HETS Executive officers’ election were held during an historically virtual Board Meeting celebrated through Zoom digital platform, on June 25, 2020. More than 30 Board Members and special guests connected from Puerto Rico, United States and Colombia. As part of the meeting agenda, Dr. Carlos Morales, President, TCC Connect Campus of Tarrant County College from Texas, was elected as HETS Chair. Collaborating with Dr. Morales will be, Mr. Manuel J. Fernós, President of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, as Vice Chair, Eng. Gladys Nieves, President of EDP University as Treasurer; and Dr. Carlos Vargas, President of Southeast Missouri State University as Secretary. Elected as Regional Representatives were: Dr. Tomás Morales, President, California State University San Bernardino; Dr. Havidán Rodríguez, President, University at Albany (SUNY); and Dr. Maritza Rondón, Chancellor of the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. All appointments will start term on July 1st, 2020 for two years as stated in HETS Bylaws. We would like to recognize the hard work and commitment of the past officers during their tenure. We truly appreciate that they will be continuing serving as officers in a new role. To learn more about the newly appointed Officers visit: Meet the Executive Committee.
This Board meeting ends academic year 2019-2020, an intense year for the organization and its members, as it embarked on the implementation of recently new strategies evolved as the response of the new academic reality due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The strategic plan framework corresponding to years 2017-2020 focused on core areas of access, retention and successful completion, and online learning / technology integration was extended for an additional year in order to complete and adapt it to our new reality and provide better support to our member institutions and its communities.
Among the news shared with the Board were highlighted the major activities to support the organizational programmatic goals and added services such as: tailored workshops and webinar offerings; additional tools and services added to the HETS Virtual Plaza and HETS Website. Also, the results of our main events the HETS Best Practices Showcase, Student Leadership Showcase and Online Tours were presented, in which Student Ambassadors program participants shared with their peers the tools and resources free of charge available for them at the Student Placita of the HETS Virtual Plaza. Board members also welcomed representative from new member institution: Los Angeles Community College District and concluded the meeting with a virtual session with corporate members such as Blackboard, InQmatic, Inter Staff, and COBIMET.
For more information about HETS services, please visit www.hets.org, contact us via email info@hets.org or just call us at (787) 616-3201.
As a result of the crisis caused by Covid-19, HETS as part of its focus and mission, has been providing special supportto member institutions in PR, USA and Latin America. To this end, webinars and virtual events have been coordinated, free of charge, through Blackboard Collaborate or other online platforms such as: Zoom, on topics related to the integration of technology in education .
Virtual Event- President’s Panel: Institutional Experiences and Protocols during the covid-19 pandemic and the future of Higher Education (watch here the recording)
Panelists:
Brief description:
This virtual event held on June 26, 2020, was a panel of Presidents from different member institutions in Puerto Rico, United States of America, and Latin America, moderated by President Carlos Morales. These Presidents shared their expertise and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and what they think will be the future of Higher Education. The panel included representation of presidents from a community college, a 4-year college public and private and one International institution of learning about their vision based on their academic community and student population. The moderator, Dr. Carlos Morales, guided the discussion and the Q & A session with participants.
To obtain a certificate of participation: it must be requested by email to info@hets.org within seven days after the event. Please include on your petition email your full name, the date, and the title of the webinar. Certificates will only be sent to those who meet these requirements
Cuenta con más de 20 años de experiencia como educador en las disciplinas de la música, las artes visuales, pedagogía y andragogía. También cuenta con más de 10 años experiencia en la educación a distancia y la tecnología educativa. Posee un Doctorado en Currículo y Ambientes de Aprendizaje con especialidad en Tecnología Educativa y está certificado como Educador Virtual. También posee dos maestrías en educación, una en administración y supervisión educativa y la otra en la enseñanza de las bellas artes, además de poseer diversas licencias como maestro, facilitador y director de escuela en Puerto Rico. Sus experiencias van desde diseñador, pintor, dibujante, músico, educador, conferenciante, tallerista, contratista y asesor. Ha sido maestro en los niveles primarios, secundarios y profesor en universidades privadas y públicas.
