UASLP home of the national informative workshop about the international project AHELO
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This past Monday December 13th, the UASLP was home to the national informative workshop about the international project “Feasibility study of the OCDE for an Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO)”.

We received representatives of higher education institutions (HEIs) from different states of Mexico at the UASLP´s Centro Cultural Bicentenario. To the workshop assisted representatives from the UASLP, the University of Guadalajara (UDG), the Autonomous University of Yucatán (UADY), the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACH), the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ), the Autonomous University of Coahuila (UADEC), the University of Arts and Science of Chiapas (UNICACH), the University of Veracruz (UV), the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), the Polytechnic University of Aguascalientes (UPA), the Technological University of the Mixteca (UTM) and the Higher Technological Institute of Irapuato (ITESI).

We have to point out that AHELO is an international project coordinated by the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) that seeks to analyze the feasibility of assessing higher education learning outcomes, from an international perspective and through a new generation of educational assessment instruments. Internationally, around 150 higher education institutions from the following countries participate in this project: Australia, Belgium, Colombia (tbc), Egypt, Finland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden and the United States.

During the workshop delivered at the UASLP, the representatives were informed about the background, objectives and progress of AHELO, on an international and national level. We also discussed the transcendence of AHELO in Mexico and analyzed the activities that will be developed through each participating HEI. Finally, we agreed on ways to work coordinately in Mexico.

The workshop assistants showed interest on the project and reaffirmed the institutionally established commitments, with the conviction of strengthening and expanding the Mexican work team, something that will provide various learning experiences on higher education that will be of great use to move forward in the process of improving the quality of education in Mexico.

More information about this project here: ahelo.uaslp.mx