Innovation and Teaching Improvement

Innovation

The academic staff at the Polytechnic School of Cuenca have proven experience in innovation and teaching improvement by means of different approaches, due to their heterogeneity and diversity of their backgrounds. The EPC’s faculty members have taken part in courses, workshops and talks on teaching innovation supported by the Unit for Innovation in Education of the University of Castilla–La Mancha, which take place at the Polytechnic School of Cuenca.

We are proud to mention the 2014-2015 Teaching Innovation Award granted by the Social Board of the University of Castilla La Mancha for the project: Participation in the Symbcity project for the Solardecathlon international competition. This project is an initiative led by professors from the Polytechnic School of Cuenca and carried out by a team of forty students from the University of Castilla–La Mancha and the University of Alcalá de Henares which proposes an energy self-sufficient housing unit, designed for use in the roofs of old buildings which need to be made more energy efficient.

• Title: Artificial Intelligence as an Intellectual Companion: Development of the “AI Literacy” Competence (GITT and GIB 2025–2027)

• Title: Development of an Interactive Simulator of Medical Equipment for Practical Training in the Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering (GIB 2025–2027)

• Title: OK GOOGLE: What Can You Offer Us? Responsible Integration of the GOOGLE AI Ecosystem in University Teaching (All Programs 2025–2027)

• Title: Peer Mentoring: From Engineering to the Humanities (All Programs 2025–2027)

• Title: FORTIEM: Strengthening Engineering Students’ Professional Competencies through External Internships in Companies (All Programs 2025–2027)

• Title: INNOVA-Edif: Teaching Innovation and Curricular Coordination in Project-Based Workshops of the Bachelor’s Degree in Building Engineering (GIE 2025–2027)

• Title: Advancing the Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering with AI, Equity, and Sustainability (MUIT 2025–2027)

• Title: Use of Conversational Generative Artificial Intelligence in University Teaching. The Case of ChatGPT and Related Tools: Opportunities, Challenges, and Best Practices (All Programs 2023–2025)

• Title: Updating and Innovation of Teaching Methodological Strategies in the Curriculum of the Bachelor’s Degree in Building Engineering (GIE 2023–2025)

• Title: Transforming the Future of Telecommunications Engineering: Equity and Inclusivity in the Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering (MUIT 2023–2025)

• Title: Design Thinking for Improving Teaching-Learning Processes and Coordination within the Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications Technologies Engineering at UCLM (GITT 2021–2023)

• Title: Exploratory Study on the Use of Gamification Techniques and Educational Videos in Courses of the Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering (MUIT 2019–2021)

• Title: Career Guidance and Enhancement of “Soft Skills” for Final-Year Students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications Technologies Engineering (GITT 2019–2021)

• Title: Comprehensive plan for individual support for new students in the Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunication Technologies Engineering (2017-2019).

• Title: BIM collaborative work in the Bachelor’s Degree in Building Engineering in the 2017-18 academic year (2017-2019).

• Title: Application of learning based on issues in projects coordinated between subjects in the University Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering (2017-2019).

• Title: Support in the coordination of the Bachelor’s Degree in Building Engineering by means of designing the study programme via the application of an objective method (2015-2016).

• Title: Drawing up of teaching resources and materials in Moodle for the University Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering in a blended learning setting (2013-2014).

• Title: Skills assessment of final year undergraduate projects in Audiovisual Telecommunication Systems Engineering at the Polytechnic School of Cuenca (2012-2013).

• Title: Education Research and Innovation Project: Vibrations and Noise (2010-2013).

• Title: Creation and coordination of the Multidisciplinary Teaching Team in the field of Electronic Technology and other areas of the Polytechnic School of Cuenca for the Bachelor’s Degree in Audiovisual Telecommunication Systems Engineering (2011-2012).

• Title: Evolution of learning approaches in new degree-level qualifications (2010-2011).

• Title: Innovation and coordination in learning in electromedicine and technology via ICT (2010-2011).

• Title: Introduction to Building Projects via Supervised Work Experience Placements (2010-2011).

Development Grants for Academic Staff

The “EPC Academic Staff Development Grants” is a yearly funding scheme to provide faculty members with up-to-date training. The scheme, forms and decisions are announced as soon they become available.