Como professor, ha creado y facilitado cursos presenciales, híbridos y a distancia. Ha creado y administrado una diversidad de propuestas y proyectos de capacitación a maestros. Como administrador, es el desarrollador del primer Centro de Recursos para la Educación a Distancia de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, del cual es coordinador. Ha presentado los resultados de sus investigaciones en foros, nacionales e internacionales, sobre educación. Desarrolló el Modelo Multi Estratégico para la Enseñanza Efectiva en Línea, que se utiliza en la Universidad donde trabaja, para la creación de cursos a distancia.
Participants Profile of the Student Ambassador’s Program
(Academic year 2019-2020)
We congratulate and welcome the Student Ambassadors, who have been recommended and selected to represent their Institution for the 2019-2020 academic year. This Program will allow them the opportunity to promote the student support services that HETS has available free of charge to our affiliated institutions.
Institution: TCC Connect Campus of Tarrant County College- Texas, USA
Rogelio Machuca, is currently pursuing an Associate of Applied Science degree for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas in the United States. He is involved in the Intercultural Network and Men of Color Collaborative programs for his college. He is an aspiring entrepreneur who dreams of becoming his own boss and having a successful business or multiple successful businesses. He also desires to be able to travel the world in the future, while meeting new people and having new experiences.
Institution: California State University, San Marcos – California, USA
Joel Durán, is a Business Management student at California State University San Marcos with minors in Psychology and Philosophy. His involvements on campus and achievements include being an Orientation Team Leader, Marketing Director for the Latino Business Student Association, Founding Father of Delta Sigma Phi Chapter, and receiving Outstanding Student award in the Business Professional Development program. He’s currently a performance and life coach whose goal is to help individuals become the best versions of themselves by accomplishing their goals and overcoming limiting beliefs that hinder their growth through the use of visualization exercises, thought field therapy techniques, Neurolinguistic Programming, and creating massive paradigm shifts by achieving a deep understanding of those he works with and working together to redefine and fulfill their needs!
Institution: California State University, Sacramento State- California, USA
Erica Pérez attended Sacramento State and received a Bachelor’s of Art in Communications Studies and is currently pursuing a Master’s of Art in Educational Technology from the same institution. She serves as the Communications Specialist for five equity programs at Sacramento State, including, the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), Dreamer Resource Center (DRC), High School Equivalency Program (HEP), Migrant Student Leadership Institute (MSLI) and the Serna Center. The mission of these programs is to serve, retain and graduate underrepresented students by providing various resources and the necessary tools to successfully graduate. Her goal is to create innovative strategies, communicate and engage students via visual communication through the use of technology and digital media.
Institution: Houston Community College- Texas, USA
Arlicia Kinion was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Pensacola, Florida. She describes herself as resilient, since despite of several life happenings, those haven’t determined her happiness. When moving back to Houston, she enrolled in Houston Community College’s Business program majoring in Business Management. As an HCC mentor she had the privilege of mentoring first generation students while strategically promoting student success and completion. After graduation, she transfer to Texas Southern University as a junior entering Jesse J. Jones School of Business. In addition to her academic success, Arlicia has launched her personal brand Royal Essence, LLC with hopes of building purpose driven women. She’s also serving on the leadership team and extending care to her local community.
Institution: Southeast Missouri State University- Missouri, USA
Yul Carrión
Institution: Eastern Connecticut State University- Connecticut, USA
David Colón
Institution: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia– Medellín, Colombia
HETS will continue during this semester with the initiative discussed with the HETS Distance Learning Task Force to recognize Distance Learning professionals at HETS Member Institutions of developing targeted webinars to provide tools for their roles.
HETS Webinars:
Webinar titled: From Many to One: Aligning Online Course review tools and standards. Watch Webinar recording here).
