Una experiencia educativa utilizando Listas de Discusión

Abstract

Discussions lists, as a complement of face-to-face tutorials, have been previously used by the Supervised University Studies at the School of Education, Central University of Venezuela. Our goals are to improve the students’ learning process, and to create virtual spaces that encourage collaborative work among peers. The investigation follows the Action-Research principles within a cyclical process, made up by three mayor phases: planning, action, reflection. The starting point is the professor’s work analysis, which takes into account: the educational objectives, the researchers’ own methodology and their interaction with colleagues and students that generates ideas during the process. In conclusion, the educational program needs more effort by professors and students, which eventually result in a higher grade of participation and quality. SUS costs decrease as the number of tutorial travels reduces. It is recommended to improve computer lab equipment, the number of qualified technologically-savvy professionals and to promote technological culture from the very first semesters.