He rector of the University of A Coruña, Julio Abalde, defends face-to-face teaching as an essential part of university training. Faced with the Xunta’s project to implement the digitalization of classes in a period of two to three years, taking advantage of the new situation posed by the health crisis, he points out that the UDC will launch a plan with which to take advantage of the digital tools they have had to be implemented in these months always to enrich and improve face-to-face teaching.
The Xunta has withdrawn its project, which it commissioned from FEUGA, a foundation with a strong presence of private companies, due to the radical opposition of the three Galician universities.
Abalde considers that the Xunta’s plan is a radical change in teaching methodology that prioritizes online classes. In his opinion, university education is also nourished by interpersonal relationships and life experiences on campus, if it can be improved with new technologies, he says, it will be even better.
The rector of the UDC, explains that the relations in the campuses, are also formation: both that is fundamental and is at the heart of the UDC, we will continue to maintain that this is what needs to be done on the campuses of A Coruña and Ferrol, because university life has to be done on campus. “
The Xunta has already withdrawn its plan
This Tuesday, the Department of Education withdrew the so-called ‘Program of transformation and innovative teaching’ presented last week to the three Galician universities. The plan It implied a mixed teaching model in which most of the theoretical classes would be taught online. It was made by FEUGA with the presence of BBVA, Caixabank, Endesa or Finsa, the Confederation of Entrepreneurs or the Chamber of Commerce and an external consultant. Despite the fact that the three universities are in the foundation, they did not know its content nor did they participate in its elaboration.
The UDC adheres to the student support plan during the state of alarm of the G-9 Universities
Julio Abalde, and the semester president of the Group 9 of Universities, G-9, Julio Rubio, rector of the University of La Rioja, have signed the UDC adhesion agreement to the plan drawn up by the G-9 to support public university students, who resides during the state of alarm, in an Autonomous Community different from the university in which he is enrolled, included in this agreement.
This student support plan includes three areas in which offers coverage to those students who require it, who may use the facilities of the public universities that are members of the G-9 -Universities of Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Balearic Islands, La Rioja, Oviedo, Basque Country, Public of Navarra and Zaragoza-, in addition to the University of Burgos, which also joined the agreement.
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