Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

The meaning of knowledge through simulation implies knowing how to interpret everyday processes and situations. The knowing of mechanisms and technological operators involved, being competences that are worked with special attention in the Technology classroom and help to consolidate knowledge, awaken the interest of students and motivate them towards research in the field of science and technology, as well as their capacity for analysis and reasoning. The research methodology is an action research, common to evaluative studies of educational innovation in training processes and improvement of professional practice. The selection of this teaching experience is due, on the one hand, to its innovation proposal integrating the methodological strategy of "Problem-Based Learning (ABP) being the backbone of the Technology area. On the other hand, the use of simulators, playing a fundamental role in the implementation of those processes embodied in projects that solve simple day-to-day problems. The emerging critical explanatory categories - selected for this work - have been; interest in solving technical problems, in robotics sessions, and programming simple mechanisms. As a result, the design of educational experiences based on the simulation of mechanisms or processes through digital media awakens the interests of the students as well as other sensations and emotions linked to the great diversity of content developed in the computer room, highlight the themes current technological booming as programming, simulation of structures, mechanical movements or electrical and automatic circuits.

In the generation of those born in a digital environment, devices are understood as something natural in the way of obtaining instant information. The educational system has adapted and developed new pedagogical models, to combine teaching with the intrinsic characteristics of digital students. In this scenario, meaningful learning provides the educational system with an active model that allows the student to associate the new information with the one they already have, readjusting and rebuilding both in the process. In this context, new technologies act as mediating tools for learning, favoring pedagogical practices in teacher-student relationships. The application of Information and Communication Technologies promote the acquisition of abilities, skills and knowledge for its subsequent professional and social application. Thus, the objective of the study was to identify the scientific publications related to significant learning and the technologies applied in higher education during the period 2000 to 2019. A bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature was carried out. For this, 1,161 documents on this topic were identified. The results of the analysis revealed that scientific productivity has increased since 2010, verifying the deep interest in new technological resources applied to teaching. The main research trends include the impact on students' cognitive processes, motivations, and academic performance.  

In the face of the health emergency that occurred worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the educational field there is a need to design teaching materials to make this phenomenon known to students and the best ways to act promoting solidarity attitudes, joint community work and a social conscience. To do this, this work presents augmented reality tools, 3D modeling and 3D printing to promote the study, analysis and understanding of the nature, structure, composition and origin of the virus, the factors that trigger the infections, the symptoms presented by the infected subject, and prevention and safety measures. From an innovative approach, teachers of the digital age must have training from the pedagogical and instrumental and technological point of view to successfully undertake their teaching work aimed at facilitating the acquisition and construction of knowledge by their students. For this, the support, the material used as a mediator, in this case the emerging technologies to promote online learning from a connectivist perspective, considering the collaborative and creative philosophy of makerspaces, is considered of special importance.

Covid19 is one of the biggest global threats since the Second World War. The mathematical models regarding its evolution have been many, although none was found estimating how long confinement would be in Spain. This study aim was to estimate the days of confinement in Spain, using Collective Intelligence. Other both objectives were set out, to analyze the estimation accuracy and to debate about possibilities of Collective Intelligence in Education. A non-probability sample of 203 people was recruited. It was conducted a descriptive analysis, estimation of parameters and a focus group too. The results show a good estimation, with differences by age and gender. Finally, the capacity of Collective Intelligence as teaching resources as well as to research in education is debated.

Academic self-efficacy constitutes an important factor for optimal performance in the university. In the current teaching-learning model, academic empowerment appears as a process that facilitates the acquisition of tools necessary to develop self-efficacy. The empowerment of the student can enhance their actions to improve their skills, adapt and transform their environment. The objective of the study was to analyze the relationship between academic empowerment and the academic self-efficacy of university students. For this, the data of 440 university students of different years and careers were analyzed, using three Likert-type scales adapted to the academic field. Pearson correlations and structural equations (SEM) were applied to the variables studied. The results have shown that psychological empowerment plays a mediating role between structural empowerment and academic self-efficacy. These results highlight the transcendent role of the structural conditions that must sustain the learning process.

