Dr. María Soledad Ramírez Montoya

Maria Soledad Ramirez Montoya holds a doctorate in Philosophy and Educational Sciences from the University of Salamanca. Her research interests include teaching strategies, technology resources for education, training of educational researchers and open education movement. She works as director of graduate and continuing education at the School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) and as a research professor in the Doctoral Education program.

She is director of the UNESCO Chair “Open Educational Movement for Latin America”, director of the International Council for Open of Distance Education (ICDE): OER Latin America office, lead researcher on the Strengthening Information Society Research Capacity Alliance (SIRCA) network, main organizer of the Regional Open Latin American Network for Social Research and Education (CLARISE) and coordinator of the Research and Innovation in Education Group (GIIE) at Tecnologico de Monterrey. She is a member of the National System of Researchers in Mexico.

Her professional experience includes teaching activities at all educational levels and massive open online courses (MOOC), head of department and pedagogical consulting. She was Secretary General of the Mexican Council for Educational Research (COMIE) and Chairperson of applications and allocation of funds from the University Corporation for Internet Development (CUDI).