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The present study was a meta-analysis compiling research on digital citizenship conducted in Mexico in 2011 - 2023. It was guided by the objective of arguing, analyzing and categorizing the lines of knowledge generation and application (LGAC) related to digital citizenship in Mexico. The methodology applied was meta-analysis where 88 research studies were documented: 47 papers, 33 journal articles and 8 theses. The studies found support the existence of six LGAC in Mexico. It was concluded that the studies are related to understanding the way in which society appropriates digital technologies, interactions through social networks and the manifestations of digital identity. Another point to highlight is that the study of digital citizenship has been used to analyze the acquisition of digital skills and attitudes, social issues addressed by digitalization, the roles played by educational actors in the virtual environment and the promotion of multiculturalism. The studies found provide relevance to the LGAC, and allow concluding that digital citizenship is a topic present in research on educational technology in Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this research is to analyze the acquisition of teachers' digital competencies through the use of virtual environments and information and communication technologies to improve the teaching-learning process. A systematic review was conducted through the search and compilation of empirical studies over five years (2019 to 2023), in the specialized databases: Scopus, Redalyc, SciELO, and the academic search engine Google Scholar. Based on the PRISMA statement, and through inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of fourteen research papers were selected. After examining them, it was possible to identify how digital literacy through the use of virtual learning environments influences the development of teaching work and performance and consequently also contributes to student learning. Among the digital skills most used by teachers that have allowed innovation and improvement of the teaching process are mainly the management of information and mastery of digital tools for the creation and management of educational resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of a research work focused on identifying educational improvements needs in the field of digital teaching skills (DTS) in higher education, specifically in a Teacher Training College. There are several frameworks to assess this, however, this research focused on those related to the competence: communication and collaboration described in the Marco Común de Competencias Digitales Docentes (MCCDD) (INTEF, 2017). The pandemic evidenced as an emerging requirement in terms of the DTS also national and international foundations in which it is highlighted how these are essential to support lifelong learning and to inclusion. Ten teachers from Veracruz participated in the study through the focus group technique, which made it possible to recover information to learn about their perspectives on the training needs they identified in the area of the DTS, both in themselves and in the degree program in education in which they teach. The MAXQDA program was used to analyze the information and graphs were created with the segments of their oral participations. The results are shown in Unique-Code Model (summaries) of each skill in the area of communication and collaboration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes a study related to the learning of decision-making heuristics such as preference matrix, break-even point and decision tree from the perspective of using a computational tool. With their respective algorithms, a virtual learning environment through a mobile application (app) aimed at Engineering students was developed. To answer the research questions posed in this report, an empirical study was conducted to assess the effectiveness, efficiency and cost in solving decision-making problems with and without the use of the app. The results in this study suggest that the use of the app in learning decision-making skills facilitates the mathematical process for students, and that by using critical thinking competence, they can make assertive and accurate decisions considering different alternatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the spread of SARS-CoV-2, all universities were forced to implement the virtual modality in their curricula so as not to paralyze the educational system. Likewise, the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, located in the city of Lima, Peru, continued with non-face-toface classes through virtual resources to help its students in the learning process. Therefore, this research aimed to determine the factors of the student role that influenced the satisfaction of managing virtual resources. The study procedure included the collection of 184 surveys through Google Forms and the analysis of validity, structural model, reliability and hypothesis tests using the non-parametric Spearman's Rho test. Some of the limitations of the analysis were due to generational differences and socioeconomic and geographic variables of the participants. This paper found, according to the order of the highest score of the correlation coefficient, that the factors student-content interaction, gamified participation, motivation, self-efficacy in internet and computing, and perceived usefulness predicted the satisfaction of managing virtual resources in students. It was concluded that the five independent variables were significantly correlated in the dependent variable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A self-regulated student is guided by task-oriented strategies, seeks to achieve his personal goals, and monitors his or her behavior in terms of his goals. This paper presents the results of a quantitative study whose purpose was to describe the components of self-regulated learning used by students in their online learning processes and to determine if there are significant differences in the way that these components are used. In this investigation, a questionnaire was applied to 306 students of online courses, and the data obtained were processed using descriptive statistics and ANOVA of one factor of repeated measures. The results showed that most of the factors and strategies of self-regulates learning are used in an acceptable way; in addition, significant differenceswere found of the motivational component and in the strategies of the behavioral and contextual component. The findings of the study provide instructional designers with information on