Showing papers in "Apertura in 2017"

Validez de contenido por juicio de expertos: propuesta de una herramienta virtual

Abstract: The study describes the advantages of using a virtual tool designed to validate the content of research instruments, through the technique of expert judgment. This study presents the results of a survey applied to experts who participated as judges in the content validation, exposing their opinion and experiences in the validation of instruments. The ethodological design included three phases: the first, related to the design of the virtual tool; subsequently, the application of this tool through a real exercise and with the purpose of validating a questionnaire; for the last phase the results of the seven judges participants were analyzed. The findings show that the use of the virtual tool facilitates the organization of the information in items by dimension, and the registration of the opinion of the judges by the categories of clarity, coherence, relevance and sufficiency.

Formación en TIC y competencia digital en la docencia en instituciones públicas de educación superior

Abstract: Currently, Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) have become essential tools in academic practice; however, its use within the teaching-learning process has focused only on digitizing educational acquis, while educational practice still preserves traditional, methods, instead of using collaborative environments and other benefits offered by the field of Web 2.0. Thus, this research, which corresponds to a quantitative-descriptive correlational level, it has been done through survey methodology. Its aim is to analyze the ICT training of teachers and students in relation to digital competence and the use of ICT in Web 1.0 and 2.0 in academic practice, in reference to some contextual factors in Higher Education System in administrative sciences in the metropolitan area of the city of Queretaro. It was found that there is a relation between of digital competence and teaching training in ICT, as well as a direct relation of the use of ICT among teachers and students. This affects academic performance, showing that the innovative use of ICT has favorable effect on student academic practice.

Uso del recurso de contenido en el aprendizaje en línea: YouTube

Abstract: El articulo presenta los resultados de la implementacion del recurso de contenido de aprendizaje en linea YouTube en un curso de estadistica a nivel posgrado. El objetivo fue verificar si el uso del canal educativo de YouTube como herramienta de recurso de contenido promueve un mejor resultado en el aprendizaje de los alumnos de la maestria en Administracion Empresarial del Tecnologico de Monterrey durante el trimestre abril-julio de 2016. El diseno de la metodologia consistio en compartirles a los alumnos semanalmente videos relacionados con el contenido de la materia para una mayor comprension de este. La investigacion se llevo a cabo mediante la estadistica descriptiva e inferencial y se dividio a los alumnos en un grupo de control y uno experimental. A partir del segundo examen parcial, el grupo al cual se le compartieron los videos del canal educativo en YouTube obtuvieron mejores calificaciones respecto de quienes no tuvieron acceso a dicha herramienta; se concluye que hay un beneficio en el aprovechamiento academico al utilizar este recurso de contenido de aprendizaje.

Las posibilidades educativas de la curación de contenidos: Una revisión de literatura

Abstract: El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la implementacion de experiencias de curacion de contenidos en la practica educativa, partiendo de la premisa de que esta actividad no se reduce a la gestion de informacion, sino que incide en el aprendizaje y la capacidad de los individuos para desenvolverse de manera optima en el ambito de los medios digitales modernos. La metodologia utilizada es la revision sistematica de literatura. Mediante una busqueda acotada al periodo 2011-2016, se localizaron 19 estudios empiricos, en los que se identificaron objetivos, herramientas tecnologicas y principales resultados obtenidos. Se valoro el nivel de analisis de tres aspectos: el aprendizaje colaborativo, la gestion de informacion y la formacion para los medios digitales; este ultimo se indetifico como el menos atendido. La discusion conceptual se integra con las evidencias de las experiencias revisadas a manera de marco referencial de las posibilidades educativas de la curacion de contenidos. La revision pone de manifiesto el gran potencial educativo de la curacion de contenidos, lo que alienta a seguir explorandola desde diferentes miradas y contextos.

Uso de las TIC en estudiantes de quinto y sexto grado de educación primaria

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to identify the perception of students in fifth and sixth grade public elementary schools on their competencies in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and investigate whether there are differences based on gender, have a computer and Internet access at home. A non-experimental quantitative methodology transactional was used and the sample was composed of 201 students from public elementary schools where 51.6% are fifth- and sixth 48.4% of which 52.6% were boys and 47.4% girls. The instruments used were two surveys Likert scale with five response options. The first survey measures the use of ICT in daily life and the second survey measures the use of ICT in school. The results show that students make moderate use of ICT and that there are no significant differences based on gender and have or not have a computer but do exist in access to the Internet. It is concluded that the students use ICT more for recreation than for school activities and their competencies in the matter are limited.

