Ignacio Despujol Zabala
Coordinator of SEAMIC Bachelor
PhD Associate Lecturer, Dept. of Construction Engineering and Civil Engineering Projects
Expertise
- Online education
- Project management
- Airport design
Ignacio Despujol holds a Phd in Educational technology from Universidad de Murcia, a MsE. Telecommunication Engineer and a MsE. Aeronautical Engineer degrees from Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and an Executive MBA from Catholic University of Valencia. He has the exciting task of incorporating the 2.0 philosophy into UPV and implementing new Internet tools for teaching, especially network video platforms and MOOCs. He serves as the MOOC initiative coordinator of UPV. UPV has its own MOOC platform (upvx.es), is present on the edx.org platform and has conducted over 600 editions of more than 120 courses since January 2013, resulting in more than 4,000,000 enrollments. Of these more than 120 he has contributed to the creation of 20 of them.
In previous positions he served as the technical director of the University’s radiotelevision and the telecommunications infrastructure manager of UPV.Furthermore, he teaches Airport Engineering to 130 students in a flipped classroom format as part of the Aerospace Engineering Bachelor’s program at the same university. He is an IEEE senior member, a member of the board of Valencia Telecommunication Engineering Guild and holds a commercial pilot license.
Education and Training
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• 2022: PhD in Educational Technologies – Universidad de Murcia (Murcia, Spain)
• 1987-1992: ME in Telecomunication Engineering- Universitat Politècnica de València (Valencia, Spain)
• 2004-2012: ME in Aeronautical Engineering- Universitat Politècnica de València (Valencia, Spain)
• 2012-2013: MBA Global – Universidad Católica de Valencia (Valencia, Spain)
• 2021: Micromaster in Supply Chain Management- Massachusets Institute of Technology (Cambridge, USA)
Teaching activity
• 2012-2022 – : Airport engineering
• 2012-2021 – : Airport planning and design
Profesional activity
Awards & Honors
·Despujol Zabala, Ignacio. Galardones Docencia Inversa UPV 2017/2018 – Accésit 2018.
Research Group
Journal Publications
·Despujol Zabala, Ignacio; Castañeda Quintero, Linda; Turró Ribalta, Carlos. (2022) What Does the Data Say about Effective University Online Internships? The Universitat Politecnica de Valencia Experience Using MOOC during COVID-19 Lockdown . Sustainability, 1 (14), – . 10.3390/su14010520_x000D_
·J.A. Ruiperez-Valiente; Thomas Staubitz; Matt Jenner; Mateusz Halawa; Jiayin Zhang; Despujol Zabala, Ignacio … Justin Reich. (2022) Large scale analytics of global and regional MOOC providers: Differences in learners’ demographics, preferences, and perceptions . Computers & Education (18) – . 10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104426_x000D_
·Despujol Zabala, Ignacio; Castañeda Quintero, Linda; Victoria I. Marín; Turró Ribalta, Carlos. (2022) What do we want to know about MOOCs? Results from a machine learning approach to a systematic literature mapping review . International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 1 (19), 53 – . 10.1186/s41239-022-00359-1_x000D_
·Despujol Zabala, Ignacio; Castañeda Quintero, Linda; Turró Ribalta, Carlos. (2022) MOOCs as a massive learning resource for a Higher Education Community. The Universitat Politecnica de Valencia experience using the EdX remote access program . Education and Information Technologies (Online) – . 10.1007/s10639-022-11140-2_x000D_
·Despujol Zabala, Ignacio; Orcid.Org/0000-0002-1055-9241; Turró Ribalta, Carlos. (2022) Understanding MOOC instructors motivations to improve MOOC sustainability . Education in The Knowledge Society (EKS) – ._x000D_
Boock Chapters
·Gimeno Sanz, Ana; Navarro Laboulais, Cristina Teresa; Despujol Zabala, Ignacio. (2017). Additional Functionalities to Convert an xMOOC into an xLMOOC . Digital Education: Out to the World and Back to the Campus – 5th European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit, EMOOCs 2017, Madrid, Spain, May 22-26, 2017, Proceedings (48 – 57). Springer. 978-3-319-59043-1_x000D_
·Despujol Zabala, Ignacio; Turró Ribalta, Carlos; Castañeda Quintero, Linda; Busquets Mataix, Jaime Luis. (2017). Effect of Free Certificate Discontinuation in Completion Rates of MOOC . Digital Education: Out to the World and Back to the Campus – 5th European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit, EMOOCs 2017, Madrid, Spain, May 22-26, 2017, Proceedings (182 – 187). Springer. 978-3-319-59043-1_x000D_
Contracts with public institutions
·Díaz-García, Pablo (I.P.) ; Despujol Zabala, Ignacio; Bou-Belda, Eva; Belda-Anaya, Raquel; Montava-Seguí, Ignacio; Gisbert Paya, Jaime; Bonet-Aracil, Marilés. Fashion Evolution Towards Sustainability (2022-2-DE04-KA220-YOU-00101981). (01/06/23 – 31/05/25).Cooperación académica/educativa. COMISION DE LAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEA._x000D_
·Díaz-García, Pablo (I.P.) ; Despujol Zabala, Ignacio; Bou-Belda, Eva; Belda-Anaya, Raquel; Montava-Seguí, Ignacio; Gisbert Paya, Jaime; Bonet-Aracil, Marilés. Automatic System For Tracking E-Learners (2019-1-ES01-KA204-065644). (01/11/19 – 31/01/22).Cooperación académica/educativa. COMISION DE LAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEA._x000D_
·Vega Carrero, Virginia (I.P.) ; Despujol Zabala, Ignacio; Villa Juliá, Mª Fulgencia; Alcover Arandiga, Rosa María; Vallada Regalado, Eva; Conchado Peiró, Andrea … Vázquez Barrachina, Elena. FOSTERING WOMEN TO STEM MOOCs (2019-1-ES01-KA203-065924). (01/09/19 – 31/08/22).Cooperación académica/educativa. COMISION DE LAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEA._x000D_
·Conejero, J. Alberto (I.P.) ; Despujol Zabala, Ignacio; Garcia-Gomez, Juan M; Poza-Lujan, Jose-Luis; Conchado Peiró, Andrea; Turró Ribalta, Carlos; Carot Sierra, José Miguel. Data Literacy In Context (2019-1-DE01-KA203-005066). (01/09/19 – 31/10/22).Cooperación académica/educativa. COMISION DE LAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEA._x000D_
·Orozco-Messana, Javier (I.P.) ; Despujol Zabala, Ignacio; Vallés-Planells, María; Lacruz Chiva, José Vicente; Torregrosa López, Juan Ignacio; Lidón, Antonio … Watts Hooge, Frances Irene. CARPE European Sustainable Solutions for Existing and New City Environments. (2014-1-NL01-KA203-001292). (01/09/14 – 01/09/17).Cooperación académica/educativa. COMISION DE LAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEA._x000D_
Contracts with private institutions