April 21, 2020 at 10:30 am -11:30 am Central (CST) /11:30 am (EST/ PR Time)
The presenters: Austin Haynes, Elearning Graphic Designer; and David Denny, Instructional Designer from TCC Connect Campus, Tarrant County College
Brief description of the topic: This presentation will focus on the emerging need to align institutional standards in course design to national, state and institutional rubrics. Tarrant County College (TCC) currently utilizes the Quality Matters (QM) rubric to review online course content. The QM has established standards to certify the quality of online and blended courses. Additionally, institutions must consider the standards set forth by national and state accrediting organizations such as Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). Finding the similarities in these standards and aligning these tools allows more time for instructional design staff to work collaboratively with faculty to build course content and pedagogical strategies.
March 20, 2020 at 11:00 am -12:00 pm Central (CST) /12:00 pm (EST/ PR Time)
The presenter: Dr. David Pearse, from the Division of Accelerated Programs at TCC Connect Campus, Tarrant County College
Brief description of the topic: Accelerated courses can be defined as traditional three-credit hour courses delivered in less than a full 16 week semester. Many colleges and universities have experienced varied success with the delivery of accelerated classes. Offering the accelerated course online can also provide extra challenges to student success. This presentation will discuss some best practices for student success in accelerated online classes.
Webinar titled: The Hybrid Academy – A Professional Development for faculty teaching Hybrid Courses. (Watch webinar recording here)
February 27, 2020 at 11:30 am -12:30pm Central (CST) /12:30 pm (EST)/ 1:30 pm (PR Time).
The presenters: Jessica Handley and Roberto Rivera Instructional Designers from University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Brief description of the topic: It is evident that the demand for online and hybrid courses continues to grow. According to the National Student Clearinghouse, more than 6 million higher education students were enrolled in some type of distance education courses in the year 2017. As the demand for hybrid courses increases, senior leaders are focusing on the quality of hybrid delivery. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, as Hispanic Serving Institution, has developed and implemented Professional Development called Hybrid Academy that provides faculty with the knowledge, skills, and exposure to resources necessary to design, develop, and facilitate hybrid instruction. The professional development goes over national standardized best practices, current research, and instructional design principles. The Hybrid Academy Professional Development was created completely in UTRGV official learning management system, Blackboard. It consists of 7 Modules that are all required components of the Hybrid Academy. Each module contains lessons and assessments created in SoftChalk Lesson Builder, Faculty Videos for Micro-Lectures, Discussion Forums and Reflective online Blogs. Also, weekly live sessions are conducted using Blackboard Collaborate and Zoom web conferencing.
Webinar titled: UTRGV Blueprinting Process: Our quality assurance process for Online Programs. (Watch webinar recordinghere)
February 18, 2020 at 11:30 am -12:30pm Central (CST) / 12:30 pm (EST)/ 1:30 pm (PR Time).
The presenters: Josie Stoleson and Toni Saldivar Instructional Designers from University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Brief description of the topic: To ensure consistency and quality in online programs, UTRGV faculty must participate in our blueprinting process. During the process, faculty go over our 6 module-13-week course in which they learn the concepts of designing a quality online course and learn strategies and best practices in online teaching. Upon completing of the session, participants will be able to learn the concepts of quality in the design of online programs, review Quality Matters Rubric, and review the components of the UTRGV Blueprinting Process.
These webinars were hosted by Dr. Carlos Morales, HETS Vice Chair and President of TCC Connect Campus, Tarrant County College. Again, this webinars are free of charge, when available you only need to register completing the form that will be available on this page soon.
To all those registered to participate, an email will be sent with the link to Bb Collaborate to connect to the webinars. Please, feel free to share this invitation to your peers that can also take advantage of this initiative. If you need any additional information, do not hesitate to contact us anytime.
Officers of the HETS Board of Directors, constituted by the presidents or designated representatives of each member institution, were interviewed to learn their perspective about the impact of HETS membership on their institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of this HETS Leadership Perspectives series, interviews in Spanish and English are available with HETS Chair, Dr. Carlos Vargas, President of Southeast Missouri State University, and Vice Chair Dr. Carlos Morales, President Tarrant County College Connect Campus. HETS also conducted interviews in Spanish with Manuel J. Fernós, President of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, HETS Treasurer and one of HETS’s first officers, and Eng. Gladys Nieves, President of EDP University of Puerto Rico, HETS Secretary.
