The innovation approach promoted in higher education

Abstract

This paper provides a conceptual framework on educational innovation and their meanings from the theories that underpin them. Through the documentary analysis, it’s shown a description of the projects and experiences of innovation backed by Universidad de Murcia and Granada developed by the Faculties that form them. The goal of this paper is not to compare both institutions but they are shown as examples of what is happened in Spanish university regarding innovation. It can be extracted as a conclusion that nowadays universities are really pushing innovation processes, mainly around four central concepts: changing teaching methods, the Information and Communication Technologies, bilingualism, and generating and disseminating best practices. Institutionally, it’s also promoted the continuity of teaching teams and innovation projects started up.