{"id":6393,"date":"2026-07-28T10:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/?p=6393"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:10:43","slug":"ecocredgt-project-partners-stand-out-at-the-ieee-democon-2026-international-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/?p=6393&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"ECOCredGT Project Partners Stand Out at the IEEE DEMOcon 2026 International Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5-1024x973.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6343\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0524372850071315;width:632px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5-1024x973.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5-300x285.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5-1536x1459.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5.jpeg 1617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. <strong>Carlos Delgado Kloos<\/strong> and Dr. <strong>Carlos Alario-Hoyos<\/strong>, partners of the ECOCredGT project, played a prominent role at the <strong>12th IEEE DEMOcon International Conference on Digital Education and MOOCs<\/strong>, held in <strong>Timi\u0219oara, Romania<\/strong>, under the theme <strong>\u00abDigital Education Ecosystems: Harnessing MOOCs, AI, and Microcredentials.\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the conference, the researchers presented four scientific contributions focused on <strong>microcredentials, artificial intelligence, learning analytics, and employability<\/strong>, sharing research findings and experiences aimed at advancing higher education and educational innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6345\" style=\"width:649px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-7.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-7-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contributions presented included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u00abSubpopulation-Specific Modeling for Predicting Dropout and Success: Improving Accuracy and Fairness in Online Courses\u00bb<\/strong> \u2014 Dr. Pedro Manuel Moreno-Marcos, Laura Segura-Mayordomo, Dr. Pedro J. Mu\u00f1oz-Merino, and Prof. Carlos Delgado Kloos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u00abA Self-Correcting Multi-Agent System for Designing Microcredential Specifications\u00bb<\/strong> \u2014 Rebiha Kemcha, Dr. Carlos Alario-Hoyos, and Prof. Carlos Delgado Kloos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u00abEnhancing Employability Through Digital Microcredentials: Lessons Learned from Latin America and the Caribbean\u00bb<\/strong> \u2014 Dr. Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Prof. Carlos Delgado Kloos, and collaborators from the <strong>MOCHILA<\/strong> project (<em>Microcredentials in Higher Education for Latin America and the Caribbean<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6346\" style=\"width:686px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-8.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-8-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Dr. <strong>Carlos Alario-Hoyos<\/strong> was a co-author of the paper <strong>\u00abStakeholder Perceptions of Micro-Credentials in Latin American Higher Education: A Computational Qualitative Analysis,\u00bb<\/strong> presented in collaboration with research teams from Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey, Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico Nacional, and other higher education institutions across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6344\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7500062070164113;width:349px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This participation reaffirms the leadership of the ECOCredGT project partners in international research forums and contributes to the generation and dissemination of knowledge on digital learning ecosystems and microcredentials, fostering innovation in higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Carlos Delgado Kloos and Dr. Carlos Alario-Hoyos, partners of the ECOCredGT project, played a prominent role at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6394,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6393\/revisions\/6394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecocredgt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}