the aspects that can be emphasizes to motivate students, which would contribute to the development of different types of skills and methods to self-regulate their learning, training that will allow them to advance more successfully through their education, regardless of the modality in which they work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper was to characterize the current state of content curation in university professors. Also, a diagnosis was made to establish the informational competencies that these professionals possessed. The study methodology was based on the quantitative perspective with a descriptive scope and the use of the survey as a research technique that evaluated four dimensions: search, selection, characterization and dissemination of digital content. The results presented a set of shortcomings in the explicit dimensions, with an emphasis on characterization, since in educational digital content the textual format prevailed and critical evaluations were scarce. Moreover, insufficient use of content curation tools was detected. A wider participation of subjects due to the social distancing caused by covid-19 was evidenced as a limitation. The novelty of the study consisted in analyzing content curation with an informational competence approach, transversal in the training of university professors. It was concluded that there is little training in relation to the curation of content for teaching, as some indications of informational performance were observed, in isolation that hindered a better preparation of the subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper was to analyze the teaching practice of a preschool teacher in a private school in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, based on the dimensions of effective and represented work. From the analysis of the instructions and the simple self-confrontation, axes of analysis were identified that allowed an approach to the main challenges that the teacher faced with the online education developed during the pandemic by covid-19. The results of the work placed at the center of the discussion the teacher's challenges and concerns about the ways of teaching online literacy, the relationships with the students' families when working from home, and the interaction with technology in the virtual classroom. Taken together, the findings broaden the picture of teaching practices during social distancing and contribute to the empirical knowledge of this object of study as a result of the impact generated by the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the design of a website for the teaching and learning of English at Universidad del Cauca, Colombia, according to the ADDIE instructional design model to provide academic alternatives with the support of web-based technologies. The prototype of a website capable of hosting English courses managed through virtual or blended modality is the concrete result of this study. Although the low number of courses hosted and oriented on the website may be a limitation, the information collected allowed the tool sophistication throughout the process. This study contributed to apply the ADDIE model for designing a web tool to manage English courses at Universidad del Cauca. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work aims to know how the trend in the use of virtual spaces is, from the proposals is of incorporating technology in the teaching practice in Higher Education and knows if the level of use of information and communication technologies (ICT) affects the design and development of the proposals. In this work was used a correlative transactional methodology and the process was concurrent by complementation with a group of professors from a Mexican public university. We observed that sending and receiving documents is the most used dynamic and that, the main obstacles and difficulties are get internet accessibility and the connection speeds. The main learning activity used is creating individual documents. We concluded that, the level of skill in use of ICT that the teacher considers having does not improve the integration of technologies inside of teaching practice, and that the use of virtual spaces is oriented towards instrumental aspects (do not spent paper, automatic evaluation, and others), the possibility of structuring pedagogical proposals with integration of ICT that seek to improve the teaching and learning process in students is left aside. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper there are described some educational strategies based on virtual learning environments, which were implemented in engineering programs with the purpose of mitigating failure rates in basic stage subjects. Based on a case study at the University of Baja California, the causes of failure for the period 2013 to 2016 were diagnosed, and subsequently, from 2017 to 2019, the implementation of four support strategies began. An analysis of the behavior of the failure rates before and after the implementation of the strategies was made, and the results show up that both the failure levels in five subjects as well as the student lag decreased. Even though the strategies applied in this study are replicable, and the use of virtual learning environments supports students' academic performance, it is still necessary to expand the research to measure the impact of additional strategies that were put in to practice simultaneously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study of good educational practices in virtual classrooms is focused on knowing the characteristics of pedagogical experiences that have been successful for the achievement of learning. However, in the studies published to date, a coincident approach that integrates the characteristics that distinguish good practices and the traits that are relevant to assess pedagogical interventions in virtual classrooms is not identified. Faced with this situation, this paper presents a comparative analysis of teaching models on good educational practices in virtual education, to identify the characteristics of effective practice. A bibliographic review consisting of 11 proposals and 25 evaluation features is synthesized; in which it was found that continuous feedback, interactivity, knowing the student's needs, multisensory teaching materials and promoting active learning are some of the most successful practices. Based on these results, it is concluded that the characterization of good educational practices in virtual classrooms is more focused on pedagogical strategies than on the technological supports of virtual education, therefore, the interest of teachers considered