Education for Development in the ICT area - EDETIC

EDETIC is a cooperation group that seeks to promote Education for Development at the UPM and at the UNED, in the field of ICT, through subjects in Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, offering End-of-Degree Projects in this field and carrying out related research projects .

Among its main objectives are: (1) To incorporate the problem of human development into the training of our university students, specifically proposing to put ICT at the service of said development. (2) Promote the integration of ethical-civic competencies and global citizenship in the curricula, using appropriate pedagogical approaches (service learning, volunteering, gamification). (3) Promote lines of TFG, TFM and Doctoral Theses related to technologies at the service of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Platform Active Members

Manuel Sierra Castañer

Contact: eloy.portillo@upm.es