A MIXED RESEARCH METHODOLICAL MODEL is preliminarily presented: i.e. a qualitative and quantitative perspective, which was designed by the research group in order to answer the question: What is the state of the art of virtual education in Risaralda?, so that we are able to outreach the following proposed objectives: Implementing a mixed research methodology to obtain results on the state of the art of virtual education in Risaralda; determining how many proposals in virtual education are conducted in the Department of Risaralda, and set the type of applications and digital content that have been implemented in educational institutions by the teachers of the department of Risaralda. The mixed research model is supported in and from the conceptual categories identified in the theoretical reference (XXI century society, collective intelligence and educational uses of ICT). It is concluded that the design and implementation of mixed methodological model allows favoring complementary perspectives to address the object of study in a comprehensive and integrated manner.