effective in their practice, is inclined towards their didactic and academic specialization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The representing of a student's knowledge in an academic discipline plays an important role in boosting the student's skills. To support stakeholders in the educational domain, it is necessary to provide them with robust assessment strategies that facilitate the teaching-learning process. Student's mastery is determined by the degree of knowledge, which demonstrates objectively, on the topics included in the different areas that make up an academic discipline. Although there is a wide variety of techniques to represent knowledge, particularly Knowledge Graph technique is becoming relevant due to the structured approach and benefits it offers. This paper proposes a method that classifies and weights the nodes (topics) of a Knowledge Graph of a disciplinary area, which is analyzed through a case study. The method has two approaches: avoid exhaustive evaluation of the nodes and weight the nodes with adequate precision. Method's application is illustrated by a case study. As results, a Knowledge Graph is obtained with its classified and weighted nodes through the application of the proposed method, in which 100% of the topics have been impacted through the objective evaluation of 20.8% representing 10 nodes. It is concluded that the proposed method has potential to be used in the representation and management of knowledge, being necessary to improve phases' iteration to condition number of objective nodes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The "fourth industrial revolution" will provoke a transformation in educational scenarios because it will incorporate cyber-physical networks in the production, logistics and consumption of goods and services. Educational theory has traditionally approached technological educational scenarios with categories of analysis typical of the third industrial revolution and it is necessary to overcome these conceptual weights. This paper proposes the concept of "network learning" taking as a starting point the posthumanist ontology and the epistemology of the actor-network theory. Thus, learning would be a process that associates human and non-human agencies alike, which operates without center nor periphery, and whose objective is to guarantee self-regulation and persistence because as soon as the agencies stop operating, the learning network disappears. Learning is, in itself, a heterogeneous network in operation. Likewise, this paper identifies some basic human and non-human agencies that allow learning networks to be established, strengthened or destroyed. In addition, it is justified why educational research should create data through an inductive manner and construct categories of analysis abductively to identify new objects of study in the learning scenarios of the fourth industrial revolution, which are characterized by being hybrid, ambiguous and contingent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim in this paper is to present the preliminary results of a qualitative, multiple case study whose objective was to analyze the way educational practices (EP) are carried out by virtual faculty, when they incorporate Open Educational Resources (OER), as well as the way in which this appropriation of OER contributes to the pedagogical transformation of these practices in the field of education at a master's level. The research involved three faculty of a Mexican university. The data analysis was performed; first, by reviewing each case, initially coding and categorizing in base to the established theoretical references and then tuning as the data emerged. Subsequently, the categorical sum of the cases was made as a whole to obtain global results. The results indicate that the EP of the participants developed predominantly with technological appropriation at the reorientation level, using mostly open access scientific articles to carry out activities with a teaching approach of deepening into knowledge. Teachers using OER recognize changes in their EP such as the enrichment in course design, pedagogical flexibility, variety of resources, personalization of teaching, development of student-centered approaches, and support in the development of competencies. This paper tries to contribute to the knowledge about the implementation of EP when OER were included and carried out in a Mexican context, as well as its potential impact on these educational practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article describes a configurable and computable instructional model based on gamification elements. The empirical evaluation of the model is also reported using the software engineering area as the scope of application. In the experimental study two treatments were compared: the traditional dynamics of using a paper document for the Performance Test, and the use of a Virtual Learning Environment configured based in the model; the dependent variables considered were time and score. From the statistical analysis it was possible to conclude that the students did not present significant differences in the scores obtained in both treatments; however, the time turned out to be a variable with significant differences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the research done about the importance of establishing tech-nopedagogical mediation strategies when a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is implemented. The objective of this work is to improve the efficiency of the Virtual Tutoring Platform in the teaching-learning process, through the implementation of strategies in the virtual tutoring model of a technological university. The methodological part of the work was developed using a mixed approach: the qualitative part was worked with a focus group and the quantitative part was carried out with cluster sampling. The main contribution of this work is the six categories and strategies proposed, which can be applied to any VLE. The results confirm the importance of guiding the student, establishing communication mechanisms, interaction and application of learning methodologies as well as their relationship with the information communication and technologies. The only limitation so far is that a dedicated server and good bandwidth are required to improve the service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper contributes to the development of research skills in university students, through the use of instructional strategies in virtual learning environments, in order to achieve that students obtain the necessary skills and abilities to improve research processes. To