María-Soledad Ramírez-Montoya

• Doctor of Education
• Managing Director at Tecnológico de Monterrey

The recommendations for OER issued in November 2019 by UNESCO are taken up again in December 2019, at the Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico), with the open educational practice of the UNESCO/ICDE international stay Open educational movement for Latin America. The focus was disseminated and implemented with the aim of building in international networ...

Validated instruments enable strategic decision-making in an increasingly complex technological environment. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) should have data measuring technological maturity and readiness for cyber-physical environments, crucial to leading digital transformation and sustainable development. This study presents the validation o...

Remote education is an alternative delivery modality for digital environments, responding to several societal requirements and the needs of today’s education. Although the term has been used since the early 2000s, the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to emerge as a temporary alternative to continue the educational processes during confinement. However,...

The rise of immediacy culture, emphasizing instant gratification, has led to students disengaging from taking ownership of their learning, fostering passive environments. This study addresses the issue by building students' confidence in autonomous learning through strategies that cultivate intrinsic motivation. The research aimed to assess student...

We discuss a new construct called Industry 5.0, which has infiltrated the education sector, enabling us to explore Education 5.0. This concept is based on the use of advanced technologies that enable it to address global issues in contemporary society, many of which are related to sustainability. In line with the above, the aim of this research was...

Personalized learning (PL) has emerged as a promising approach to address diverse educational needs, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing an increasingly pivotal role in its implementation. This systematic literature review examines the landscape of PL across various educational contexts, focusing on the use of AI and associated challenges. Us...

Abstract Purpose This study aims to analyze and compare students’ perceived mastery of their reasoning-for-complexity competency (sometimes called complex thinking or complex reasoning) and its sub-competencies in entrepreneurship and engineering programs in a higher education institution. The objective of this analysis was to prove that entreprene...

Semantic Web (SW) constitutes a significant evolution in management and application of information in different disciplines including medicine, where it can be useful in complex thought processes such as medical diagnosis. Objective of this study was to know how SW is related to medical diagnosis within the context of complexity. To achieve it, a s...

El capítulo aborda el diseño y validación de un instrumento de evaluación para los cursos de aprendizaje colaborativo internacional en línea (COIL), construido para medir la calidad y efectividad de estas experiencias educativas. El objetivo principal fue crear una herramienta que evaluara tres dimensiones que son intrínsecas y transversales a esta...

The objective is to present a proposal for a gender-sensitive risk analysis model using artificial intelligence (AI) within the framework of complex thinking that provides access to opportunities, specifically for vulnerable populations such as women from underprivileged sections. This international non-parametric study highlights the vulnerability...

It may seem that learning platforms and systems are a tired topic for the academic community; however, with the recent advancements in artificial intelligence, they have become relevant to both current and future educational discourse. This systematic literature review explored platforms and software supporting personalized learning processes in th...

Purpose This remastered analysis focuses on the impact of entrepreneurial interventions in higher education institutions (HEI), particularly in social entrepreneurship. The study evaluated the effectiveness of such interventions through a pre-and post-test approach, examining various skill sets in students. The primary goal was to analyze the influ...

Since its launch in 2022, ChatGPT has sparked considerable interest in higher education, raising debates about its benefits, challenges, and ethical implications. This systematic literature review, spanning January 2019 to January 2024, analyzes 42 articles from Web of Science and Scopus to identify key opportunities and challenges in its academic...

During the last decade, a growing interest in open educational resources (OER) has developed among educational researchers worldwide. This trend involves the examination of possible effects over diverse learning domains such as the development of literacy and digital skills in the context of the fourth industrial revolution. To address this matter,...

This study examines the co-design of a financial literacy videogame as a pedagogical innovation aimed at fostering sustainable economic principles among university students. The co-design process and game development is informed by the needs and preferences of its end-users to ensure the game's educational content is relevant and impactful. This me...

This paper presents an approach to sustainability education through the design and testing of a digital ecosystem integrating Open Educational Resources (OER) within complex learning environments. By employing OER in the pedagogical strategy, the study aligns with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, aiming to ensure inclusive and equ...

Introduction Digital education is favorably positioned as a learning option; it employs various strategies, pedagogies, and methodologies, including collaborative online international learning experiences (COIL). This alternative, inherent to the digital era, transcends traditional educational methods by boosting technology to enhance learning expe...

