Introduction

This program aims to continue advancing the need to ensure a culture of innovation and continuous improvement of the teaching-learning process at the university.

It is a program of continuous support for the professional development of the teaching staff, which includes a range of courses that respond to the preferences expressed by our teaching staff, with varied topics related to learning, curriculum design, teaching and research methodologies and other resources that promote the professionalization of the tasks that university teaching staff have to carry out.

Objectives

• To train university teaching staff in the different elements that influence the teaching-learning process: teaching planning, teaching methods, evaluation, student motivation, communication skills, autonomous learning, tutoring and new technologies and digital platforms applied to teaching.
• To address the training needs and interests demanded by the teaching staff.

Recipients

It is aimed at all teaching and research staff of the UMH.

Registration

Access the registration form

When the number of teachers pre-registered for a course exceeds the maximum number of students allowed, the order of pre-registration of the applications submitted to the University’s Study Management Service will be established as the selection criterion.

Prior to the start of the different courses, an email will be sent to all teachers enrolled in these courses, reminding them of the dates on which they will take place.

Training activities

• Advanced activities and resources with Moodle and integration of undergraduate/master’s theses. 
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.163kB
  • Hours: 12
  • Implementation period: February 12-26, 2026
  • Schedule: from 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm
  • Location: Hybrid. Elche Campus
• Active learning with Team Based Learning (TBL) and Just in Time Teaching (JiTT). 
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.162kB
  • Hours: 4
  • Implementation period: February 17-19, 2026
  • Schedule: from 12:00 to 14:00
  • Location: Virtual
• How to understand and work with gifted students in the classroom during their university years. 
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.165kB
  • Hours: 12
  • Implementation period: May 19, 21, 26 and 28, 2026 (this workshop has changed dates)
  • Schedule: from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
  • Location: Virtual