determine which are the research capacities to be developed, a literature review is carried out whose objective is to identify the studies that are suitable with teaching strategies. An analysis of the instructional strategies that can be applied with the research capabilities of undergraduate students is also performed. The virtual classroom designed to be applied to students in teaching research skills is described. To validate the proposed competencies, an evaluation is made to the students to determine the level of development of the research competencies through a questionnaire that measures their knowledge and a global improvement in the application of the investigative competences of 13.5% is obtained, demonstrating the validity of the use of instructional strategies through a virtual environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The evaluation has had a strong impact on teaching, which is why learning instruments that are valid and reliable are indispensable. The Faculty of Languages of the Facultad de Idiomas de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California does not implement a technological tool for the development of standardized tests and their psychometric analysis. Therefore, this paper analyzed the implementation of standardized tests referred to a criterion, based on the Item Response Theory. The used methodology required the integration of several committees of specialists to produce instruments that guided the construction of the test, such as the curricular relevance index table, the contents justification, etc. The test quality was evaluated using an innovating development that automatically quantified the psychometric criteria of validity and trustworthiness like the difficulty index of the items and the discrimination index. The results allow to observe the quality of the test identifying the yield of each item, as well as the yield and level of dominion of the participant students sample, which contributes to the realization of more accurate assessments of their academic performance. It is concluded that the instrument showed utility for both formative and summative evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to analyze the interventions that different students share in the peer thesis chapter and in their own chapter in the framework of experts and peer feedback activities proposed in a virtual thesis writing workshop. Different students were selected from working groups of two students and a teacher of a 90-hour virtual workshop aimed at teaching thesis writing. This workshop was held in 2017 in National University of Cuyo, Argentina. Within this workshop, each student with an expert had to analyze their own chapter and their peer's chapter taking into account three phases. Firstly, the focus was the communicative situation model and the event model; secondly, the focus was the textual model, particularly movements and steps; finally, the focus was also the textual model, but focused on the linguistic strategies. In these phases, two types of feedback are promoted: in-text and global feedback. Both are analyzed according to four categories: chaining, focus, function and type of analysis. The results show differences with statistical significance between the comments of the own chapter and the peer's chapter based on the feedback modalities (in-text and global), and between the feedback modalities themselves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Promises of ‘teacher-light' tuition and of enhanced ‘efficiency' via the automation of teaching have been with us since the early days of digital education, sometimes embraced by academics and institutions, and sometimes resisted as a set of moves which are damaging to teacher professionalism and to the humanistic values of education itself. However, both the embrace and the resistance can be seen to be anchored in a humanistic orientation to the project of education which recent work in the theory of critical posthumanism draws into question. Working within the broad frame of critical posthumanism, this paper will revisit the notion of teacher automation in higher education, exploring how as teachers we might enact new, resistant ways of playing at the boundaries of the human and machine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Business simulators are a teaching-learning tool that seeks to facilitate active learning based on problem solving, encouraging students to analyse, make decisions and evaluate. In this paper we present a study whose objective was to analyse the results of the application of business simulators to a section of the Faculty of Accounting and Administration, Xalapa region, of the Universidad Veracruzana. Through cross-sectional descriptive research it was determined if a significant learning was really achieved, apart from its application, through the self-evaluation of the techniques addressed and the evaluation of results by the teacher. The results obtained portray business simulators as a unique tool to create an effective teaching-learning environment, which offers a comprehensive vision of theoretical knowledge through the dynamic market relations present in business management practiced knowledge and techniques provided in various subjects, which gives it a greater pedagogical value. With the findings of this analysis, valuable raw material is available for the design and implementation of the University's own business simulator project, which is in the process of being developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim in this paper is to present the results of the first stage of an investigation that has the objective of developing a fislet that consists of the animation of a problematized physical situation activated through the elements of a hybrid conceptual map. The methodology considers the selection of problematized physical situations where the physical notion to be taught is involved, the resolution of such problems by a group of teachers, the elaboration of hybrid conceptual maps and fislets through Java and MATLAB software and the support of the ontosemiotic approach. The results suggest that students consider the fislet as a didactic tool that allows them to explore the process of solving physical problems, reflect on assumptions and procedures, and analyze interpretations of representations, among other aspects. The research contributes to educational technology through the proposal of the design of a novel fislet that is based on the notion of representation and ontosemiotic interpretation of hybrid conceptual maps. It is concluded that the fislet allows the students to visualize the physical-mathematical