Necessary pedagogical innovations: university internationalization initiatives and virtual environments in front of COVID-19

Abstract

The objective of this writing is to share innovative initiatives of internationalization at home (I at H) emerged at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, facing COVID 19, through technologies at the service of internationalization of universities "internationatics” (Juárez-Salomo, 2012) as the main resource of management and pedagogical strengthening of multinational institutions, emphasizing the “all of us”, in front of a common cause: find ways to recover from the health emergency of COVID 19. The shared methodology includes the results of a research conducted among teachers from eight Latin American countries; some pedagogical strategies considering cognitive, behavioral, and emotional components; and provide examples of initiatives carried out, including the results of international collaborations achieved. Conceiving the internationalization not only as an indicator of quality of higher education institutions, but also as a strategy to provide academic alternatives aimed at addressing planetary challenges, it seeks to contribute punctually to the development of virtual environments for the training of professionals committed to the planet, aware of the diversity of thoughts, creative and flexible in their actions, adopting proactive initiatives, especially in the focus of the Sustainable Development Goals (UNESCO, 2017).