During these interviews, HETS Officers agreed that services provided during the COVID-19 pandemic, including tutorials on how to use technology and access online services, peer reviewed articles sharing best practices and free webinars about distance learning were essential and valuable in this new academic scenario. As a result of the pandemic, officers visualize HETS present and future most important and essential than ever, as a pioneer organization in the use of technology in higher education with enormous expertise and services ready to use.
Interviewed HETS officers also spoke about their institutions, the students they serve, types of programs and modalities they offer. These presidents also shared important information about their relationship with HETS and highlighted multiple services that result in great returning on investment of its membership, like the online student support services available at the Student Placita, the professional development training and events for faculty and administrators, and the networking opportunities with other institutions during the board meetings and events. To conclude, presidents invited other institutions to benefit from HETS as a unique organization that fosters Hispanic/Latino student success in Higher Education through the strategic integration of technology.
Como resultado de la crisis causada por el Covid-19, HETS se ha dado a la tarea de brindar especial apoyo a las instituciones miembros en PR, USA y Latinoamérica, como parte de nuestro enfoque y misión. A tales efectos, se han coordinado webinars y eventos virtuales, libre de costo, sobre temas relacionados a la integración de la tecnología en la educación a través de Blackboard Collaborate u otras plataformas en línea como: Zoom.
Recursos invitados: Norberto Cruz Córdova, Presidente del Capítulo de Puerto Rico del Internet Society y el Ing. Eduardo Díaz, Director de Relaciones Internaciones del Capítulo de Puerto Rico del Internet Society
Breve descripción del tema: Las instituciones educativas, sus profesores, administradores y estudiantes se encuentran ante nuevos retos debido a la emergencia que ha provocado el covid-19. Todas las universidades y escuelas han comenzado a impartir sus cursos mediante métodos alternos digitales. Pero, quién maneja Internet, cuán seguro es, cómo podemos tomar ventaja del acceso que nos brinda? A través de este webinar, los docentes, administradores y estudiantes podrán conocer más sobre la gobernanza de esta inmensa red llamada Internet, los desafíos y las oportunidades que nos ofrece.
Para obtener certificado de participación: debe ser solicitado por email a info@hets.org, en un período de siete días después de realizado el evento. Favor incluir en el email su nombre completo, la fecha y el título del webinar. Solo se enviarán los certificados a los que cumplan con estos requisitos.
Como resultado de la crisis causada por el Covid-19, HETS se ha dado a la tarea de brindar especial apoyo a las instituciones miembros en PR, USA y Latinoamérica, como parte de nuestro enfoque y misión. A tales efectos, se han coordinado webinars y eventos virtuales, libre de costo, sobre temas relacionados a la educación a distancia a través del Blackboard Collaborate u otras plataformas en línea.
Gracias por su apoyo! Próximamente anunciaremos nuevas fechas de webinars. Acceda desde esta página las grabaciones de los webinars.
Nuestros Webinars:
Webinar: Serie Creación de cursos a distancia “Fast Track” Parte 1: El aspecto pedagógico en los adiestramientos para crear cursos a distancia (acceda grabación aquí)
martes, 14 de abril de 2020 de 3:00 pm a 4:00 pm (EST/ Puerto Rico) Presentado por: Dr. Juan “Tito” Meléndez Alicea, de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
Breve descripción del tema (descargue aquí temario): Las instituciones educativas se encuentran ante nuevos retos, debido a la emergencia que ha provocado el COVID-19. Todas las universidades en la isla han comenzado a impartir sus cursos mediante métodos alternos digitales. Esto gracias a que el Departamento de Educación Federal y la MSCHE han sido muy flexibles con las instituciones educativas, durante esta emergencia. A través del webinario, los docentes podrán reflexionar sobre su proceso de construir sus cursos y el papel de las herramientas en el proceso de construir sus cursos en línea. El propósito de este webinario es provocar una mirada nueva al proceso de diseñar sus cursos en línea.
jueves, 16 de abril de 2020 de 3:00 pm a 4:00 pm (EST/ Puerto Rico) Presentado por: Dr. José Ferrer, Universidad de Puerto Rico
Breve descripción del tema: En este seminario se explicará el Modelo Multi Estratégico para la Enseñanza en Línea y una serie de recomendaciones para lograr una transición exitosa de una clase presencial a una clase asistida por tecnologías de la Internet. Para beneficio del educador sin experiencia en la enseñanza en línea o temas de pedagogía, se hacen recomendaciones concretas y prácticas sin teorías complejas.
