Professional insight from Tecnológico de Monterrey

Tecnológico de Monterrey is a private, non-profit Mexican university founded with the conviction that "education can do it all." It shapes graduates with academic excellence and social commitment. Its strong focus on health, sustainability and education research has granted it global recognition as a leading university.

Tecnologico de Monterrey

Creating an interdisciplinary team at research universities is just like playing a fantasy role-playing game

Why interdisciplinarity is just like a fantasy role-playing game

Who’s the barbarian? Which one’s the wizard? Lorena Quilantán García offers practical advice on embarking upon your very own interdisciplinary hero quest

Lorena Quilantán García

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Checklists are just one method by which university academics can encourage students to assess their own learning

How to plan an online learning-friendly assessment

Maribell Reyes explains how to create comprehensively designed learning assessment strategies for an online course

Maribell Reyes

Tecnológico de Monterrey

University students can benefit from immersive experiences such as carrying out real-life tasks in a virtual reality factory

Answering common questions about immersive experiences

Not sure about introducing extended reality? Gabriela Sánchez Castillo offers insights into developing immersive experiences that are useful for assessing real-world skills

Gabriela Sánchez Castillo

Tecnológico de Monterrey

The hologram professor project beams a life-sized video of university lecturers into classrooms

Missing face-to-face interaction? Try becoming a ‘hologram professor’

Beaming a hologram of lecturers into classrooms offers greater closeness than video systems, say Carla Victoria Ramírez López, Leticia Castaño Sánchez and Patricia Aldape Valdés

Carla Victoria Ramírez López , Leticia Castaño Sánchez , Patricia Aldape Valdés

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Using media such as Spotify or TikTok can help academics connect with university students

Ideas for using media to connect with students

Students need to be motivated and engaged to be successful, which is where podcasts, social media and music come in, say Esmeralda Niño-Perez and Angeles Carolina Aguirre-Acosta

Esmeralda Niño-Perez , Angeles Carolina Aguirre-Acosta

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Tips for university academics on how to transition to hybrid teaching

Ten useful tips for teaching a hybrid course for the first time

Laura Patricia Zepeda Orantes shares recommendations for delivering hybrid courses, especially for teachers who are new to this way of working

Laura Patricia Zepeda Orantes

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Using immersive tech, such as augmented reality, can revolutionise assessment in universities

Using technology to revolutionise the way you evaluate

Even amid the great shift online, assessment methods have often remained mired in the traditional system, says Monica Francesca Contrino

Monica Francesca Contrino

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Advice on using peer assessment to encourage deeper student learning

Recommendations for incorporating and guiding peer assessment in the classroom or online

Claudia Hernández and Karla Banda offer practical advice on how to incorporate and direct productive peer assessment among students

Claudia Janeth Hernández Cardona, Karla Margarita Banda Martínez

Tecnológico de Monterrey