Sustainability actions in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) profoundly affect students, employees and their communities. These aim at social and economic benefits for local communities. Sustainability must be measured, and its goals must be achieved as part of the university’s mission to impact the community significantly. This work provides the...

The rapid evolution of knowledge requires constantly acquiring and updating skills, making lifelong learning crucial. Despite decades of artificial intelligence, recent advances promote new solutions to personalize learning in this context. The purpose of this article is to explore the current state of research on the development of artificial inte...

Academic integrity refers to the adherence to ethical principles and values in academic settings. It involves the responsible and ethical use of information, proper citation and referencing, avoidance of plagiarism, honesty in examinations and assignments, and compliance with institutional and disciplinary guidelines and policies. The aim of this p...

With the growing popularity of generative artificial intelligence models, there is a need to train educators with the knowledge and skills to leverage these technologies for enhanced learning experiences. This paper presents the results of a study that aimed to analyze the perspectives of educators regarding the integration of generative artificial...

Undergraduate education requires innovation to adapt to the learning needs and expectations of students. Over the years, a typical class has evolved to now include technologies and pedagogical tools like programming languages, personal computers, learning management systems, computer-aided design, simulators, advanced computation software, etc. For...

In the present and future of education, fostering complex thinking, especially in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is critical to lifelong learning. This study aimed to analyze learning scenarios within the framework of a model that promotes complex thinking and integrated design analysis, to identify the contributions of li...

Future education requires fostering high-level competencies to enhance student talent, and artificial intelligence (AI) can help in profile analysis. The aim was to determine the variables that predict the GPA of students in the ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’ program through an integrated methodology of data analytics, machine learning modeling, and feature...

The objective of the study was to validate the construction of a financial literacy measurement instrument aligned with complex thinking competencies in Mexican women entrepreneurs. By means of the construct validation method, the content was validated by expert judgment, validation by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, as well as intern...

Energy consumption of constructed educational facilities significantly impacts economic, social and environment sustainable development. It contributes to approximately 37% of the carbon dioxide emissions associated with energy use and procedures. This paper aims to introduce a study that investigates several artificial intelligence-based models to...

Complex environments require changes in training models for health professionals to support access to knowledge for teaching and clinical research decision-making. These changes require digital competency training to successfully address knowledge acquisition and lifelong learning in the digital health ecosystem. This research aims to analyse the h...

In education, technological advances have boosted digital processes that expand training possibilities, such as xMOOCs (eXtended Massive Open Online Courses). The purpose of this study was to analyze the design of the xMOOC in the light of open and collaborative innovation and the social construction of learning. The quantitative method and descrip...

Purpose The challenges facing 21st-century society are becoming increasingly complex, requiring the development of new citizen competencies. This study aims to validate an educational model focused on developing complex thinking in higher education students. Current educational models lack future-ready competencies, necessitating the emergence of n...

Training the high-order competency of complex thinking encompasses addressing its sub-competencies of critical, innovative, scientific and systemic thinking. In this framework, how do the practices of reasoning for complexity in Latin American institutions differ from other regions? This study focused on comparing training practices that promote co...

Complex thinking competency enhances the high cognitive capacities necessary for the future of education. This study aimed to analyze these capacities through its sub-competencies (critical, systemic, and scientific thinking). We worked with the Cross Industry Standard Process for Data Mining methodology, with an original database of class data of...

In the rapidly evolving context of Education 4.0, the urgency to cultivate complex cognitive competencies is increasingly paramount, especially within the multifaceted educational landscape of Latin America. Despite this, there exists a paucity of scholarly inquiry investigating the nuanced perceptions of these competencies across various academic...

This article aims to approach students' perception of mastery of the reasoning-for-complexity com-petency and its sub-competencies (scientific, systemic, and critical thinking) in a sample group at a Latin American university. The intention was to identify whether there are statistically significant differences in a population of men and women in a...

In the field of complexity, new methodologies emerge, such as horizon architecture, which help to focus solutions that can be integrated to foster innovation in university education. Technologies are also opening up opportunities for training, such as virtual and augmented reality. This article aims to answer the question: What innovations do postg...

