Construcción de una estrategia Blended Learning para el curso sistemática vegetal del programa de Biología de la Universidad de Pamplona.

Abstract

ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) are powerful tools to make educational processes more efficient. Promoting its use in Higher Education is key in these times of globalization, interconnections and constant production of information. Several universities in the country, including the University of Pamplona, are working to strengthen education supported by ICT, with the purpose of achieving quality standards that make them more competitive in the world. To that extent, the potential of ICT can focus on strengthening the learning of topics that represent difficulty for students. Under this scenario, this work carried out in the didactic design mode was intended to provide support to strengthen the course of Plant Systematics of the Biology program of the University of Pamplona through the construction of a mixed learning strategy (Blended Learning) focused on unity Thematic: Principles and basic concepts of phylogenetics, identified by the teacher of the course as the most difficult for students. For its elaboration, Conectivism learning theory was selected as the most pertinent according to the purpose of the work, which in turn feeds Constructivism and Cognitivism. Subsequently, the information requested by the Special Unit for the Use and Appropriation of ICT (UETIC) of the University of Pamplona was compiled for the creation of Environments and Virtual Learning Environments using the Moodle platform. Finally, detailed planning of the topics, activities and production of ICT resources was obtained.