Department: DIDÁCTICA, ORGANIZACIÓN Y MÉTODOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN

PhD school: FORMACIÓN EN LA SOCIEDAD DEL CONOCIMIENTO

Institute: INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN

Area: Research and Evaluation Methods in Education

Research group: GRIAL GRUPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN INTERACCION Y ELEARNING

Email: aortiz@usal.es

Doctor by the Universidad de Salamanca with the thesis Diseño de un modelo de adopción tecnológica de dispositivos móviles en evaluación formativa y sumativa 2023. Supervised by Dr. Susana Olmos Migueláñez, Dr. José Carlos Sánchez Prieto.

PhD (Cum Laude) from the University of Salamanca, within the Doctoral Programme Education and Knowledge Society. Holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Pedagogy and an Official Master’s Degree in Secondary Education Teaching, specialising in Educational Guidance. He is currently Assistant Professor (Profesor Ayudante Doctor) in the Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education at the University of Salamanca, where he has been teaching courses related to educational guidance and assessment since 2021. He is also a researcher with the GRIAL Research Group (Research Group on Interaction and e-Learning). His research focuses on educational guidance, evaluation, and technology. He has received several academic distinctions, including the Extraordinary PhD Award (2023/2024), the Extraordinary Master’s Award (2020/2021), and the Extraordinary Bachelor’s Award (2019/2020). He was also awarded a collaboration grant at the University Institute of Educational Sciences during the academic year 2019/2020. His publications address quality models in higher education, educational guidance, and the adoption of mobile devices in assessment processes.