The event is part of the "Smart School: Intelligent Virtual Classroom to Support Strategy as Innovative Teaching and Learning Processes in Basic Primary Education" project.  This project was developed in partnership with the Information Technology Park of Science, Art and Technology and Samsung Electronics with the support of Gico.

"With the expertise of research groups, these technologies have been introduced to improve learning in children and training teachers," said Carolina Gonzalez Serrano, Coordinator of Gico.

An Intelligent Virtual Classroom was opened in June 16 in the Technological Park. In August, a second phase was implemented, and the process of assimilation of knowledge in areas such as mathematics has improved.  The classroom allows the children to experience and generate their own conclusions.

"We are working on methodologies where participation facilitates learning and the use of technologies could help to better understand the issues that are part of the process along with research groups from the School of Natural, Exact and Education Science," she added.

Rita Villate, the director of the Emtel Foundation, spoke about the importance of showing the community how this partnership has enabled a tool with a methodology that improves learning.

"We are very grateful to the professors of the University of Cauca for supporting the acquisitions of these technological tools as a pedagogical strategy that strengthens the construction of knowledge," he said.

For more information, please contact:

Research Group in Computational Intelligence

Phone: 8209800, ext. 2717

Email: cgonzals@gmail.com