Uso didáctico de la realidad virtual inmersiva con interacción natural de usuario enfocada a la inspección de aerogeneradores

Abstract: Los sistemas de realidad virtual inmersivos tienen una creciente relevancia en el ambito educativo como herramientas didacticas que motivan el aprendizaje a traves de dos conceptos clave: la inmersion y la interaccion. En este documento describimos el uso de sistemas de realidad virtual en la educacion y tomamos como caso de estudio un sistema de realidad virtual inmersivo 3D con interaccion natural de usuario desarrollado con el proposito de facilitar la inspeccion de aerogeneradores con fines didacticos. El sistema sugerido busca la convergencia tecnologica de equipos de visualizacion, adquisicion de informacion y software de graficos. Para lograrlo, seguimos la metodologia de desarrollo de software basado en componentes de Pressman. Los resultados cualitativos de una primera evaluacion al sistema indican que la propuesta permite experimentar la realidad virtual inmersiva y ofrece una gran similitud al entorno real, con la posibilidad de interactuar por medio de gestos y movimientos corporales. Esto contribuye a motivar el aprendizaje y fomentar el interes de los usuarios en practicar con esta tecnologia. Ademas, la convergencia tecnologica entre los equipos de visualizacion, interaccion y software grafico permite dar un paso adelante en el desarrollo de este tipo de herramientas didacticas.

Propuesta metodológica para el diseño del proyecto de curso virtual: aplicación piloto

Abstract: In order for an online course to be properly carried out it must be properly planned. The goal of this paper is to provide users with a methodology to design, assess and follow up a good quality online course project. The methodology proposes six phases to be followed in order to accomplish the task: Analysis of educational problem; justification and purposes of the project; proposal of project’s perspectives; education, operational and financial planning; project’s expected results, and project tracking and assessment. The proposed methodology allowed designing and carrying out the online course project called Rubrics for Assessment of Activities of e-Learning which was given at the Distance University of Poland. Even though the course was highly assessed by its participants, their comments imply the necessity of a more careful planning of the pedagogical components of the course. Despite this weakness, the project allowed to obtain answers to the main questions raised by decisions to be made when planning a course: What is intended to be done?, why?, what for?, how?, when?, by whom?, with what resources and funds? It is concluded that the proposed methodology may constitute a reference framework for the universities that wish to plan a high quality online course, both in Poland and in other countries.

Reorientación de la práctica educativa usando REA: resultados preliminares con tres docentes mexicanos de posgrado

Abstract: El trabajo presenta los resultados preliminares de un estudio de caso multiple de corte cualitativo cuyo objetivo fue analizar la manera en que se dan las practicas educativas de profesores virtuales del area de educacion a nivel maestria cuando incorporan recursos educativos abiertos (REA), asi como la forma en que esta apropiacion de REA contribuye a la transformacion de la practica pedagogica. En la investigacion participaron tres docentes de maestria de una universidad mexicana. El analisis de datos se hizo, primero, revisando cada caso, codificando y categorizando inicialmente con base en los referentes teoricos establecidos y afinando segun emergian los datos. Luego, se llevo a cabo la suma categorica de los casos como conjunto para obtener resultados globales. Los resultados indican que la practica educativa de los participantes se desarrollo en forma predominante con una apropiacion tecnologica a nivel de reorientacion, usando en su mayoria articulos cientificos de acceso abierto para realizar actividades con un enfoque de ensenanza de profundizacion del conocimiento. Los docentes, al emplear REA, reconocen cambios en la practica educativa, como enriquecimiento en el diseno de los cursos, flexibilidad pedagogica, variedad de recursos, personalizacion de la ensenanza, desarrollo de enfoques centrados en el estudiante y apoyo en la obtencion de competencias. Este trabajo aporta al conocimiento sobre la ejecucion de practicas educativas con inclusion de REA en un contexto mexicano, ademas de su potencial impacto en estas.

Escenarios de aprendizaje y satisfacción estudiantil en posgrado virtual 2010, 2014 y 2015

Abstract: One of the existing signs in the history of mankind in the electronic union of the planet, which manifests itself by the presence of ICT in all spheres of human endeavor, including education, this has generated new paradigms that demand technological updating, teacher training and analysis of the processes in educational institutions. Hence the importance of carrying out this research, from a case study, with the purpose to analyze, learning scenarios and satisfaction of virtual learning mode graduate students of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua in three periods: 2010, 2014 and 2015. Methods used were analytical-synthetic and theoretical-deductive. The techniques were bibliographic, survey, and structured interview. Results reflect a tendency to individual work and the need to incorporate a more creative aspect in the tasks that teachers ask for, also, it reveals the need of more interaction between involved actors in the process, more teachers’ commitment in tutorial work and in digital alphabetization, as well as the need to stimulate collaborative work and connective learning between students. All this to attain more quality in virtual education.

