The Innova Awards are an award given annually by the teaching Planning and Improvement Service to the best professor innovation projects carried out at the University of Navarra.
From the academic year 09/10 to 23/24, the University of Navarra has carried out more than 1000 professor innovation projects. Of the 68 projects that were developed in the 23/24 academic year, 9 have been selected as nominees for the Innova Awards.

Mercedes Iñarrairaegui wins the award for Best Disruptive project .
Mercedes Iñarrairaegui was awarded for her project self-assessment formative-summativeself-assessment by means of a test with score based on certainty", created with the aim of integrating formative and summative assessment by incorporating the certainty of the student body as a complementary criterion.

Ana Belén Martínez and Pilar Saiz collect the second award on behalf of Naiara Ardanaz.
Ana Belén Martínez and Pilar Saiz received the award for the collaborative project "Family memories. Literature, history, ethnography and identity", directed by Naiara Ardanaz. Rocío Davis, Francisco Javier Caspistegui, Ana Zabalza and Lydia Mangado also participated in the project . This interdisciplinary project allowed the student body to work cooperatively and by projects through different subjects and seminars. To close, a congress was organized in which the students publicly presented their work.

Javier Santos wins the award for best transfer project .
Javier Santos went up to collect his trophy for the professor innovation project "Searching for the perfect syllabus in Operations Management". A total of 122 subjects from 22 universities in engineering Degrees were analyzed in goal to identify common contents and methodologies. Although no single syllabus was defined, core topic elements were established that should be present in any subject of this discipline.

Idoia Pardavila wins the Public's Choice award
As in the two previous editions, a face-to-face vote was held during the submission to choose the public award . This year, the winner was Idoia Pardavila, with her project "Preadiction II: creating synergies to design a campus that cares", in which, throughout the course, round tables, lectures and awareness-raising activities on addictions were organized, with the participation of experts, professionals and people affected. Students from different Schools collaborated with informative and creative initiatives adapted to their fields of study.
History of Nominations and Winners
Best Disruptive project
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Bringing the concept of poverty closer to the classroom through online games.
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Comparison of real patients with standardized patients in the teaching of Degree in Medicine.
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development of the service-learning methodology through a virtual environment
The award for the best disruptive project was awarded to the initiative "Bringing the concept of poverty closer to classroom through online games", directed by the School professor of Economics Isabel Rodríguez Tejedo.
Best Collaborative project
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Integration of the conceptual framework of the School of Nursing in the Degree courses of the Nursing Care for Adult Patients department
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Active vs passive learning: improving the learning of processes related to environmental management through simulations of real cases
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research on historical references: an internship shared by Architecture students from the University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) and UNCuyo (Mendoza, Argentina). Navarra (Pamplona) and UNCuyo (Mendoza, Argentina).
The award for the best collaborative project went to "research on historical references: a internship shared by Architecture students from the University of Navarra (Pamplona) and the UNCuyo (Mendoza, Argentina)", directed by María Angélica Rodríguez.
Best project Transfer
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Creation of a new dynamic in the laboratory internship that allows students to better visualize processes.
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Writing Center: academic literacy in digital (with) texts
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training Integral in Covid19
Finally, "training Integral en Covid19", directed by doctors Leire Arbea, José Luis del Pozo and Jorge Quiroga Vila, won the award for the best transfer project .
Best Disruptive project
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The award for the best disruptive project was given to the "design, implementation and assessment of virtual reality in the nursing curriculum "led by Virginia La Rosa, professor at the School of Nursing.
Best Collaborative project
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What really happened at Chernobyl? Implications and consequences
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The integration of journalistic formats in the elaboration of news reports.
The award for the best disruptive project was given to the initiative "The integration of journalistic formats in the production of news reports.The integration of journalistic formats in the elaboration of news stories"directed by Pilar Martínez-Costa, professor at the School of Communication.
Best project Transfer
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The award for the best disruptive project was given to the initiative "Care and Society, a new subject for a caring campus.Care and Society, a new subject for a caring campus "This inter-faculty and interdisciplinary project , coordinated by the Atlantesproject of the Institute of Culture and Society together with the Core Curriculum Institute, was coordinated by Ana Carvajal, professor at the School of Nursing.
Best Disruptive project
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The award for the best disruptive project was awarded to the initiative "teaching cooperative: dialogue at classroom", directed by Raquel Cascales Tornel, professor at the School of Architecture.
Best Collaborative project
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The award for the best collaborative project went to "Nurse managers in the 21st century: a teaching focused on development integral competencies", directed by Hildegart González Luis.
Best project Transfer
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Finally, "Escritura y sostenibilidad", directed by María José Gallucci Natale, won the award for best transfer project .
Best Disruptive project
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formative-summative self-assessment by means of a test with a certainty-based score .
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Psychology Degree concept map and integration of research competencies.
Best Collaborative project
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Family memories. Literature, history, ethnography and identity.
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Gene editing: proposal professor integrating scientific and ethical aspects.
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design and application of game dynamics in the methodology of integrated projects.
Best project Transfer
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