objects that participate in the practice of solving a physical problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work has the aim to demonstrate the importance of the development of the digital competitions in the university teachers to empower his academic work with the support of the Technologies of the Information and Communication (ICT). In this sense, the University of Tamaulipas (UAT) Mexico has trained a total of 124 teachers from the different UAT schools in the International Certification Program in Digital Competencies-ICDL, of which up to now 76 teachers have accredited the Basic Certification-ICDL related with Computer Fundamentals, Online Course Fundamentals, Word Processor and Spreadsheets. To do this, teachers had to perform level tests, study lessons and develop, in a self-taught manner, different types of exercises and practices, until submitting their certification exam. This paper also presents the advances that teachers had in the development of their digital competences, comparing the results of the beginning and the end of the certification. Universities should invest in the training of their teachers, in order to respond to the challenges of the 21st century higher education, mainly because they require a specialized teaching profile, sufficient background in pedagogical methods, expertise in contents and certifications in digital competencies recognized by international organizations that guarantee their quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of the research that analyzed the perception of the educational benefit of users of the Learning Management System (LMS) Blackboard that is used at the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo (UAEH), taking as a central axis the question: What is the benefit of the learning management system as a technological tool in the educational process of UAEH? For this, the analysis was performed based on the models: TPACK by Mishra & Koehler (2006), SAMR model developed by Puentedura (2006) and TAM3 developed by Venkatesh & Bala (2008). Methodologically it is a multiple case study, where several cases are used simultaneously to explore and describe a reality. Three teachers of the Campus Tlahuelilpan of the UAEH participated in the semistructured interview, which constituted the technique for obtaining data. The results indicate the need for an adequate training, not only in the technological, but also in the pedagogical and curricular; adequate infrastructure and changes in institutional policies, among others. This responds to the theoretical models mentioned above. It is suggested that Higher Education Institutions take into account this results when implementing a Learning Management System as a support in the educational process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays immersive virtual reality systems have a growing relevance in educational environments as tools to encourage learning through two important keys concepts: Immersion and interaction. This paper describes the use of virtual reality systems in education, taking as a case study an immersive 3D virtual reality system with NUI developed for the purpose of facilitating the inspection of wind turbines for didactic purposes. The proposed system searches technological convergence of visualization devices, data acquisition tools and graphics software. To achieve this system a software development methodology of Pressman was followed. The qualitative results of a first evaluation at the system indicate that the proposal allows an immersive virtual reality experience offering a great similarity to the real environment, with the ability to interact through gestures and body movements. This helps to motivate learning and stimulate interest in practicing with this technology by users. Moreover, achieved technological convergence between visualization devices, interaction tools and graphics software, allows us to make a step forward in the development of this type of teaching tools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present an educational innovation strategy that consists on the implementation of a virtual investigation project in biology. In university education, some lab practices are prohibitive due to high costs. For distance university education, there are few virtual educational resources that can be used instead. In this paper we share the experience of using the dose-response simulator 1.0. The simulator has been developed in our lab to explore the usability and the learning levels achieved by the students. An exploratory study was conducted with a group of students from the Research Methods I course of the Bachelor's degree biology program. The work corresponds to a virtual, structured, semi-closed type, guided by specialized teaching supervision. Two levels of knowledge were evaluated: the management of the program and the understanding of theoretical knowledge. 69.2% of the students stated that using the simulator was easy. According with Bloom's taxonomy, from 100 to 92.3% performed well in activities at the apply and analyze levels, and 76.9 to 61.5% at the synthesize level. 7.7% did not adapt at all. The results indicate a high level of student learning. Simulators are an alternative for teaching when lab practices are expensive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of a research project related to the learning styles of postgraduate distance learning students from the University of Tamaulipas, Mexico. These postgraduate studies were created in 1996: nowadays, 14 generations have graduated from the Master of Human Resources Development; 13 generations, from the Master of Quality Management; and 8 from the Master in Educational Technology. The instrument used in this research was created by Whiteley and is based on the model of multiple intelligences developed by Gardner and the neuro-linguistic programming model by Bandler and Grinder. The research was conducted with a sample of 72 participants, who represent one hundred percent of the students enrolled. The results showed that the most prevalent learning styles are logical and social, and the auditory and physical learning styles were the less predominant. Consequently, it was able to recommend content, resources and learning activities for each learning style. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A mixed study research, this paper analyses the perception of the college students about online safety, considered one of the areas of digital skills. We rely on the Ikanos project descriptors of the Basque Institute of Professional Qualifications and Vocational Training (2014). We considered the four topics: protecting devices, protecting data and digital identity, protecting health and protecting the environment (INTEF, 2014). In collecting the data, we used an online survey and a semi-structured individual interview. From the results, millennials uses basic safety practices, such as using antivirus, password management, configuration settings in the Web tools, etc. Regarding the digital identity and health, it detected the need to promote the proper use of personal data and the media habits. For the environmental protection, it is essential promote awareness about the computers and electronic devices, energy management, recycling and technological waste. Finally, this research seeks to contribute to the discussion on safety and the media consumption within the framework for the development of digital skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of this study was to comment, analyze and categorize in a descriptive way the generational lines and application of knowledge (GLAK) for various products of scientific research conducted in Mexico in relation to the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to the educational process. The main objectives were: to identify the specific type of population the research would be directed to, to compare the types of population with the greater and lesser number of research studies made, to compare the GLAK with greater and lesser number of studies, and to identify emerging fields of investigation. The methodology considered inclusion criteria in order to select repositories and types of documents to be analyzed (a total of 470 research papers were selected). The GLAKs upon which the research studies were to be conducted were also defined. Within the results, we found that the education levels with the greater and lesser number of students with regard to higher education and preschool education, respectively. The main voids of knowledge were found in the management and quality areas of educational programs, as well as educational policies related to ICTs. The emerging fields of research were related to the education of older adults, indigenous populations, and students with special needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the design, creation and evolution of a Technopedagogical training model for higher education teachers. The model is strategically important for teachers in order for them to generate technological competences. These competences will allow them to create, store and reuse content as well as use educational software and systems to manage their course contents. Some results have shown that teachers trained in this model immediately apply the learned strategies to transform traditional course content into electronic interactive material. Also the results have shown that teachers overcome technophobia as a result of these technological competences. In this paper the dramatized term "technophobe" has been used to describe those teachers who are not confident on using the information technology in the traditional courses. The English acronym DIY (Do It Yourself) has also been used in this paper to describe how teachers themselves, use this model to transform traditional course content into electronic interactive material, and at the same time to get over technological phofia by trying the technopedagogical model features. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper intends to describe the elements needed to understand that the classification of technological media in distance education is one of the most fundamental references within the decision process of its selection and use. The paper asserts that the potential of technological media is reflected in the degree of ease to provide interaction and interactivity, access to sources of information, and the development of skills for students and teachers. Additionally, this paper introduces the classifications according to features, technological media and transmission, evolution throughout history, and role or function. This media is also considered in the learning's virtual environments. Finally, it is emphasized that the selection of media cannot be unbound from the context of use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Open Educational Resources, are a recent concept in regard of the organization of world wide sharing of educational materials and tools, institutions like the UNESCO are interested in the development of OER, and be used on a scale as global as possible. However the OER are having some difficult to reach a total effectiveness, because there are some crucial organizational and interactional differences to these open networks. This article aims to explore the free and legal exchange and reuse of contents that are used to support learning in spaces online, and their technological advantage in the creation of new structures that allow online socialization and collaboration. The paper concludes with a reflection about the overcoming barriers to total success in OER. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

All new advances in technology have led us to change most of our society activities, in education it is clear the use of information technology (IT) and the changes this has caused. Because of this, we wonder if the educational infrastructure provides learning environments that are suitable for carrying out the processes of teaching and learning that our twenty-first century society demands. The aim of this paper is to share the concern about the need to pay more attention to the characteristics of the educational infrastructure of Mexican Higher Education in public institutions, specifically those that affect Mexican architects and urban planners training. After an initial literature review this article presents the trends that will guide a future research, trends in the disciplinary area and the social-educative area. We presented some of the studies and researches found on the subject, mainly on teachers, teaching and learning methods, as well as institutional assessment used in the educational process in the training of architects and urban planners. Afterwards, we mention some of the research on educational infrastructure found identifying three dimensions: bibliohemerográphic, physic and technologic, these will help us build the state of knowledge of the future research we mentioned before. