El presente trabajo realiza un análisis de la situación de la educación patrimonial basada en las tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TIC) en España, presentando una síntesis de la legislación referente a la enseñanza del patrimonio para, posteriormente y a partir de la labor de revisión, caracterización y puesta en valor realizada por el Observatorio de Educación Patrimonial en España, definir una relación de variables estructurantes y presentar una selección de casos significativa de las tendencias actuales de cara a definir las perspectivas de futuro de la aplicación de las TIC para educación patrimonial en España.

On 18 March 2020, Spanish museums saw their in-person activities come to a halt. This paradigm shift has raised questions concerning how these institutions reinvented themselves and modified their edu-communicative strategies to promote heritage through active citizen participation. The present study centers on analyzing how the main Spanish archaeological museums and sites (N = 254) have used Twitter as an edu-communicative tool and analyzes the content of their hashtags through a mixed methodology. The objective is to identify the educational strategies for both transmitting information as well as interacting with users. We did it by observing and analyzing if Spanish archaeological institutions are promoting a type of quality, accessible, and egalitarian education and promoting the creation of cyber communities that ensure the sustainability of heritage through citizen participation. This paper proposes an innovative assessment of communication on Twitter based on the purpose of messages from the viewpoint of heritage education, their r-elational factor, and predominant type of learning. The main findings reveal a significant increase in Twitter activity, both in quantitative and qualitative terms: educational content is gaining primacy over the simple sharing of basic information and promotional content. The networks forge new ways to teach–learn and interact with media and represent a strong channel to promote the sustainability of heritage, its preservation, and appreciation.

The present paper reports on a case study performed on the Museum of Calatayud's educational program where the latter is showcased as a didactic model for the museumization of archaeological remains in the Iberian Peninsula (museum and site). This research has been developed by the Spanish Heritage Education Observatory (SHEO) in conjunction with the University of Zaragoza's CIVITAS project. The study shows a qualitative approach and is based on the comprehensive evaluation of the program's educational design and implementation resulting from a previous analysis of a sample consisting of N = 223 educational programs on archeological heritage. The evaluation has been conducted by using the SHEO method, whose aim is to gain deeper insights into educational practices by means of a standards‐based assessment of their underlying designs. Following the results of this study, the Museum of Calatayud appears as a clear benchmark: an institution that stands out because of its holistic conception and an approach that addresses issues of symbolism and identity in order to raise the population's awareness of its legacy and the importance of education inspired by heritage‐related values of respect and protection. Our research enables us to draw up a decalogue of key actions which we do not mean to be transferable to other contexts, but rather to provide an example or a starting point for future educational designs and implementations by the museum community and heritage institutions.

Although augmented reality (AR) has come to play an increasingly important role in a wide range of areas, its use remains rather limited in the realm of heritage education. This paper sets out to analyze which heritage-related apps can be found in Europe that partly or wholly use AR as a tool to help users learn about different types of heritage. Our study only identified a limited number of such apps and we used this sample both to paint a portrait of the current state of the question and also to highlight certain observable trends. The results showed that most such apps used AR to reconstruct spaces and buildings, and to a lesser extent, objects. Many of these apps used an academic mode of communication to provide a temporal perspective of monumental and (mainly) historical heritage. The paper also outlines future lines of research dedicated to finding more apps that could be used to increase the current sample size. This would allow for a more comprehensive assessment of such apps from an educational point of view. Several case studies are proffered in order to highlight the keys to successful use of AR in heritage apps.

El alumnado con altas capacidades demanda una respuesta educativa que responda de forma eficaz a sus necesidades formativas. Se parte de la hipótesis de que si el profesorado conoce las características así como la forma en la que adquiere el conocimiento este colectivo, y además experimenta la metodología propuesta por la comunidad científica para responder a sus necesidades educativas, será capaz no sólo de identificarlo en el aula, sino además de adecuar sus creencias a la realidad de este alumnado y dar una respuesta eficaz a sus expectativas en el marco de una escuela inclusiva, tal y como propone la legislación vigente. Se emplea una metodología de corte cualitativo, basada en la investigación-acción, y se diseñan instrumentos para recopilar las evidencias que responden a este modelo investigativo, como son entrevistas, plantillas que facilitan la observación directa en el aula, cuestionario de reflexión y rúbrica de evaluación. Participan en la muestra 2 colegios, uno público y uno concertado, un total de 100 estudiantes de primer ciclo de Educación Primaria, 5 de ellos previamente diagnosticados con sobredotación intelectual, y 5 maestras. En la línea de estudios anteriores, tanto europeos como latinoamericanos, el análisis de los datos apunta a la necesidad de formar al profesorado de manera específica para que pueda reconocer a este colectivo e implementar en el aula metodologías adecuadas a su forma de aprender, que a su vez y en el marco de una escuela inclusiva, contribuyan a incrementar la calidad de la enseñanza.