Webinar: Serie Creación de cursos a distancia “Fast Track” Parte 2: La evaluación en la creación de cursos a distancia (acceda grabación aquí)
viernes, 17 de abril de 2020 de 3:00 pm a 4:00 pm (EST/ Puerto Rico) Presentado por: Dr. Juan “Tito” Meléndez Alicea, de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
Breve descripción del tema (descargue aquí temario): Las instituciones educativas se encuentran ante nuevos retos, debido a la emergencia que ha provocado el COVID-19. Todas las universidades en la isla han comenzado a impartir sus cursos mediante métodos alternos digitales. Esto gracias a que el Departamento de Educación Federal y la MSCHE han sido muy flexibles con las instituciones educativas, durante esta emergencia. A través del webinario, los docentes podrán reflexionar sobre su proceso de adiestramiento y el papel de las herramientas en el proceso de construir sus cursos en línea. El propósito de este webinario es provocar una mirada nueva al proceso de evaluación en sus cursos en línea.
jueves, 23 de abril de 2020 de 3:00 pm a 4:00 pm (EST/ Puerto Rico) Presentado por: Dra. Ana Milena Lucumi, NUC University College
Breve descripción del tema (descargue aquí el temario): En un marco de emergencia global, debido a una pandemia por el COVID-19, la educación a distancia y sus generaciones han tenido una confluencia histórica en este 2020. Los docentes de todos los niveles, están asumiendo en una carrera por el sostenimiento y por la vida misma, la implementación de un modelo acelerado de aprendizaje a distancia en tiempos de cuarentena. Es un proceso de aprendizaje transformacional para todos: profesores y estudiantes, administradores y personal de servicio al estudiante, con la autogestión como principal vehículo de desarrollo. El Webinar De la pizarra a la pantalla en tiempos del COVID-19, es una invitación a reflexionar colectivamente en lo que se ha constituido como un movimiento de la educación presencial a una educación a distancia implementada con los medios disponibles y diversos, en tiempos de incertidumbre provocada por la crisis.
viernes, 24 de abril de 2020 de 3:00 pm a 4:00 pm (EST/ Puerto Rico) Presentado por: Dra. Rosa A. Ojeda Ayala
Breve descripción del tema: El aprendizaje activo, como postura filosófica, teórica y práctica, ha capturado la atención de muchos docentes universitarios en los últimos años. A través del webinario, compartiremos experiencias de la ejecución de prácticas de enseñanza enmarcados dentro de esta postura, como modelaje de estos procesos. Los participantes podrán reflexionar y compartir sus experiencias en la aproximación a este enfoque, especialmente en su aplicación a los nuevos entornos virtuales de aprendizaje.
miércoles, 29 de abril de 2020 de 3:00 pm a 4:00 pm (EST/ Puerto Rico) Presentado por: Dr. José Ferrer, Universidad de Puerto Rico
Breve descripción del tema: Este seminario en línea, basado en su guía publicada en Amazon con el mismo tema, el Dr. Ferrer explica y describe los pasos en el diseño y creación de materiales educativos para cursos en línea. Describe las características ideales desde el punto de vista educativo para estos materiales y su efecto en el aprendizaje efectivo, según la evidencia empírica. También presenta y discute herramientas y programados disponibles para facilitar la creación de estos materiales digitales. Habrá una sección de preguntas al finalizar la presentación.
