The Universidad Europea del Atlántico (European University of the Atlantic, UNEATLANTICO) held workshops “Learn Doing”, a formative day designed to offer an educational experience close to the university environment.
The main objective of the event was to develop a series of workshops and activities for ESO’s 4th graders, Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Training Cycles from all over Cantabria have the opportunity to have a first approach to university life and the degrees that they will be able to study at UNEATLANTICO in the future.
First, within the framework of the degrees in communication that encompasses Audiovisual Communication (CA), Journalism (PER) and Advertising and Public Relations (PRP), the workshop “Radio & TV Express” was developed by the teacher Angela Ruiz and Daniel Villarreal Audiovisual Technician. In the workshop, Ruiz was responsible for instructing attendees on the operation of the radio studio and the aspects involved in recording a radio program. Villarreal also presented the university’s television set to the students from the use of the teleprompter to the simulation of a real recording.
Additionally, workshops focused on health and biotechnology related to the degrees of the faculty of Health Sciences, such as Human Nutrition and Dietetics (NHD), Food Science and Technology (CTA) and Gastronomy were held. Under this premise, the teacher María Eléxpuru Zabaleta and the teacher Imanol Eguren conducted the workshop entitled “Understanding the body and food: Health, Sugar and DNA”. In this workshop the students carried out dynamic activities that encouraged to connect theory with current food practice, with activities such as DNA observation up to sugar analysis in energy drinks.
From the Higher Polytechnic School with degrees in Computer Engineering (II), Industrial Organization Engineering (IOI) and Agricultural and Food Industries Engineering (IIAA) the workshops “Engineer for a day: The exciting world of bridges” taught by Jorge Crespo, academic director of the degree in Industrial Organization Engineering (IOI) and “Breaking the illusion: hacking an AI”, by the Dean of the Polytechnic School and director of the degree in Computer Engineering, Manuel Masías.
In Crespo’s workshop, the students did a practical activity in which they had to manage their time in order to achieve the construction of infrastructure by creating a small-scale bridge using noodles. While, in the workshop of Masías, the students carried out an exercise where they tested the limits of modern language by using artificial intelligence to dissect AI thinking with their own thought.
From the area of Education, specifically within the grade of Primary Education (PE), the workshop “Discovering the teacher inside me…” was held. mathematics can be fun», under the responsibility of Dr. Raquel Vallines, teacher of the Degree in Primary Education in the area of Mathematics Didactics. During the activity, the classroom was transformed into a guided discovery lab. By using manipulative material, students discovered a more interesting, fun, and functional face of mathematics than they usually saw in textbooks.
Finally, in the Area of Languages with a degree in Translation and Language Teaching (TEL), teachers Lucía Sánchez, Jana Pardo and Jimena González conducted workshops on “Languages in action: interpreting, translating and teaching”. Through this proposal, the students experienced the adrenaline of simultaneous interpretation within a professional booth, learned techniques for subtitling trailers from platforms like Netflix and used artificial intelligence tools to create stories through storytelling, reflecting on the accuracy of language in the age of AI.
This new edition of “Learning by Doing” concluded as a key day that contributed to the exchange of knowledge and vocational discovery in which UNEATLANTICO made its curricula known more closely, allowing students to be protagonists of their own learning.
For more information about the “Aprende Haciendo” workshops or the university’s academic offer, you can contact the Admissions Negotiator via email: admisiones@uneatlantico.es