Lorena Arnal

Lorena Arnal

Dr.

20152023

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Research Interests

  • Teaching innovation.
  • GBL, Gamification, Serious Games, Transmedia Narratives.
  • Visual Narratives and Visual Narrative Grammar.
  • Eye-tracking and eye-movements.
  • Reading Comprehension.
  • Age differences (children studies and comparative studies).

Teaching Interests

Teaching interests (broadly):

  • Any Psychology-related content taught through Game-Based Learning (GBL), Gamification and Serious Games.
  • Any Psychology-related content taught through new ways of teaching (GBL, transmedia narratives, inverse classroom, Project-Based Learning...).
  • Methodology knowledge (Research Methods, Statistics, Psychometrics) taught through all the above.
  • Criminology-related content taught through all the above.
  • Teaching innovation.
  • New ways of teaching.
  • Hybrid teaching.
  • Online teaching.
  • Inclusion and diversity in teaching and teaching innovation.
  • International teaching.

What I have already taught:

Higher Education (University) teaching:

  • 2023-2024. Biological Basis of Behaviour (PS4035 and; PS 6111), University of Limerick.
  • 2021-2022. Developmental Psychology I Hybrid module Lectures and Workshops teaching. Undergraduate module, UNED-GIRONA, Educational Psychology Dept. (Distance Education National University).
  • 2017-2019. Course How to elaborate a Final Year Research Project. Lectures and workshops for undergraduate students, Autonomous University of Madrid.
  • 2017-2019. Course Modalities of the Final Year Research Project. Lectures and workshops for undergraduate students, Autonomous University of Madrid.
  • 2016-2018. Research Methods in Psychology Workshops teaching and assistance in lectures. Undergraduate module, Autonomous University of Madrid.
  • 2016-2018. Statistics I Workshops teaching and assistance in lectures. Undergraduate module, Autonomous University of Madrid.
  • 2016-2017. Advanced Research Methods Workshops teaching and assistance in lectures. Masters Degree module, Autonomous University of Madrid.
  • 2016-2017. Meta-Analysis Workshops teaching and assistance in lectures. Masters Degree module, Autonomous University of Madrid.

Higher Education (University) supervising and mentoring:

  • 2021. Placement and; MSc Thesis Supervisor Research Project supervision and mentoring and; placement supervision. International University of La Rioja (UNIR) (Psychology Dept.).
Number of MSc Research Projects supervised: 5
Number of external apprenticeships supervised: 5
  • MSc Thesis Supervisor Research Project supervision and mentoring. International University Isabel I de Castilla (UI1) (Psychology Dept.).
Number of MSc Research Projects supervised: 6
  • Teaching and learning of a second language in Pre-school stage. How is a second language learnt'. Student: Sandra Urgelles Asensio. Defense date: 17/09/202. Grade: 9.3/10
  • The main executive functions in students from Primary Education stage: a review'. Student: Elena Sáez Ballesteros. Defense date: 12/07/2021. Grade: 8.9/10
  • Educative intervention proposal in pre-school stage to develop emotional education through a mindfulness training'. Student: Laura Sancho Álvarez. Defense date: 17/09/2021. Grade: 7.9/10
  • A review about the neurolearning aspects that the exposition to nature improves'. Student: Verónica Rodríguez Urbano. Defense date: 17/09/2021. Grade: 9.8/10
  • Learning to think in pre-school: Thinking routines'. Student: Sonia Romero López. Defense date: 17/09/2021. Grade: 9.3/10
  • Emotions and social cognition in pre-school stage and their influence in learning'. Student: Elisabet Ruger Hidalgo. Defense date: 17/09/2021. Grade: 7.5/10

Higher Education (Non University) teaching:

  • 2019-2023. Methodology module (Data Analysis and Statistics, Research Methods and; Psychometrics). Lectures and workshops at Adelante Formación Academy for PIR (exam to become public health sanitary psychologist) students; hybrid: face to face and; online.

Biography

I am a cognitive, educational and experimental psychologist broadly interested in (reading and) visual narratives comprehension, and recently interested in the development of serious games and game-based learning (GBL), together with new ways of teaching in HE. I earned an International PhD Cum Laude in an Excelence Seal Doctoral Programme at UAM. I graduated with Honours in Highschool. Then I studied the BSc in Psychology at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), where I graduated First Class Honours (ranking 3rd position inandnbsp;my promotion), and an MSc Degree in Methodology for Health and Behavioural Sciences taught between UAM, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) and Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). I developed my PhD with an FPI grant funded by UAM in the field of visual narratives, reading/viewing comprehension and eye-tracking. I have wide knowledge in these areas and also in statistics, data analysis, research design and methods, and other methodological topics. I have experience in researching and teaching at the University, and I have worked for six months at Brain and; Education Lab., at Leiden University (The Netherlands) as PhD Researcher, for six months as a Postdoctoral Research Technician at UAM in a nationally funded project, and for two years as a Postdoctoral Fellow Researcher at the Nottingham-Trent University (UK), with a Margarita Salas grant, a competitive grant under the 'Next Generation EU' European funding. Among my teaching experience, I have worked at UAM, UNED-Girona, Universidad Isabel I de Castilla and UNIR (Spain), and I have also taught for a PIR Academy, Adelante Formación en Psicología Clínica, in Spain, having recently earned a post as Associate Teacher at UL.andnbsp; I was awarded with theandnbsp;Rafael Burgaleta Award from Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos (COP) de Madrid for developing an open-ended evaluation system for Schools,andnbsp;and several different grants along my pre and postdoctoral career. At the moment, I am diving into teaching innovation, driven by my interest in serious games, GBL, gamification, transmedia narrative, alternate reality games, and new ways of teaching and assessing, which I am sure will bring in the near future a fresh whole new way of seeing teaching in Higher Education.andnbsp;

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, PhD, Autonomous University of Madrid

Award Date: 1 Jan 2019

Masters, MSc, Autonomous University of Madrid

Award Date: 1 Jan 2015

Bachelor, BSc, Autonomous University of Madrid

Award Date: 1 Jan 2013

External positions

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nottingham Trent University

1 Jan 2022 → …

Placement and MRP Supervisor, International University of La Rioja (UNIR)

15 Mar 2021 → …

MRP and Placement supervisor, Universidad Isabel I de Castilla

11 Jan 2021 → …

Associate Lecturer, UNED-GIRONA, Educational Psychology Dept. (Distance Education National University)

4 Jan 2021 → …

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

25 Sep 2019 → …

Translator, spelling & grammar proof-reader, editorial and style reviewer, Holocubierta Editorial, The Hills Press, HT Publishers

1 Nov 2018 → …

Teacher, Academia Adelante Formacion para el PIR

1 Jan 2018 → …

PhD Researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

1 Nov 2014 → …

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