The team
The PLECDi Team
The team is comprised by principal researchers and researchers who work jointly in the development of different lines of study. The diversity in backgrounds and trajectories allows us to enrich our views on pedagogical research and practices.
Principal researchers
Guadalupe Alvarez
I am a Doctor of Letters (National University of Cuyo) and Professor and Graduate of Letters (National University of Mar del Plata). I work as an Independent Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Council (CONICET), and as a Researcher-Adjunct professor at the Human Development Institute of the National University of General Sarmiento. I have carried out different research stays on education, writing and digital technologies in Germany, the United States, Barcelona and Colombia, financed by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Fulbright Commission, the Carolina Foundation and the Colombian Institute of Educational Credit and Technical Studies at the Exterior, respectively. My main lines of research are focused on teaching reading and writing practices mediated by digital technologies. Currently, I study the teaching practices of graduate thesis writing in virtual contexts that promote exchange and feedback from peers and experts.
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Hilda (Gilda) Difabio of Anglat
I work as Principal Researcher for the National Scientific and Technical Council (CONICET) at the Dr. Abelardo Pithod Cuyo Research Center (CIC) in Mendoza, which I have directed since 2011. I also teach Research Methodology in different graduate programs. I am a member of the academic committees for the PhD in Education (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNCuyo) and in Psychology (Universidad del Aconcagua). I am the editor in chief of Psycho/Pedagogical. Psychology and Pedagogy of the Person, a journal published by the CIC. I study the subjective and objective dimensions of the postgraduate thesis construction in Social Sciences and Humanities in virtual environments. I have been trained in Mendoza as an elementary school teacher (Escuela Superior Tomás Godoy Cruz); a professor, a graduate and doctor in Education Sciences (UNCuyo).
Laura (Violeta) Colombo
Lourdes Moran
My name is Laura Colombo but most people call me Violeta. I am an Associate Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) at the Linguistics Institute of the University of Buenos Aires. Taking contributions from sociocultural theories and studies on literacy, I research academic writing pedagogies in first and second language. I have taught postgraduate and extension courses on thesis writing and writing for publication in different Latin American universities . In addition, I am a teacher of academic writing workshops in English as a foreign language at the IES en Lenguas Vivas "JR Fernández" and at the ISP "Joaquín V. González", two renowned teacher training institutions in Buenos Aires. I also coordinate with other researchers La Tesis: Principios para un final, a network of applications on thesis and dissertation process. I have been in evaluating committees of pedagogical materials, designed and implemented institutional actions and programs for student development and inter-faculty programs for the development of academic writing at the undergraduate and graduate level, both in Latin America and the United States. I have experience supervising graduate students and being part of dissertation committees.
I work as a researcher for the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) at the Regional Center for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CRIHCS) of the Autonomous University of Entre Ríos (UADER), Concepción del Uruguay campus. I research pedagogical practices related to online didactics, with a focus on the articulation between technology and education in university and pre-university settings. I also work as a pedagogical advisor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). I develop activities related to the accompaniment of teachers in teaching practices; training activities within the framework of the University's teaching career and research activities in the study of technology-mediated teaching practices. I have gone through different stages of undergraduate and postgraduate training: I am a Preschool Education Teacher; I have a Bachelor of Arts in Education; I am a Specialist in Educational Technology and a Doctor in Education. I have taught at different levels. At present I am dedicated to postgraduate training and I supervise students in different graduate programs.
Researchers
Ayelén Cavallini
Maria Paula Espeche
I am a CONICET doctoral fellow based at the National University of General Sarmiento (UNGS). I am currently pursuing a Doctorate in Social and Human Sciences at the National University of Luján under the supervision of Dr. Guadalupe Álvarez and the co-supervision of Dr. Rosana Pasquale. My dissertation is entitled Written feedback as a teaching practice in the elaboration of theoretical chapters of postgraduate thesis in Social Sciences and Humanities. In addition, I am a member of the research project PICT n ° 1622/2017 "Teaching practices for writing the postgraduate thesis in face-to-face and virtual environments: study of multiple cases in Argentine universities", directed by Dr. Guadalupe Álvarez. I am a Bachelor and Professor in Educational Sciences from the National University of Luján. I work as a professor at the university and tertiary level.
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Elisabeth Rodas Brosam
I teach English as a foreign language in the Department of Languages at the University of Cuenca, Cuenca-Ecuador. I have a master's degree in Teaching English from the University of Reading, England. Since 2016, I have been part of the Academic Reading and Writing Program, Killkana, where I work as coordinator of writing groups for research professors and research assistants as well as in different activities within the writing center. I have been a teacher at the secondary and undergraduate level and I have over a decade of experience in directing English programs.
My name is María Paula Espeche, I have a University Degree Professor in Language and Literature. I work as a teacher at both the National University of Cuyo and the Aconcagua University, in Mendoza. I have recently obtained a doctoral fellowship from CONICET to work on the project "Peer review in virtual writing groups in doctorates of Social Sciences and Humanities", supervised by Laura (Violeta) Colombo and co-supervised by Hilda Difabio de Anglat. I also participate in the SIIP research project type 1 Biennial 2019 | 06 / G785 "Corpus EspaDA-UNCuyo: Design and precompilation of a corpus of oral and written academic discourse of the National University of Cuyo" and in the research project PICT n ° 1622/2017 "Teaching practices for writing the postgraduate thesis in face-to-face and virtual environments: study of multiple cases in Argentine universities."