Webinar: Serie Creación de cursos a distancia “Fast Track” Parte 3: El diseño instruccional a considerar (acceda la grabación aquí)
jueves, 30 de abril de 2020 de 3:00 pm a 4:00 pm (EST/ Puerto Rico) Presentado por: Dr. Juan “Tito” Meléndez Alicea, de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
Breve descripción del tema (descargue aquí temario): Las instituciones educativas se encuentran ante nuevos retos, debido a la emergencia que ha provocado el COVID-19. Todas las universidades en la isla han comenzado a impartir sus cursos mediante métodos alternos digitales. Esto gracias a que el Departamento de Educación Federal y la MSCHE han sido muy flexibles con las instituciones educativas, durante esta emergencia. A través del webinario, los docentes podrán reflexionar sobre su proceso de construir sus cursos y el papel de las herramientas en el proceso de construir sus cursos en línea. El propósito de este webinario es provocar una mirada nueva al proceso de diseñar sus cursos en línea.
sábado, 2 de mayo de 2020 de 1:00 pm a 3:00 pm (EST/ Puerto Rico) Presentado por: Dra. Ana Milena Lucumi, NUC University College
Breve descripción del tema: La integración de las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (TICs) facilita el desarrollo de unidades instruccionales que respondan a las diversas necesidades de los estudiantes. Desde hace décadas estas tecnologías han estado disponibles como un recurso de apoyo en las clases de escuela elemental, intermedia y superior. Sin embargo, la emergencia global debido al COVID-19 movilizó las TICs como la herramienta de conexión con los estudiantes y el medio para promover el aprendizaje, de tal manera que las lecciones se desplazaron de la pizarra a la pantalla, en todos los niveles de K-12. Este webinar propone un repaso de las teorías de aprendizaje y modelos de diseño instruccional más importantes, para llevar a cabo el diseño de un módulo instruccional y su producción mediante el uso de aplicaciones tecnológicas. Se espera que, al finalizar este webinar, el participante logre: (1) Autoevaluar sus destrezas en la integración de las TICs y el desarrollo de módulos instruccionales, (2) analizar el desarrollo de un módulo para la oferta a distancia, (3) discutir las fases del diseño instruccional de un módulo, y (4) visualizar la estructura y la organización de un módulo para su producción en diversas aplicaciones.
Webinar: Realidad Virtual en la Educación en Línea (acceda la grabación aquí) (descargue aquí la presentación)
jueves, 7 de mayo de 2020 de 3:00 pm a 4:00 pm (EST/ Puerto Rico) Presentado por: Antonio Delgado Pérez, de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
Breve descripción del tema: En los últimos años se ha experimentado un nuevo horizonte de posibilidades de la Realidad Virtual en el ámbito educativo. El contexto histórico en el que nos encontramos nos mueve a la investigación, diseño y desarrollo de Ecosistemas de Aprendizaje Inmersivo. Nuevas plataformas y servicios web de bajo costo o gratuitos, son capaces de introducir a los aprendices en diversidad de escenarios multi-sensoriales (vista, tacto, oídos), en los que la interacción con infinidad de personas estimula el proceso de aprendizaje social. El desarrollo de la Web 3.0 nos permite expandir las capacidades comunicativas y telemáticas para aumentar nuestros niveles de productividad y de desarrollo cognitivo. En este webinar conoceremos algunas herramientas gratuitas que nos permiten diseñar experiencias educativas innovadoras en tiempos de distanciamiento físico.
miércoles, 13 de mayo de 2020 de 3:00 pm a 4:00 pm (EST/ Puerto Rico) Presentadoras invitadas: Dra. Hilda Colón Plumey, Vice President, Middle States Commission on Higher Education; Lcda. María Varas García, Directora Ejecutiva, Junta de Instituciones Postsecundarias; Moderado por: Dra Giselle Tapia, Vicerrectora Asociada de Licencias y Acreditaciones, UAGM Recinto Cupey
Breve descripción del tema: Debido a la emergencia que ha provocado la pandemia del covid-19, las universidades y las instituciones postsecundarias han tenido que hacer cambios radicales en sus operaciones. Estos cambios a métodos alternos digitales, se realizan gracias a la flexibilidad permitido por la Junta de Instituciones postsecundarias y la MSCHE durante esta emergencia. ¿Hasta cuándo las instituciones pueden seguir con estos cambios tan sustanciales en sus operaciones? ¿Hay parámetros nuevos a seguir para estos cursos rediseñados? ¿Qué se espera de los adiestramientos implantados? A través del webinario, los administradores y docentes podrán aclarar inquietudes o dudas sobre sobre sus operaciones y el papel de las agencias reguladoras en este proceso de reconstrucción de sus cursos para la modalidad en línea.
