Alejandra María Vilalta-Perdomo
Director of International Academic Development & Global Initiatives, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Alejandra María Vilalta-Perdomo has been working in leadership roles over the past 30+ years, creating and enhancing international higher education initiatives and collaboration projects in different countries as well as training, consulting, and speaking in conferences worldwide.
She is a senior member at TEC de Monterrey in Mexico, where she serves as Director of International Academic Development & Global Initiatives at the Vice Rectory for International Affairs. She has also previous experience as Campus President, Dean, Full-time Professor among other academic and non-academic positions.
Alejandra is NAFSA Leader at the International Education Leadership Knowledge Community (IEL KC) in the Programs & Events Team supporting senior international officers and internationalization leaders. She also participates in the e-learning certificate program Leadership Essentials for Comprehensive Internationalization focused on Developing Sustainable Global Partnerships. She was selected one of The PIE’s 50 voices of 2024 (North American edition) and member of the British Council IELTS Advocacy Group in 2024.
Reshaping Global Higher Education in Emerging Technologies Landscapes: The Core Values of Education We Want to Convey
Reshaping higher education involves integrating emerging technologies like AI into a human-centered learning model. The newest innovations in technology have been transforming higher education especially with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this path with expanding applications and interest there is a need to understand why and what for we are using those innovations. It is crucial to analyze the impact on teaching and learning and students accessibility and mobility in order to balance innovation, efficiency, and ethical responsibility to maintain the core values we want to keep.
This session convenes global Higher Education Leaders to examine how emerging technologies and AI are reshaping national and international strategies, operations, and management. Learning from other experiences with a pragmatic focus on the subject will help global higher education leaders to actively re-engineer institutional frameworks and improve their processes to align innovative initiatives with the institutional mission and global engagement goals with clarity, confidence, and strategic foresight.