Tech-based Innovations in pedagogical practices: the case of ISCAP

TICEduca. III Congresso Internacional TIC e Educação. 14 a 16 Novembro, Lisboa

The exponential growth of the use of Internet and educational technologies has fostered deep transformations in the teaching-learning process in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in Portugal. Institutions have great responsibility in granting both teachers and students access not only to educational practices but also to suitable educational technologies, in order to potentiate learning opportunities and the dissemination of technical knowledge. At a time of deep societal and technological transformations, innovation in pedagogical practices at higher levels of learning may be the necessary propeller for HEI to redefine their mission and consequently develop and implement different initiatives and projects so as to support and motivate teachers and to offer today’s students complementary means for the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Our paper examines the implementation of innovative pedagogical practices in ISCAP within Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations Theory. We describe the shifts in innovations in a business school, whose roots are deeply embedded in traditional, teacher-centred pedagogical practices. Finally, we identify enablers that contributed to the emergence of the innovators and early adopters of the new technologies and practices.