El horizonte del futuro de una educación de calidad nos alienta respecto a la necesaria formación de razonamientos que nos posibiliten una aproximación más apropiada a la complejidad como prioridad para una sociedad en busca de nuevas soluciones. El reto será formar ciudadanos con pensamiento crítico, científico, sistémico, innovador, emprendedor y...

This article aims to study the performance of machine learning models in forecasting gender based on the students' open education competency perception. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 326 students from 26 countries using the eOpen instrument. The analysis comprises 1) a study of the students' perceptions of knowledge, skills, and...

El horizonte del futuro de una educación de calidad nos alienta respecto a la necesaria formación de razonamientos que nos posibiliten una aproximación más apropiada a la complejidad como prioridad para una sociedad en busca de nuevas soluciones. El reto será formar ciudadanos con pensamiento crítico, científico, sistémico, innovador, emprendedor y...

Among the emerging technologies that have been best received in education so far in the first quarter of the twenty-first century, Augmented Reality has been widely positioned. Despite its popularity, the characteristics of its influence and application are unknown in detail. This study focused on the context of Augmented Reality in education. Base...

Los entornos cambiantes plantean retos para la formación y, de manera muy especial, para la inclusión educativa de personas con dificultades auditivas y visuales. ¿De qué forma la educación abierta y las tecnologías digitales y flexibles pueden aportar vías para inclusión en el marco de la complejidad? El objetivo del estudio fue analizar posibilid...

In the context of rapid technological advancements and the increasing availability of Open Educational Resources (OER), there is a growing need to foster complex thinking skills in higher education. The study aims to characterize OER platforms that facilitate the development of such skills, grounded in UNESCO’s recommendations and the evolving defi...

La alfabetización financiera es una habilidad que deben desarrollar los estudiantes para poder cultivar su bienestar económico a mediano y largo plazo. En este trabajo se presenta el diseño, construcción y validación de una escala de medición de la alfabetización desde la imbricación del pensamiento complejo con las alfabetizaciones de conocimiento...

Intercultural competencies are crucial when collaborating effectively with people in different contexts to solve shared problems. This systematic literature review analyzed the content of scientific evidence from 2016 to 2023 of the publications in the Web of Science and Scopus databases on intercultural competency development and international col...

BACKGROUND The social isolation and distancing measures which followed the COVID-19 pandemic promoted clinical telesimulation and virtual simulation as a didactic strategy for training medical students. These strategies have not yet been fully evaluated in terms of impact and acceptability. OBJECTIVE This study evaluates virtual simulation and tel...

Emergency remote teaching responded to a global lockdown situation due to CoVid-19. Situation that accelerated digital transformation in all sectors. The universities were affected, and it was necessary to design strategies that would allow the continuity of academic processes using the Internet. So far, there is very little theoretical and empiric...

El desarrollo sostenible dentro del marco de la Agenda 2030 propuesta por la UNESCO requiere de la integración de las mujeres como actores clave no solo en los procesos productivos, sino también en los sociales y económicos. Es por ello que la inclusión financiera toma relevancia como vehículo para disminuir la brecha de género, una de las principa...

Entrepreneurial education in different contexts has gained relevance in educational institutions, incorporating various models to enhance the development of competencies in students. This literature review aimed to analyze publications from 2014–2021 to identify the models, methods, strategies, and resources used in entrepreneurship education and t...

Research competencies are skills that university students must develop to create and socialize scientific products during their academic live. In this research, an experience was implemented to improve the students’ competency levels through its imbrication with complex thinking and the use of Education 4.0 applications, such as remote team workflo...

This work seeks to analyze the scientific evidence of the last five years and investigate the behavioral trends of virtual platforms and simulations for learning and skills development. By conducting a systematic literature review, utilizing the SciVal tool, and assessing statistical findings, we aim to establish a framework for the current status...

This paper presents the results of a study that aimed to analyze the perspectives of higher education instructors regarding humanoid robots and the use of educational robotics in higher education for STEM fields. The study employed survey method of data collection to examine the views of 192 instructors on the benefits and challenges of using human...

Complex thinking is a desired competency in 21st-century university students, so technology-based teaching and learning strategies must be carefully considered when training them in complex reasoning skills. This systematic review aims to map research on the use of teaching and learning strategies supported by technology to enhance complex thinking...

