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Analysis of Knowledge Building in a Virtual Learning Community from the Pedagogical Use of the Visibility

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This paper presents a proposal that contributed at macro-project named VisibiliTIC.The aim was to describe the dynamic of a virtual learning community in relation to the Knowledge Building process (KB) and collaborative work, based on the pedagogical use of the visibility of academic production.The analysis set out from a qualitative approach with a descriptive scope.The population were students of the courses Virtual Education Unit Manuela Beltrán University (Cajicá-Colombia) and the sample was taken from the Ergonomics subject, in which two groups were classified in: experimental and comparison.The experimental design includes an independent variable (Visibility), and the dependent variable (Knowledge Building).In the comparison group is used a traditional strategy: the Forum, while that in the Experimental group is used a visibility strategy: the "Wall".This last strategy enables significantly development of the levels of (KB) in this group.In this study, the ATLAS.tiprogram was used to do Content Analysis.Here is did a comparison of academic production of students in each group where were identified the levels of (KB).Is identified that the teaching strategy the "Wall" based on the visibility, generated a strong impact among students of these communities, generating greater participation and intellectual production.This process generated higher levels of (KB) in the Experimental group than the Comparison.

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Online and Blended Learning

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FuenteInternational Journal of Information and Education Technology
Cuartil año de publicaciónNo disponible
Volumen6
Issue3
Páginas200 - 205
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ISSN2010-3689

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