Since the World Health Organization elevated the public health emergency situation caused by COVID-19 to an international pandemic, the rapid evolution of events, at the national and international levels, has required the adoption of immediate and effective measures. to face this situation. In this context, initiatives and solutions have emerged from solidarity and innovation, with the aim of alleviating the shortage of medical equipment and personal protective equipment. 3D printing has been a technological alternative successfully used to provide a quick and effective response to the need to manufacture sanitary and protective materials for professionals. At an educational level, the emergence of 3D printing technology presents the challenge of knowing how these technological means can support teaching-learning activities, used as a way to acquire knowledge and develop organizational and creative capacities, as well as that of “maker” culture, in which individuals are encouraged to create artifacts adapted to their needs or improve existing ones, using technology. As teachers we must educate to cooperate, instill values​​..., setting an example for our students, future teachers in initial training. Design and 3d printing of 8656 face screen protectors with the involvement of university teachers in a maker group for two months, design programs such as Tinkercad, Blender (Windows 10), OpenScad, FreeCad, among others; and approximately 80 printers, working for the common good, cooperation, social justice, equity and solidarity, we will achieve a better society for all.

We evaluated 350 US University Business Students, comparing in-class and online exams to see differences in type of student and class and evaluating possible cheating impact. After basic statistical analysis (T-Student and correlations), we found that differences in grades related to type of students and type of class are more significant that those associated to online with in-class exams. Results are aligned with literature. In accordance with the results of this and previous studies, we do not expect significant higher level of cheating in online exams versus traditional in-class exams. We justify this based upon the reality, broadly reflected in the literature, that cheating is already quite present, before the coronavirus pandemic Many countries have 50%-85% of University students reporting cheating at least once. Cheating is not an specific online problem. Teaching online brings new challenges and opportunities. We recommend to re-evaluate pedagogical methods and engage more in continuous evaluations, relaying less in exams. Code of Conducts, the use of cheating detection algorithms, data analytics from the online Learning Management Systems for assessment and cheating checking programs available (Turnitin and others) to review online exams is recommended. We should help students understand the importance of learning over grades. Also faculty should online teaching faster be at the same level than students in technology and digital capabilities; the closer we are with our students the more effective we can assess them and, more important, we can contribute more and better to their learning and education.

Introduction: The technical and organisational changes in the work environment lead to the appearance of emerging psychosocial risks. The teaching profession constitutes a risk profession when it comes to psychosocial risks, in particular Burnout. Objectives: To learn about the diachronic productivity of the last twenty years on Burnout and Burnout in Teaching. To verify if Price's Law is fulfilled. To determine which countries produce the most scientific documents on the subject. To indicate what the main thematic areas are and the dominant journals into which the publications are classified. To establish the connections between the different descriptors with regard to the keywords analysed. Methods: A descriptive bibliometric analysis has been carried out. The sample consisted of documents indexed in the Scopus database. The units of analysis were the keywords that were extracted automatically. Bibliometric maps were created using a methodology based on co-word analysis, clustering techniques and visualisation techniques. Conclusions: It has been verified that the topic under analysis is a current multidisciplinary research front and that scientific production is highly concentrated. It has been verified that bibliometric maps are an adequate instrument to understand the thematic structure of this research topic.

The objective of the research was to initially assess the training process of the graduate students in administration in the context of the coronavirus. The study methodology was a quantitative investigation with an exploratory-descriptive scope. The sample consisted of 95 participants distributed in four administration graduate programs. The instrument used was a questionnaire based on a Likert-type scale. The main results were the incorporation in a diversified way of learning resources; the collaboration with teachers to monitor the academic journey; the use of continuous and diversified evaluation; as well as the adaptation of both the course work plan and the contents to the distance modality. The conclusions of the study were the use of technological tools, academic and administrative flexibility as good educational practices that favor the academic training of postgraduate students in administration in distance education.

One of the most difficult problems that the school is currently facing is that it generates encapsulated knowledge and learning processes that are disarticulated from the characteristics of the context which defines students. Against this background, it is proposed that learning- service can become an alternative that manages to articulate the knowledge of the school with the community in order to generate authentic learning processes. Based on these premises, this article presents a practical study on Student Social Service Projects (SSSP), as an alternative to overcome the dualistic school-community vision. The SSSP is a state requirement that every student from public or private education in Colombia must meet in the upper grades and which, from the theory, is recognized as a scenario of articulation between the school, the community, and the individual. However, the findings show a series of difficulties that have limited its educational scope and reveal a historically fragmented and lacking national educational system, from which the school needs to be rethought and re-signified to strengthen the learning and training processes of students.