INTED 2026, Valencia, Spain, February 28 - March 7, 2026

I was fortunate to get funding from VTSU to attend INTED 2026 - International Technology, Education and Development.  This was the 20th year of the conference and the third time I have ended.  My interest was to see what other faculty around the world as doing with artificial intelligence in higher education.  One of the opening speakers on Monday was from ASU.  There was much about how education has changed and will continue to change.

 

 

This slide summed it all up, talking about where we were 20 years ago and where we are going now.

Last year, I really enjoyed a lot of the individual workshops, but not as much this year.  Here are a few points from one I enjoyed, talking about how to make A.I. a learning partner.

 

 

Wednesday, I skipped the city tour as I have been in Valencia many times.  In the afternoon, I had a wonderful lunch with Carlos and Kim, retired New York City professors who now live in Valencia to be near to where there grandchildren live.  I met them at a previous Vaughan Town trip.  We had a wonderful Spanish lunch over three hours at Pelayo Gastro Trinquet: https://grupogastrotrinquet.com/restaurantes/pelayo/ 

Thursday,  I took the train to Madrid where I relaxed and then went to my usual Friday evening meeting of the English Speaking Group at Cafeteria Restaurante VIA 22.  Besides our wonderful discussions, we also had this interesting game 

 

And then on Saturday, it was back to Phoenix.

 

 

Vaughan Town in Alcazar de San Juan, January 25 - 30, 2026

As scheduled, I joined the group on Sunday morning for the bus ride to Alcazar de San Juan.  After checking in and eating lunch at the Hotel Intelier Airen, I led a group to visit the Museo Casa de Hildago: http://www.turismoalcazar.es/index.php/que-ver/hidalgo  A hildalgo is a member of the Spanish Nobility.  They had some interesting viewpoints on life.  Much of the museum signage was in both English and Spanish.  For some reason, most of my photos from the museum did not survive. Their website is in Spanish, but you can see much more here:

https://www.turismocastillalamancha.es/es/cultura-y-patrimonio/museos/ciudad-real/museo-casa-del-hidalgo  

On Monday, we had one of the usual group projects (create a magical product) and usual schedule with one-on-ones, phrasal verbs, idioms and classes.

On Wednesday, we had a photo scavenger hunt.  Teams of five or six people had to submit five photos, one in each category: fiesta, nature, modern art, rock stars and a surprise.  Our group took multiple photos for each category, then submitted what we thought were the best one.  All groups competed and we looked at the photos Thursday evening. 

Our team finished early, so we stopped to check out the Plaza de Toros, or bullfighting arena.  Much to our surprise, we found a bar and music performance area staffed by an elderly gentleman.  We had drinks and tapas, music and photo opportunities.

 On Thursday, we had time to wander the town, see a local church, info about Don Quixote and a tour of a museum.

We had a couple of group activities.

 

 

On Friday, we had a graduation ceremony, lunch and the bus back to Madrid.  Friday evening, I went to the regular meeting of the English Speaking Group at Via 22, and had a nice evening chatting with people I have known for years.

 

 And then Saturday it was back to the USA.