• Creation of clinical encounters with a patient simulator in the clinical simulation area of ​​the UMH.
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.161kB
  • Hours: 4
  • Implementation period: July 1-8, 2026
  • Schedule: from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
  • Location: Sant Joan d’Alacant Campus
• Creating, editing, and publishing podcasts and videos with AI: Riverside and Descript. 
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.161kB
  • Hours: 12
  • Implementation period: February 10, 12 and 17, 2026
  • Schedule: from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
  • Location: Elche Campus
• Taking care of oneself to take care of others: mindfulness and mental health in university teaching.
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.161kB
  • Hours: 4
  • Implementation period: June 19, 2026
  • Opening hours: from 10:00 to 14:00
  • Location: Elche Campus
• Design and implementation of COIL (COLLABORATIVE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LEARNING) projects in higher education.   
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.163kB
  • Hours: 10
  • Implementation period: March 2, 9, 16 and 23 and April 20, 2026
  • Schedule: from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
  • Location: Virtual
• Dissemination and educational innovation: bridges between science and the classroom.
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.177kB
  • Hours: 10
  • Implementation period: January 20, 22 and 26, 2026
  • Schedule: from 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM 
  • Location: Elche Campus
• Immersive teaching: applications of virtual reality in university teaching.
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.163kB
  • Hours: 4
  • Período de realización: 24 de febrero de 2026
  • Horario: de 16:00 h a 20:00 h
  • Lugar: Campus de Sant Joan d´Alacant
• Docencia innovadora: del dato a la acción social.
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.168kB
  • Horas: 12
  • Período de realización: 12, 19 y 26 de enero de 2026
  • Horario: de 16:00 h a 20:00 h
  • Lugar: Virtual
• Edición online de textos y presentaciones en LaTeX.
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.162kB
  • Horas: 12
  • Período de realización: 18 y 20 de mayo de 2026
  • Horario: de 9:00 h a 12:00 h
  • Lugar: Híbrida. Campus de Elche 
• Enseñar y divulgar con humor: engancha, conecta y fomenta el aprendizaje mediante el humor.
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.161kB
  • Horas: 12
  • Período de realización: 28 de abril y 5, 12 y 19 de mayo de 2026
  • Horario: de 10:00 h a 12:30 h
  • Lugar: Virtual
• Equipos que funcionan: una experiencia práctica del modelo de disfunciones de Lencioni para el trabajo docente e investigador.
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.163kB
  • Horas: 12
  • Período de realización: 3, 5, 10 y 12 de febrero de 2026
  • Horario: de 16:30 h a 19:30 h
  • Lugar: Virtual
• Escapando de la rutina docente: diseño y desarrollo de Escape Room en el aula universitaria 
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.207kB
  • Horas: 12
  • Período de realización: 5, 7, 12 y 14 de mayo de 2026
  • Horario: de 15:30 h a 18:30 h
  • Lugar: Campus de Elche
• Estrategias para la inclusión de la comunidad universitaria LGTBIQA+ y por diversidad cultural, de procedencia y/o etnia.
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.167kB
  • Horas: 12
  • Período de realización: 3, 8, 10 y 15 de junio de 2026
  • Horario: de 9:00 a 12:00 h.
  • Lugar: Campus de Elche
• Fomento del espíritu emprendedor en el aula.
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.162kB
  • Horas: 12 
  • Período de realización:  27 de mayo y 3, 10 y 17 de junio de 2026
  • Horario: de 9:30 h a 12:30 h
  • Lugar: Híbrida- Campus de Elche
• Fomento del pensamiento crítico en el aula. Herramientas de oratoria y debate.
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.162kB
  • Horas: 12
  • Período de realización: 7, 14, 21 y 28 de mayo de 2026
  • Horario: de 16:00 h a 19:00 h
  • Lugar: Híbrida. Campus de Elche
• Gestión de prácticas académicas externas. Estancias, practicums y similares.
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.165kB
  • Horas: 8
  • Período de realización: 5 y 12 de marzo de 2026
  • Horario: de 16 a 20 horas
  • Lugar: Virtual
• Gestiona con éxito tus encargos de empresas (contratos y prestaciones de servicio).
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.162kB
  • Horas: 3
  • Período de realización: 29 de abril de 2026
  • Horario: de 16:00 h a 19:00 h
  • Lugar: Campus de Elche
• Herramientas para introducir la perspectiva de género en la docencia (este taller ha cambiado de fecha). 
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.164kB
  • Horas: 12
  • Período de realización: 9, 12, 22 y 23 de junio de 2026
  • Horario: de 10:00 h a 13:00 h
  • Lugar: Híbrida. Campus de Elche
• IA generativa para profesorado UMH (turno de mañana y tarde).  
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.162kB
  • Horas: 10
  • Período de realización: 21, 23, 28 y 30 de septiembre de 2026
  • Horario: turno de mañana, de 9:00 h a 11:30 h y turno de tarde, de 16:00 h a 18:30 h
  • Lugar: Virtual
• La categoría de género en la investigación.
  • Profesorado, objetivos, contenidos y metodología.PDF.178kB
  • Horas: 12
  • Período de realización: 29 y 30 de junio y 6 y 8 de julio de 2026
  • Horario: de 10:00 h a 13:00 h
  • Lugar: Campus de Elche
• Cultural mediation in practice: tools and strategies for professional contexts. 
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.166kB
  • Hours: 12
  • Implementation period: February 3, 4 and 5, 2026
  • Opening hours: from 10:00 to 14:00
  • Location: Altea Campus
• Methodologies, tools and strategies for the protection of research results.
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.161kB
  • Hours: 6
  • Implementation period: May 4-6, 2026
  • Schedule: from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
  • Location: Elche Campus
• Micro-innovations in teaching to improve participation and the learning climate. 
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.164kB
  • Hours: 12
  • Implementation period: January 15-27, 2026
  • Schedule: from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
  • Location: Hybrid. Elche Campus
• Curriculum sustainability and integration of sustainable development goals in university teaching. 
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.166kB
  • Hours: 8 
  • Implementation period: June 2-4, 2026
  • Schedule: from 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm
  • Location: Elche Campus       
• Sustainability in research and integration of sustainable development goals in research, doctoral theses, Master’s theses and Bachelor’s theses.
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.167kB
  • Hours: 8
  • Implementation period: June 16-18, 2026
  • Schedule: from 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm
  • Location: Elche Campus  
• Storytelling to improve teaching.
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.161kB
  • Hours: 12
  • Implementation period: March 3, 10 and 17, 2026
  • Hours: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM 
  • Location: Elche Campus
• 3D technologies applied to university teaching: scanning, modeling and printing for educational innovation.
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.168kB
  • Hours: 12
  • Implementation period: January 26, 27 and 29, 2026
  • Schedule: from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
  • Location: Altea Campus
• What if we break down barriers? Strategies towards the inclusion of students with disabilities or specific educational support needs. 
  • Faculty, objectives, content and methodology.PDF.163kB
  • Hours: 12
  • Implementation period: September 22, 24 and 29, 2026
  • Hours: 9:00 to 12:00
  • Location: Hybrid. Elche Campus

Observations: the courses of the Teaching Innovation and Educational Excellence Program must have a minimum number of 15 participants to be carried out.

Assessment and certificate

Attendance at least 80% of the total hours scheduled for each workshop will be recognized with a certificate issued by the Vice-Rector for Faculty.

Certificates will only be issued to attendees and the teacher(s) of the activity.