{"id":172228,"date":"2026-01-28T17:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=172228"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:29:25","slug":"evidence-in-educational-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/education-and-humanism\/evidence-in-educational-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Research as the Basis of Educational Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Innovating in education is a core mission of academic institutions worldwide.<\/strong> To achieve this, experts agree that research must guide the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThe key is to have evidence in education and know what works and what doesn\u2019t,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/authwall?trk=bf&amp;trkInfo=AQF6INz3PZ89dwAAAZwGOOGI5uq-icFTGlzZMiBQIHrq7aM3SeHA_lldCq4oxNTVVMLxGAFp8XccvWACenA4R0onmxKvXjM0TlQCLcEMonaxU5xr4wgjI5CojKN9tk6G30uiDG4=&amp;original_referer=&amp;sessionRedirect=https%3A%2F%2Fmx.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fjavier-guzman-9863827b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Javier Guzm\u00e1n<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/industrial-transformation\/javier-guzman-vp-research-at-tec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vice President of Research<\/a> at Tec de Monterrey<\/strong>, during his participation in the panel <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ifeconference.tec.mx\/agenda-completa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Without Evidence, There is No Innovation: The Power of Educational Research<\/a><\/em>, held during the first day of the <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/ife-conference-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IFE Conference 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The panel was moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/novus.tec.mx\/en\/semblanza\/semblanza-lider-de-experimentacion-y-medicion-de-impacto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Luis Portales<\/a>, director of Experimentation and Impact Measurement at the <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/institute-for-the-future-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute for the Future of Education<\/a> (IFE) of Tec de Monterrey, and in it Javier Guzm\u00e1n, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/produccioncientifica.usal.es\/investigadores\/57241\/detalle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Juan Jos\u00e9 &#8220;Juanjo&#8221; Mena<\/a>, researcher at the University of Salamanca, and <a href=\"https:\/\/produccioncientifica.usal.es\/investigadores\/56361\/detalle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Francisco Garc\u00eda<\/a>, research professor at the same institution, analyzed why it is necessary to do research on the new technologies, tools and interventions that are used to educate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The experts agreed that education has the power to transform societies, but to know if it truly works, research is its best ally. &#8220;Research is important for innovation to have an impact,&#8221; said Mena.&#8221; &#8220;I think because it guides, legitimizes, and makes innovation responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From their perspective, when innovation is not tested, it can become a belief rather than evidence, which could prevent informed decisions from being made for the progress of education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><picture>\r\n                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/QUOTES-WEB-DUPLICAR-1-1-1024x1024.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\r\n                <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/QUOTES-WEB-DUPLICAR-1-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172252\" style=\"width:711px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/QUOTES-WEB-DUPLICAR-1-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/QUOTES-WEB-DUPLICAR-1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/QUOTES-WEB-DUPLICAR-1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/QUOTES-WEB-DUPLICAR-1-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/QUOTES-WEB-DUPLICAR-1-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n            <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Educational Research and the Role of New Technologies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For the panellists, research must be the cornerstone of innovation, especially when it comes to applying new technologies to education, such as <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI). &#8220;In ten years we will be talking about another technology, and we will have to incorporate it, but we must always return to the fundamental question of why we are doing this,&#8221; Guzm\u00e1n emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI and other technologies can help, but if they are not applied with an understanding of the specific context of each classroom, country, and region, the risk of biases that hinder the benefits they could bring is high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to go beyond mere technology; it needs to be put to use so that it really brings about that change,\u201d Garc\u00eda explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><picture>\r\n                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/2-2.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/2-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/01\/2-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\r\n            <\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left to right: Luis Portales, Director of Experimentation and Impact Measurement at the Institute for the Future of Education (IFE), Juan Jos\u00e9 &#8220;Juanjo&#8221; Mena, researcher at the University of Salamanca, Javier Guzm\u00e1n, Vice President of Research at Tec de Monterrey, and Francisco Garc\u00eda, research professor at the University of Salamanca. (Photo: In\u00e9s Guti\u00e9rrez \/ TecScience).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the technological situation, the speakers agreed on a central point: education needs evidence to move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although historically guided by tradition, in recent years evidence has become key to improving teaching and curriculum design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to experts, advancing education and evaluating whether innovations work requires research. Furthermore, this research must be longitudinal, generate open data, and be contextualized to each specific situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe gap between research designs and real-life practice has always existed; it\u2019s between theory and practice,\u201d Mena said. &#8220;You have to adapt to the contexts, the difficulties your students face, or the dynamics of the institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Towards Evidence-Based Educational Innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Guzm\u00e1n, in Mexico and Latin America, evidence has not always guided decision-making in education or other areas of development, which has hampered its transformative power. \u201cThe research we do has to be applied; we need to define what that means for education,\u201d Guzm\u00e1n said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, experts agree that research should be incorporated from the very first phase of any educational innovation in order for it to truly have an impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Did you find this story interesting? 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Contact our content editor to learn more: <a href=\"mailto:marianaleonm@tec.mx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">marianaleonm@tec.mx<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of education experts say that research is one of the best ways to ensure that innovation has a real impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":172231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[497,576,234],"class_list":["post-172228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-and-humanism","tag-ife-conference","tag-ife-conference-2026","tag-institute-for-the-future-of-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - 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