Carlos Javier Di Salvo

BA in Information Systems from the National University of Luján (Arg.) Higher Diploma in Education and New Technologies (FLACSO). University Specialist in Interactive Communication Systems from the National University of Distance Education (Spain). Currently a PhD student of Education at Catholic University of Santa Fe. Vice-dean of the National University of Luján - Department of Basic Sciences. Head of TECJoven Project and the Techno-pedagogical Observatory. He was sub-secretary of Educative Innovation at the same university. Professor at National University of Luján and National Pedagogical University. (Arg.) He coordinates ICT and E-learning-related projects at different public and private institutions, in all the levels of education.

Classroom Experiences and Writeups

Game-based Learning Classroom Experience

Project: Flag Memorial in Minetest / Minecraft

Using construction open-world video games -like Minecraft/Minetest- in education brings youth culture and school culture together and generates an ideal setting where students learn by building, making use of all their prior knowledge. In this experience, teachers become mediators of learning.

By Carlos Javier Di Salvo