Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor (Department of General and Specific Didactics and Educational Theory) and the current Vice-Rector/Vice-President/Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Internationalisation at the University of León. Ph.D. in Psychology and Educational Sciences. He is leading the inter-university research educational group “Edutools”. His teaching and research activities are linked to promoting methodological innovations through the integration in the education of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). He has participated in a large number of research projects financed by national and international governmental entities. Besides, he has also taken part in several projects of educational innovation. All this activity has been reflected in his publications, related to methodological innovations, teacher training programs, the integration of ICT in education, as well as with the counseling, guidance, quality, and equity in education, just as attention to diversity. He is part of the scientific committee of several national and international journals and he has taken part in prestigious conferences and workshops. He participates in numerous editorial boards and is a usual reviewer for renowned national and international journals. Moreover, the National Committee that evaluates the investigative activity of Spanish researchers, which belongs to the Spanish Ministry of Education, has evaluated positively his research and knowledge transfer activities.
Research Award from the Economic and Social Council of Castilla y León. 2017
Consejo Económico y Social de Castilla y León
In accordance with the criteria, the jury unanimously agreed to award the research prize to the work entitled "Towards a 4.0 society: Effectiveness of educational measures promoted in Castile and León for the development of STEM skills". The research team (University of León): Roberto Baelo Álvarez (IP); Rosa Eva Valle Flórez; María Fernández Raga.
Extraordinary Ph.D. Award
University of León
Extraordinary Doctorate Award in Psychology and Educational Sciences. University of Leon. Course: 2011-2012
Spanish National Educational Research Awards 2005
Ministry of Education and Science. Government of Spain
Date of recognition: December 2005 Honorary Mention in the Educational Research category with the work "Quality management and leadership in educational centres" presented by Ana Rosa Arias Gago, Isabel Cantón Mayo, and Roberto Baelo Álvarez.