10 Years of Research at Cadi Ayyad University: Pedagogical Innovation to Cross Borders in Education

Abstract

This introductory chapter presents an overview of all contributions that summarize a decade of scientific research around science education at Cadi Ayyad University (UCA). Several practical cases have been presented and discussed in real situations in our classes, and the results have been taken into consideration. All studies have been quantified with data and reflect various issues that Moroccan universities were facing, as well as massification, digital transformation, COVID-19 pandemic, development of AI, traditional and active learning and teaching, new tools for assessment, introduction of educational technology in teaching and development of ICT in classes and technological progress, among others. These scientific contributions are a field of pedagogical innovation in which PhD students at UCA are conducting research. This work aims to inspire educators, PhD students and all stakeholders with the models we developed at the university, putting various research ideas together to promote the quality of higher education.