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents some findings of a distance learning programs study from a study of distance learning programs, which methodological design was inspired by a self assessment model for higher education programs designed by ANUIES, this model was applied in the different distance learning programs of the Universidad Juarez Autónoma de Tabasco. This model is complemented by a historical and administrative search and systematization of information. The results allowed on the one hand, detect some failures of the subsystems involved in the System of Open and Distance Education, and the other hand, analyze the possibilities, as well as the limitations of such models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is part of a study that explores the relationship between university teachers in Mexico and the construction of the dispositions to technology from the perspective of social theory of Pierre Bourdieu, in a scenario where investment in technology infrastructure in universities advances increasingly, but teachers are reluctant to integrate technology into their teaching practices despite the various strategies of technological literacy on the part of universities. This provides a major challenge for higher education to the combination of infrastructure, technological literacy and available for teachers to integrate technology research where the lines are dominated by economic and political outlook, with little emphasis on the social and cultural. This case study reveals that teachers build their ICT dispositions through their various trajectories along life symbolic capital formation is a close link between cultural capital, social and economic development for the appropriation of technologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The implementation and use of ICTs in rural areas little affected in the work of these communities because there are no computer systems in their native language which increases social exclusion and technology, coupled with this situation, this lack of financial resources . Alternatively, the paper proposes to focus efforts on the implementation of the free software distribution called OpenBiblio Nahuatl, which will automate all the activities that are conducted in a community library, this action to endow technology and manuals for administration. These actions will be complemented by the provision of other free software tools to support information management, returning to the library is a repository of data and a catalyst of ICTs to their community. In the first stage of the system will be available to be implemented in communities where they speak Nahuatl, the language spoken by 40 percent of Mexico's indigenous population. In addition, the library must consider certain technical requirements to operate which are statements in the trial. As the system is developed with free software can be freely shared and if necessary the user interface can be deployed in another language. Note that OpenBiblio works along the lines of Marc 21 bibliographic format to ensure compatibility with other systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a summary of the experience in implementing the distance senior high school education in Mexico and effects on equity for the populations whose geographic, demographic and social features marginalize them from conventional educational provision. The study is based on national education policies that prioritize the equity at educational services with quality and relevance by setting strategies related with the educational use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to deliver these services to populations whose conditions and characteristics do not justify the creation of conventional educational services. The study assesses some results from this experience such as the extension of coverage, service efficiency and the students' performance. The results of this analysis suggest that these students' efficiency and performance is not significant different from traditional students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the need for social, cognitive and didactic teacher's presence in a distance education environment. Proposes some practical examples of how a facilitator can bring them out from the design stage through to implementation. Conceived the facilitator in the presence as one that fosters social interactions that intentionally encourage relationships so that humanize the learning environment. Also outlines the didactic and cognitive presence of teachers from design to evaluation of the course. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The management is a key factor in any strategy implemented in educational organizations. It can make the difference between success and failure of a policy or a program. Unfortunately it is difficult to grasp, even to become aware. It is important to undertake studies to demonstrate its significance, which can provide resources to improve administrative processes. The present paper reports the results of a distance programmes from an institution of higher education as part of a larger project that seeks to identify factors motivating or limiting the performance of non-conventional programs. The analytical exercise was based on a proposed management model, and data were collected through the documents that support the mode, and interviews with programmes staff. The results suggest that the management problems in non-conventional modalities are solving when they arise, this because there are not institutional guidelines, and to assure the advancement of educational programmes, which reflects the need to address this aspect of this modalities implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is framed in the interest to study the "seeking for help" behaviors in web based learning. Although such behaviors have been studied in traditional courses, recently is appraised an incipient interest by their analysis in virtual environments because probably the environment characteristics and conditions may affect the help seeking process. The paper intention is to analyze the relationship between intrinsic goal orientation, self-efficiency and their incidence on help seeking behaviors. 