Design a tool for the evaluation of transversal competences in higher education

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https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-1011

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Teaching innovation; Evaluation, Transversal skills, Higher Education, Educational Software, Chat GPT-4, Portfolio, Rubric

Abstract

Introduction: The adaptation of higher education to the new framework established by the Bologna plan has involved numerous methodological and evaluative changes, which are mainly focused on the development of student competencies. Many of these changes have been implemented in Spanish universities, but the evaluation of competencies is a pending issue, although commitments have been sought to facilitate it. One of the keys to competency evaluation is knowing how said evaluation will be carried out and which instrument will be the most appropriate. Methodology: A search has been carried out in the Web of Knowledge database covering from 2016 to 2023, to determine which competency assessment instruments are most used and easy to implement. Results:. The most notable have been the portfolios and rubrics. Discussions: In addition to knowing the instrument that we will use, we must analyze what evidence will be used and how it will be collected. The design of a tool for this purpose is proposed following some of the principles of Agile methodologies. Conclusions: Its development would allow us to evaluate the competency level of the students throughout their studies and have access to the different evidence that demonstrates the achievement of these competencies.

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Author Biographies

Daniel Martínez Caballé, Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Chemical Engineer from the University of Barcelona in 2002 and Master in Experimental Chemical Engineering in 2004. He has developed his entire professional career in the field of formal and non-formal teaching, scientific dissemination and pedagogical innovation. In the period 2005-2007 he worked as an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Barcelona and since 2019 he has been a doctoral student at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).

Beatriz Amante García, Polytechnic University of Catalonia

PhD from the École Nationale Superieure des Télécommunications in Paris in 2002. She is currently an associate professor in the Department of Project and Construction Engineering at the UPC. He has taught classes at Telecom Paris and at the Paris XII University. Between 2003-2006 she was a professor at the European University of Madrid and director of the Telecommunications Department in the last school year. He has given and teaches training in different areas such as Electronics, Electricity, Radio Systems and Engineering Projects. In recent years and mainly focused on the automotive sector, it has carried out life cycle analysis, battery aging and business model studies.

Nuria Salán Ballesteros, Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Professor and deputy director of the ESEIAAT and president of the Catalan Society of Technology. PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering from the UPC. In 2000 she was secretary of the National Congress of Women and Engineering in Terrassa. He has collaborated in all editions of the UPC 'Donate Program' and participates in the 'Here STEAM UPC' program. In June 2011 she was appointed Academic Coordinator of the UPC Gender Program and at the beginning of the 2013-2014 academic year she promoted the M2M Mentoring program. In 2017 she received the 'Woman and Technology' Award and in 2019 she received the Special Mention for Women ICT Spreader and the 1st Prize for Social Commitment-Gender Equality from the UPC.

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2024-10-25

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Martínez Caballé, D., Amante García, B., & Salán Ballesteros, N. (2024). Design a tool for the evaluation of transversal competences in higher education. European Public & Social Innovation Review, 9, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-1011

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