Nuevamente, estos webinars son libre de costo. Próximamente estaremos anunciando nuevas fechas y el registro estará disponible en esta página.
HETS is pleased to announce that the videos of it’s 2020 Best Practices Showcase, Celebrating Technology Innovation for Hispanic Success in Higher Education, are available at our web page. Visit the Conference Schedule section of the event page and access the links to watch the videos. A playlist with all videos is available at our YouTube channel, you can access it here: 2020 BPS video playlist.
Celebrated January 16 and 17,2020 the HETS Best Practices Showcase highlighted the outstanding work of its member institutions focused on three main tracks:Access, Retention, and Online Learning and Technology Integration in Higher Education. During this year, several presenters excused themselves from the Conference due to the earthquakes emergency and those videos are not available to watch. However, you can also learn more about the best practices by accessing correspondent title on the schedule page. We would like to recognize the collaboration of HETS member institutions, whose experts showcased their best practices to support Hispanic student population and finding ways to provide a space for member institution to share this expertise. Do not hesitate to contact us for more information at 787-250-1912, ext. 2372, 2373 or via e-mail: info@hets.org. Thank you for your support to HETS and it’s Best Practices Showcase initiative.
This year, HETS is delighted to collaborate and support the Blackboard’s First-Gen Symposium, that will be held on Wednesday February 12 at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. We are pleased to invite HETS members to a special event in coordination with the Blackboard Texas team and Texas A&M University-San Antonio. This event is another free opportunity to continue the series of one-day events held last spring delivered by Blackboard to their Texas clients – called the Blackboard Waltz Across Texas. These events are focused on strategic planning for online and digital learning, innovative client solutions, and quality course design, and provided a technology showcase as well.
This free symposium will provide information related to research and best practices when it comes to using technology to influence success of these students. We have carefully crafted an agenda to help further your work with first-generation students, including hands-on sessions to try out ideas for yourselves.
Please visit https://go.blackboard.com/texas-symposium for the full agenda and to register. HETS Executive Director, Ms. Yubelkys Montalvo and HETS key collaborator, Francisco García from UTRGV are among the invited speakers. While there is no cost to attend, registration is important to reserve a seat. We encourage you to share this invitation with others on your campus who are also interested in this topic.
Registration will close February 7, so register ASAP!
Please feel free to contact the HETS office if you need more information. We look forward to seeing you February 12 at Texas A&M University-San Antonio!
additional year in order to complete and adapt it to our new reality and provide better support to our member institutions and its communities. 
Cuenta con más de 20 años de experiencia como educador en las disciplinas de la música, las artes visuales, pedagogía y andragogía. También cuenta con más de 10 años experiencia en la educación a distancia y la tecnología educativa. Posee un Doctorado en Currículo y Ambientes de Aprendizaje con especialidad en Tecnología Educativa y está certificado como Educador Virtual. También posee dos maestrías en educación, una en administración y supervisión educativa y la otra en la enseñanza de las bellas artes, además de poseer diversas licencias como maestro, facilitador y director de escuela en Puerto Rico. Sus experiencias van desde diseñador, pintor, dibujante, músico, educador, conferenciante, tallerista, contratista y asesor. Ha sido maestro en los niveles primarios, secundarios y profesor en universidades privadas y públicas.
HETS is pleased to announce that the videos of it’s 2020 Best Practices Showcase, Celebrating Technology Innovation for Hispanic Success in Higher Education, are available at our web page. Visit the 