67 college students participated in the study who attended a subject with traditional and virtual instances. The data were collected by means of a self report questionnaire, especially taking into account the scales referred to intrinsic goals orientation, self-efficiency and seeking help. The results are in the sense of those found in previous studies on the subject, showing a greater disposition to seeking help the students with a more marked intrinsic direction and self-efficacy perceptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the main results of the design, development and implementation of a technology platform to record, organize and distribute information on the knowledge production at the Technological Institute of Sonora (ITSON). With that in mind we formed an interdisciplinary team and hired an outside firm to develop a knowledge management system (KMS). The platform counts with modules for electronic administration of content, applications, management of the knowledge pieces and interaction with other institutional systems. Tools to generate, access, store and transfer knowledge in the University. As an added value for the school it was used to promote a culture of sharing intellectual resources and the creation of learning communities. The successful implementation of a technological tool depends on human factors, organizational processes and culture. We need technology as a means to manage the assets and keep the organization together. Knowledge management is not only the creation of a centralized data base but also it encompasses a variety of sources that contribute to the development of knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As part of the strategic proposals by the Centroccidental University Lisandro Alvarado authorities, in accordance with the Government educational policies, this paper promotes the inclusion of society demands in the participation in higher educational system, through the adaptation of degrees offered by the institution under the virtual mode. According to the established, this article presents the process of managing the program "IT integration in the Civil Engineering Faculty", which was developed under the Institution and SEDUCLA guidelines, with the purpose to insert the teacher and student community in the virtual world. This way, new alternatives were offered to help solve a social problems, as well as diversity in the implementation of teaching modalities supported by IT. Also to help solving social exclusion problem, since a great amount of people can not get into universities due the lack of space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research is intended to be a small contribution about what teachers do, on a daily basis, regarding the use of New Information and Communication Technologies in Education. We are aware that it is not an easy task to provide teachers with recipes suggesting what to do in the classroom because they are free to implement teaching strategies according to their particular instructional beliefs. This paper is mainly focused on the regular teaching activities, from the design of the instructional strategies to the teaching activities themselves. For this purpose, an Educational Software Template was designed to allow teachers to develop digital resources (learning object) supported by a great variety of technological tools. This pedagogical model is focused on the Problem-based Learning Paradigm. Taking into consideration that others teachers or educational institutions could adopt these digital resources, international standards were used to develop this model. Besides, only free source software was used in the design of the template and in the production server platform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I analyze tutor and researcher synchronic communication activities in Learning Management Systems. I make some reflections around complexity communication conceived as a cluster of inter-defined and heterogenic actions implied and inserted in the communication product. Actions are not only considered as "transmission / reception" of information but as information and knowledge constructions. They are a conjugation of conveyable information and knowledge interactions. Cluster actions associated to distant communications are dissected in a communication laboratory in which computer itself is considered as a mediation artifact. The analysis frame is immersed in a cibercultur@l approach oriented to steer -cyber- a creative crop -the meaning of culture we give at LabCOMplex- of listening, connectivity, code organization and knowledge construction based on feedback activities -the use we gave to "@"-. The theoretical model is based on Activity Theory in order to construct a systemic model of imbricated interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper emphasizes the importance for the student to take a leader role in the institutional processes, it begins locating the student in the daily basis situations and roles from the social and personal perspective, all these as a base to understand what a student-centered program means. It continues describing some characteristics from the digital era specially those regarding the learning process and what would be desirable in a new learning scenario as well as the changes the institutions and teachers would have to do in order to accomplish them. It ends up with some reflections about the students that using properly the new environments created thanks to the new information technologies may have greater opportunities to learn. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper an analysis is provided on the migration of the student modelling process from intelligent tutoring systems to e-learning, of the implications for e-learning platforms in terms of the adaptations to be made for supporting student modelling, and of the expected functionality from a resulting new breed of intelligent learning environments. The analysis is based on my recent experience in the development of a student modelling component for an e-learning system known as LeActiveMath, the main product from a European project that aimed to develop a web-based learning environment for mathematics in the state of the art. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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 Benemérita y Centenaria Escuela Normal del Estado de San Luis Potosí. 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The most relevant issues about the implementation of a virtual learning environment at the Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabí (UNESUM) are presented in this paper. This implementation process is guided by the challenges of the current trends in b-learning field and the most imperative requirements of the UNESUM. These requirements are captured on a preliminary study taking into account the opinion of students and lecturers. Based on other similar proposals carried out in other educational centers, a methodological framework is proposed to reach the virtual learning environment at UNESUM. This paper also offers several considerations about the design and implementation of the virtual environment used on a pilot test using several courses in two grades. A set of recommendations in order to generalize the proposal to the entire university is also offered in this work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]