Tendencias y retos en la internacionalización de la educación universitaria: perspectivas frente a la globalización y la crisis de la COVID-19

Gerardo Armando Picón

doi:10.31637/epsir-2025-642

Authors

Gerardo Armando Picón Universidad Privada María Serrana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1668-5951

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-642

Keywords:

higher education, internationalization, internationalization of higher education, academic mobility, student mobility, internationalization at home, pandemic, COVID-19

Abstract

Introduction: Globalization implies significant transformations, such as the need to acquire diverse skills, from learning to learn to solving problems. The objective was set: to determine the conceptual characteristics of the internationalization of higher education, its actions and importance. Methodology: Qualitative review study, with an interpretive hermeneutic approach and content analysis, identifying relevant patterns, trends and relationships in the existing literature on the characterization and actions of the internationalization process in higher education. Results: The research gives importance to the need to strengthen, through clear policies and guidelines, the functioning and operability of the internationalization of education, which, in times of pandemic, demonstrated the reliability of adopting various forms, routes or alternatives for the execution of conducive programs. to promote exchange or academic mobility mechanisms. Discussion: In the internationalization of higher education, policies must be drawn up for management that transcends the limits of the institutions themselves in search of models to improve teaching-learning. Conclusion: The internationalization of higher education is influenced by the growing interest in borderless education due to the impact of globalization, which demands training processes that are more adaptable to the needs of a knowledge society.

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Author Biography

Gerardo Armando Picón, Universidad Privada María Serrana

Retired Full Professor from the Francisco de Miranda University, Venezuela. I served as Head of the Language Department, Head of the Center for Social and Educational Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at said university.
General Secretary and Coordinator of the Nucleus of Postgraduate Authorities of the National Council of Universities of Venezuela.
Academic Director and Director of Curriculum at Ashton College, Vancouver, Canada.

Master in Education, University of Regina, Canada.
Diploma in Senior Management and Strategic Leadership from the American University of Europe.
Doctor in Education from the American University of Europe.
General Director of Scientific and Technological Research and Editorial Director of the Scientific and Technological Research Magazine of the María Serrana Private University. Paraguay.
Professor of the Master's Degree in Educational Sciences. María Serrana Private University, Paraguay.
Professor and tutor of Postgraduate Master's thesis in Education with Emphasis on Quality Educational Management. Iberoamerican University, Paraguay.
Professor of diploma courses in Editorial Management, Indexing of Scientific Journals and Management and Editing of Scientific Journals. Research and Development Center of Ecuador. Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Categorized Researcher of PRONII - CONACYT.
Referee of various scientific journals.
Active researcher projecting the research and work line in quality management of teaching-learning.

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