There is a clear inequality in gender distribution for the STEM areas (Science, Technology, En-gineering, and Mathematics). Furthermore, there is a noticeable lack of diversity and a socio-economic gap that requires actionable solutions. To explore potential factors that affect theparticipation of women in STEM, this paper reviews two possible grou...

This article aims to study open education competency data through machine learning models to determine whether models can be built on decision rules using the features from the students' perceptions and classify them by the level of competency. Data was collected from a convenience sample of 326 students from 26 countries using the eOpen instrument...

With the advent of information and communication technologies, the implementation of online learning has been accelerated. In addition, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the incorporation of an online model in all institutions. The objective of this study is to conduct a review on mediation models in online environments and examine the...

Society 5.0 is a transformative vision for the future driven by integrating digital technologies and human-centered approaches, fusing with cyber-physical spaces to create a smart society that addresses megatrends through innovative and collaborative solutions by stakeholders. This article analyzes Maturity Models (MMs) in Higher Education to ident...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether, within a practice-based curriculum, feedback on the assessment tasks provided during campus coursework offers opportunities to promote lifelong learning dispositions in pre-service teachers. For this, pre-service teachers (n = 231) completed a validated questionnaire regarding lifelong learning disp...

This research delves into the use of simulation games as a learning tool in logistics education, with a focus on the Logistics Simulator and Production Game Simulator. Through an analysis of these two cases, relevant findings were uncovered. Firstly, simulation games can recreate concrete experiences, allowing students to engage with challenging pr...

The rapid pace of technological advancement means accelerated emergence of new hardware and software options, which speaks to not only the intellectual capabilities of their designers but also to the immense latent potential of these technologies to be used in education to unlock human intellectual capital and train the human capital of the future....

Teaching Statistics can be a challenging endeavor. Gamification possesses immense potential to improve acquisition and retention of knowledge in general by way of making learning fun and offering the ability to embed and contextualize concepts in the game design and simulation. The breadth of technology available today presents the possibility of d...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-based chatbots, such as ChatGPT, are transforming the approach to education. In particular, ChatGPT's potential to process large amounts of data and learn from user interactions makes it a beneficial resource for students, albeit with some reluctance from some teachers. This study aimed to explore the acceptance...

The incessant changes in technology generate new products and services, presenting multiple opportunities for the complex educational environment. Consequently, higher education institutions must be attentive to these changes to ensure that students have the knowledge and skills necessary for the work environment. This research aimed to identify st...

Proyecto “Open Educational Model for Complexity (OEM4C)” del R4C-IRG Interdisciplinary Research Group: Scaling Complex Thinking for All en el Instituto para el Futuro de la Educación del Tecnológico de Monterrey con la Dra. María Soledad Ramírez Montoya en el periodo del 15 de julio de 2022 al 15 de julio de 2023. Colaboración para crear un Modelo...

Proyecto “Education 4.0 Platform to strengthen Scientific, Technological, and Social Entrepreneurship through Scaling Complex Thinking Competencies (OpenEdR4C)” del R4C-IRG Interdisciplinary Research Group: Scaling Complex Thinking for All en el Instituto para el Futuro de la Educación del Tecnológico de Monterrey con la Dra. María Soledad Ramírez...

In the absence of available instruments that measure reasoning-for-complexity competency in higher education, we designed a rubric to measure university students' levels of mastery of that competency. This article presents the process to estimate the validity and reliability that led to the final version of the "eComplex" rubric, which consists of...

This article aims to study machine learning models to determine their performance in classifying students by gender based on their perception of complex thinking competency. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 605 students from a private university in Mexico with the eComplexity instrument. In this study, we consider the following data...

Rationale The development of the complex thinking meta-competency in the education of university students potentially promotes high capacities, where artificial intelligence (AI) might work as a supporting structure. Objective This proof-of-concept study of an AI-based platform aimed to integrate a sequence of activities into the design of an onli...

The dynamics of change in the work environment are becoming more dizzying, given that adopting new technologies generates new knowledge and jobs. This research analyzed a case study of a Mexican university implementing alternative credentials. The method was instrumental case study research, with exploratory and descriptive categories, applying thr...