Evaluating an educational innovation process in higher education: a management model for decision making.

Abstract

Scientific and technological advances have generated disruptive changes in society, giving rise to new challenges such as pandemics, environmental deterioration, and poverty. Universities should assume their role
as knowledge producers and contribute to the welfare of communities. In this context, educational innovation presents an opportunity to address these issues
and promote student learning. To achieve this, institutions must propose models to promote, manage and evaluate educational innovation processes. This article identifies nine factors that influence the design and execution of projects with innovative potential and presents a measurement instrument to evaluate them
from the teacher's experience. The instrument is internally validated and applied to a group of 40 participants. The statistical analysis of the results identifies
significant factors and relationships, emphasizing the importance of promoting innovation adaptation in diverse contexts, democratizing its access, and ensuring
the inclusion of students from diverse profiles. In addition, it is important to note that these factors show a strong interdependence, which suggests that effective
management of educational innovation fosters synergies between factors that strengthen it and make its impact more effective.