Apropiación tecnológica para la incorporación efectiva de recursos educativos abiertos

Abstract: This article is based on a research which sought to identify the technological appropriation of five teachers who excel using technologies, according to their institute’s directors, to incorporate open educational resources (OER) to support educative practices and propitiate the student’s meaningful learning; these OER are public domain resources used for teaching, learning and researching under some intellectual license that allows their use and re-purposing. The case study was the methodology and also electronic tests, observation sheets and triangulating of results were used. The results indicated that teachers have dissimilar knowledges and technological strengths –with some coincidence– using OER to support educative process, which showed to be useful as referents to integrate a proposal about using, selecting and producing OER with effectiveness which allow better educative practices and propitiate the meaningful learning.

Posibilidades de Facebook en la docencia universitaria desde un caso de estudio

Abstract: This article presents a descriptive study whose objective was to identify the possibilities of the social network Facebook in the field of teaching. For this purpose, a closed reagent survey was designed and applied to a sample of 142 higher education teachers. We also worked on an open question from which we generated categories of analysis that complemented the quantitative results represented by frequencies in percentages. Some of the most significant findings refer the high frequency of use of Facebook (daily), and the mastery between medium and high that has the majority of teachers (90.92%) in the use of this social network. We find a great variety of uses of Facebook, in the teaching process and in the rest of the activities of teachers, which may be of special interest to those teachers who want to implement this social network to their practice. We identified some negative factors such as lack of structure and excessive visual noise. We conclude that, with a proper direction and design, Facebook can promote dynamic and attractive learning environments for higher education students.

Um canal aberto no ensino superior? MOOC e REA no mundo digital

Abstract: Pedagogical innovation mediated by educational technology in the digital world is one of the contemporary challenges in higher education. Therefore, the aim is to present a reflexion about the contribution and didactic organization of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Parameterized by procedures of the case study, we analyze the data from two international MOOC that focused on the theme OER. As a result of active participation in the courses, we registered the course plans, teaching materials, assessment methodology, learning activities and the interaction between participants and sharing online. It revealed a diversified didactic elements in MOOC with an emphasis on video and variation between working hours, type and number of weekly activities. Although OER and MOOC already are concrete possibilities for online university education in the digital world, with great demand, it is necessary to invest in institutional policies to consolidate the open education.

La enseñanza de la literatura en la licenciatura en Educación con Moodle

Abstract: This paper relates the experience acquired with the usage of Moodle assisting the teaching –learning process in the Literature Appreciation Seminar 1 given to fifth semester students in the Spanish Major from the Benemerita y Centenaria Escuela Normal del Estado de San Luis Potosi. The purpose if this work is to reflect about the findings obtained based on a qualitative and quantitative analysis from the information gathered with the application of a semi-structured questionnaire. The results obtained reflect student’s weekly work, mostly to comply with assignment submissions. In a general view, it is noticed that pupils find themselves motivated working with this learning tool. It is also seen as an opportunity area, the reinforcement of this kind of learning focusing more on collaborative work and managing more options from the Moodle platform. Some of the conclusions from this paper are the importance of incorporating Learning Management Systems in pre-service training teaching from a didactic, constructive and ecological perspective, as well as, allowing students to work with ICT by creating significant learnings using virtual environments in order to be able to transfer them to other contexts.

La comunicación y la colaboración vistas a través de la experiencia en un MOOC

Abstract: The following text presents an analysis of communication and collaboration as two central aspects in the design of virtual learning environments, noticing that in many offered courses the design does not necessarily focus on creating learning communities, but to develop a series of learning activities that basically maintain a control scheme by teaching through moderation and instructions, which leaves little margin for autonomy and self-management among students. To this end, has been analyzed the MOOC Information and Communication Technologies in Education in the Coursera platform. The working methodology was based on the review of the main concepts (communication and collaboration) discussed in relation to the AVA, the main topics of discussion forums, management students in learning communities, participation in various communication channels, results of course approval. These results demonstrated that communication and collaboration is possible in MOOCs, and how autonomy and motivation is substantial for collaborative efforts among hundreds of participants. The study confirmed that collaborative products can be made voluntarily, if participants have a common language and similar incentives.

Los intercambios virtuales lingüísticos y culturales en educación superior: estudio de caso

Abstract: This study describes a teaching intervention carried out in the field of telecollaboration on a university-level course. Two main goals were set for this didactic innovation, which was carried out through an Interinstitutional Teaching Project: firstly, to increase the time of exposure to the foreign language (English/Spanish) and secondly, to raise cultural awareness among British and Spanish university students. The qualitative method has been applied in order to describe the participation and involvement of the learners. This case study firstly describes telecollaboration and the research that has recently been carried out in this field. Secondly, it presents the three phases of the project: action plan, development and evaluation. Thirdly, participants’ perceptions (both positive and negative) are described. Students’ comments are analyzed mainly in terms of linguistic, cultural or other general features expressed by participants. Finally, this case study includes a conclusion in which planning strategies and task design are emphasized, since both have brought about a successful experience for university students.

