening this regional node.
During the meeting, attendees addressed common issues and challenges related to teaching, the organizational structure of each center, and the development of learning communities and artificial intelligence. They also discussed a specialized event on artificial intelligence scheduled for September and defined the work agenda for the next sessions.
RedCrea, made up of 16 institutions in Colombia, seeks to promote the exchange of ideas, knowledge, resources, experiences, challenges, and best practices, as well as the development of joint initiatives and projects that promote educational quality.
Representing the Industrial University of Santander were Professor Hernando Guerrero Amaya, director of the Center for Teaching Development (CEDEDUIS), and professors María Alejandra Hakspiel and Jorge Iván Torres, who shared experiences and proposals for strengthening teaching and learning in the university context.
“We shared our recent entry into the network as a teacher training center and discovered that, beyond our particularities, we share essential challenges: strengthening teacher training to impact learning environments, making pedagogically meaningful use of artificial intelligence, and addressing the workload overload experienced by our teachers,” said Hernando Guerrero, director of CEDEDUIS.
This meeting reaffirmed the UIS’s commitment to academic collaboration and pedagogical innovation, demonstrating that by joining forces and sharing experiences, it is possible to promote initiatives that strengthen teacher training and educational quality in the region. With a clear agenda and projects underway, the Santander Node of RedCrea is consolidating itself as a strategic space for transforming university teaching and responding jointly to the challenges of the present and the future.
