Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez

Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez (a.k.a. Brenda Padilla) is a researcher at the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Mexico, where she also teaches at graduate level and coordinates the MSc in Cognition and Education. She is a lecturer at University da Vinci (Mexico) and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain). As an international consultant, Brenda applies innovative pedagogic principles to enable academic institutions, companies and non-governmental organizations to optimize their learning and training practices through the use of digital technologies. She is the founder of the consultancy groups E-Learning Monterrey, E-Learning Mexico and E-Learning International. Brenda’s research and supervision at Master’s and doctoral levels focus on open education, learning technologies, gamification and pedagogical innovation.

Publications

Cases on Active Blended Learning in Higher Education
Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez, Alejandro Armellini. © 2021. 354 pages.
Active blended learning (ABL) is a pedagogical approach that combines sensemaking activities with focused interactions in appropriate learning settings. ABL has become a great...
Digital Audio for Asynchronous Interactive Learning at an English University
David Hawkridge, Alejandro Armellini, Ming Nie, Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez, Gabi Witthaus. © 2012. 17 pages.
The authors recommend, based on their research and experience, further use of ADA with podcasts and voice boards for interactive learning. They discuss future research, such as...