Laura Daniela Ferrari
I am a teacher and researcher at the Human Rights Institute of the National University of General Sarmiento and a professor in the area of language and literature in the University Faculty of Language and Literature at said university. I am also an associate professor of Grammar, Syntax and Phonology and Morphology in the Literature career of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the UBA. At the UNGS my research work focuses on the interface between semantics and pragmatics. I co-direct a Ubacyt project on connecting sentences in text and in discourse. I am part of the team responsible for a PICT, in which I coordinate an area of cognition and prosody. I am a teacher and a graduate in Letters from the UBA and a PhD in Letters with orientation in linguistics from the same university. I have given classes at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels in various public and private universities in the country and in Uruguay.
Nadia Schiavinato
Verónica Gomez
I am a CONICET doctoral fellow. I am currently pursuing a PhD in Educational Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires under the direction of Dr. Guadalupe Álvarez and the co-direction of Dr. María Beatriz Taboada. My dissertation is entitled "Face-to-face and virtual teaching of writing and its relevance to the dissertation process. An analysis from the point of view of dissertations in Social and Human Sciences." In addition, I am part of the PICT "Teaching practices for the writing of the postgraduate thesis in face-to-face and virtual environments: study of multiple cases in Argentine universities ", directed by Dr. Guadalupe Álvarez. I studied Master's and Specialization in Education at the University of San Andrés (Argentina) and I have a degree and Professor in Communication Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires, I teach at the university and non-university higher level.
I am Verónica Gómez. I have a degree in Education from the National University of General Sarmiento (UNGS) and a diploma in Technology-Mediated Education from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO). Since 2006 I have worked as a primary school teacher in different public and private schools in the province of Buenos Aires. I am currently pursuing a Master's in Social Sciences at UNGS in collaboration with the Institute for Economic and Social Development (IDES). My dissertation is on teaching reading and writing mediated by digital technologies in primary schools. In 2019 I have been assigned to the Educational Technology course at UNGS. In this institution I have also participated in research projects on the inclusion of digital technologies in teaching practices and have published some articles on this topic. Since 2017 I have been working at INFOD as a tutor of a virtual course offered to teachers from different parts of Argentina. In the course I have not only taught content, but also advised on the use of the platform. In short, both because of my professional experience and because of my university studies, I am interested in the inclusion of technologies, particularly digital technologies, in the educational field, and I plan to continue training and working in this area.
Gloria Alvarez Cadavid
I have been a professor at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB) since 1998. My initial training is in the area of Social Communication. I have a Master's degree in New Communication and Education Technologies from the National Distance Studies University (UNED) in Madrid, Spain. I did the doctoral training in Training Processes in Virtual Spaces at the University of Salamanca, Spain (2013). Currently, I coordinate the Research group on Education in Virtual Environments (EAV), which belongs to the School of Education and Pedagogy of UPB and that for more than 20 years has studied the appropriation of ICT in the educational context. My research interests are focused on the study of ICT mediation to strengthen research, teaching and training processes. Currently I am concentrating on the study of ICT mediation within specific teaching and learning processes such as reading and writing, research training and the creation of digital educational content.
Mariana Belén Ocampo
Investigadora
Andres Neck
I have a degree in Education (National University of General Sarmiento) and I am a History professor (National University of General Sarmiento). I am currently studying a postgraduate diploma on "School and digital culture" offered by the General Directorate of culture and Education of the Province of Buenos Aires. As a researcher, I participate in the collaborating group in the project "Teaching practices for writing the postgraduate thesis in face-to-face and virtual environments: study of multiple cases in Argentine universities" (IDH-UNGS). Currently I am a research fellow and I teach at the University of General Sarmiento where I focus on the use of ICT in teaching practices oriented to accompany research writing processes. In the field of teaching, I have worked as a teacher in public secondary schools since 2006 and at the higher education level I accompany the teaching of classes of the subject Educational Technology offered in the Education undergraduate degree at UNGS.
I am a Spanish professor at the National University of Villa María, where I have worked since 2006 as a teacher and researcher. I am Head of Regular Practical Works in different curricular spaces related to Didactics and Linguistics in the following degrees: Language and Literature Teaching; Language and Literature; Education and Interpretation of Spanish Sign Language-Argentina. I also work as a teacher at the Víctor Mercante Technical and Teaching Training Institute, in the city of Villa María. The courses I teach have to do with the didactics of the mother tongue, grammar and linguistics. I have supervised Final Degree Projects of students from different degrees at the UNVM. I participate in research teams in the Humanities, especially in relation to problems about reading, writing and teaching. I am a PhD student in Educational Sciences at the National University of Cuyo and a Master's student in the Language and Literature Teaching program at the National University of Rosario. My dissertation is focused on collaborative writing mediated by digital technologies in undergraduate university degrees.