Pedagogy, Didactics and Educational Technologies

Khalid Berrada is currently full Professor of Physics and Technology Enhanced Learning at Mohammed V University in Rabat since January 2021. He spent more than two decades as Professor at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, Morocco (since 1996). He has published and supervised many research on material sciences and spectroscopy. He has worked as consultant expert in Higher Education on projects with UNESCO, AUF, ICESCO, NAS-US. He has been involved for more than 15 years in research on active learning, open education, OER, e-learning, MOOCs, distance education, blended learning, didactics and science education. He holds a UNESCO Chair on "Teaching Physics by doing" and he was leading a group of research on educational innovation (Trans ERIE) at UCA. He has co-authored several research papers and contributed to many projects at national and international levels. He was also Director of the Centre for pedagogical innovation at UCA and leading the Morocco declaration in Open education. He has coordinated more than 25 financed projects at national and international levels and has offered several expertises in e-learning, educational technology and digital competencies. Daniel Burgos is a Full Professor of Technologies for Education & Communication, and the Vice-rector for International Research, at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR); he also works as Director of the Research Institute for Innovation & Technology in Education (UNIR iTED) and holds a UNESCO Chair on eLearning. He is also a Full Professor at An-Najah National University (Palestine), an Adjunct Professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL, Colombia), an Extraordinary Professor at North-West University (South-Africa) and a Visiting Professor at Coventry University (United Kingdom). He has published over 200 scientific papers, 4 European patents, 18 authored books and more than 30 edited books or special issues on indexed journals. He is or has been involvedin over 70 European and Worldwide R&D public projects. He works as a consultant for United Nations (UNECE), European Commission & Parliament, ICESCO, and Russian Academy of Science. He holds 10 doctorates, including Education and Computer Science.

Chapter 1 Introduction: Science education, a vector of fostering teaching and learning at the university.- Chapter 2 The context of Higher Education in Morocco.- Chapter 3 Active learning and conceptual evaluation as a way for rational thinking education.- Chapter 4 Motivating students within the use of Microcomputer-based learning science.- Chapter 5 The state of the art of pedagogical innovation and the low cost MOOC model at UCA.- Chapter 6 Open educational resources as a global solution for wider class courses.- Chapter 7 Combing ICT and JavaScript simulation to set up practical work as best practices.- Chapter 8 LMS platforms as a key solution for delivering online learning interactive courses.- Chapter 9 Blended learning as a best scenario for institution affected by massification.- Chapter 10 Reinforcing the potential of producing educative resources by training trainers on digital competencies.- Chapter 11 Experiencing computational thinking in geometry with high school learners.- Chapter 12 The university strategic plan to face disruptive classes during the COVID-19 pandemic.- Chapter 13 Recommendations based on the presented case studies. Generic adoption suggestions valid for every institution.