From the end of the twentieth century, an important ideological change influenced our understanding of multiple dimensions of higher education training in Europe. One of the principal changes affected the methodological and evaluative processes of university students. This article examines the types of educational innovations that have been incorporated in the higher education setting, particularly in bachelor's programmes in social education in the Spanish universities that offer this degree. The methodology used was systematic review. Based on 510 records published in the last 10 years in databases such as the Web of Science, Scopus or Eric, 38 investigations were finally selected. The findings reflect that there has been a change in the methodologies, resources and instruments used for evaluation, mostly regarding teachers' use of technological resources, but also other contributions to achieve autonomous, meaningful, participatory and dialogic learning by students.