Formación en TIC y competencia digital en la docencia en instituciones de educación superior públicas

Abstract: Currently, Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) have become essential tools in academic practice; however, its use within the teaching-learning process has focused only on digitizing educational acquis, while educational practice still preserves traditional, methods, instead of using collaborative environments and other benefits offered by the field of Web 2.0. Thus, this research, which corresponds to a quantitative-descriptive correlational level, it has been done through survey methodology. Its aim is to analyze the ICT training of teachers and students in relation to digital competence and the use of ICT in Web 1.0 and 2.0 in academic practice, in reference to some contextual factors in Higher Education System in administrative sciences in the metropolitan area of the city of Queretaro. It was found that there is a relation between of digital competence and teaching training in ICT, as well as a direct relation of the use of ICT among teachers and students. This affects academic performance, showing that the innovative use of ICT has favorable effect on student academic practice

e-Círculo Literario aplicado en la clase de inglés. Una innovación educativa después del terremoto de 2016 en Ecuador

Abstract: This work aims is to introduce the e-Literary Circle (e-LC) as an academic innovation that parts from the conventional Literary Circle (CL) towards, its adaptation to an accesible computer platform, and the transformation of an oral practice in English into a written production process. The methodology selected is based on the social interaction approach where 38 university students participated in a distance educational intervention designed by the researcher team. From the qualitative method were applied the technics: Focus group, contextualized observation, and semi-structured interview to test the efficiency of the digital tool. The results demonstrate a high technical feasibility of the e-LC and its contribution for the participants improve their written production levels in the English language, despite being in adverse conditions. It is concluded that digital education enhances the possibilities of resuming the daily march of educational activities with quality, within scenarios affected by natural disasters. In addition, the use of the Literary e-Circle has managed to reduce student’s exposure to latent hazards in natural catastrophes events, such as the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador on April 16, 2016.

El servicio social en los programas educativos en línea

Abstract: El servicio social es parte esencial del proceso modernizador de las instituciones de educacion superior nacionales e internacionales, ya que es una actividad academica para beneficio de la sociedad y mediante la cual los estudiantes universitarios consolidan su formacion profesional. El servicio social para la educacion superior a distancia es un desafio, principalmente porque se deben disenar estrategias innovadoras que brinden las condiciones para vincular y articular el trabajo academico entre los cuatro actores mas importantes de cualquier modelo educativo: los estudiantes, los profesores, el contexto laboral, y los planes y programas de estudio. Con base en lo anterior y considerando que los estudiantes de los programas educativos en linea de la Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas se encuentran distribuidos a lo largo de la republica mexicana y en Estados Unidos, el proyecto de intervencion resulta una opcion viable, creativa y sistematica para que los estudiantes a distancia realicen su servicio social. Este trabajo contiene la estructura, la metodologia, las lineas de accion y generacion del conocimiento para la elaboracion del proyecto de intervencion, asi como el proceso de entrega de informes del servicio social para que los estudiantes a distancia puedan cumplir en tiempo y forma con este compromiso institucional y social.

Creencias docentes del uso de tecnologías por familias para involucrarse en educación

Abstract: El presente estudio de corte cualitativo aborda las creencias de docentes acerca de los beneficios del manejo de tecnologias de la informacion y comunicacion (TIC) por las familias de los estudiantes, asi como las practicas educativas para fomentar la utilizacion de TIC por los padres. Se realizaron entrevistas a doce maestros de escuelas primarias, ocho mujeres y cuatro hombres de entre veintitres y cincuenta y cinco anos de edad. La informacion se analizo con el metodo inductivo. Se encontro que los docentes consideran que el uso de TIC por las familias mejora el apoyo al aprendizaje en casa, el capital cultural de los estudiantes y la comunicacion con los padres. Los profesores creen que fomentan que las familias utilicen las TIC cuando a traves de ellas les informan respecto a tareas y actividades escolares. Se concluyo que los docentes consideran que el manejo de las TIC por las familias favorece el proceso de ensenanza. Sin embargo, sus creencias acerca de las practicas que promueven su utilizacion por las familias son limitadas. Estos hallazgos sugieren que los docentes son conscientes de los beneficios de las TIC, aunque es necesario capacitarlos para que favorezcan un uso mas amplio de las tecnologias por parte de las familias.