Papers by Juan Arias Masa
RISTI - Revista Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação, 2015
Resumen: En este artículo se introduce un nuevo modo de medir el grado de importancia que tienen ... more Resumen: En este artículo se introduce un nuevo modo de medir el grado de importancia que tienen los conceptos a los que se hace referencia en la teoría de los Conceptos Nucleares. Esta nueva teoría utiliza las Redes Asociativas Pathfinder para establecer redes cognitivas de conceptos y en las que se observa y cuantifica la relación de cada uno de los conceptos con respecto al conjunto de todos los demás conceptos, siendo considerados, como conceptos nucleares, sólo aquellos conceptos que tienen tres o más enlaces. Ello permite discriminar cuáles son los conceptos fundamentales de entre todos los conceptos analizados. Como entrada para construir esta red se utiliza una matriz triangular que se utiliza también para crear estos nuevos índices que se llamarán Índice de Nuclearidad Completo e Índice de Nuclearidad Reducido.
Assessment of the Use of Synchronous Virtual Classrooms in Higher Education
The New Educational Review
The presented paper describes the characteristics of a study conducted on Synchronous Virtual Cla... more The presented paper describes the characteristics of a study conducted on Synchronous Virtual Classrooms (SVCs), virtual spaces which harbour such resources as videoconferences, shared desk-tops, etc. The main objective of the research was to assess teaching and methodological, communication and technological aspects of SVCs in e-learning processes. Empirical methodology of quantitative and descriptive nature was used; a questionnaire was designed to assess these issues with a sample of 116 university students from six different fields of study at the University of Extremadura. As a conclusion, we report that SVCs with a constructive methodology enhance students’ creativity, favour virtual collaborative work, promote critical and independent thought, and create alternative channels to stimulate students’ active participation by means of flexible and attractive interfaces.
Se refleja en este articulo una nueva forma de obtener el grado de importancia que tienen losconc... more Se refleja en este articulo una nueva forma de obtener el grado de importancia que tienen losconceptos a los que se hace referencia en la teoria de los Conceptos Nucleares. Esta teoria, como herramienta,utiliza las Redes Asociativas Pathfinder para establecer redes cognitivas de conceptos, observando ycuantificando la relacion de cada uno de los conceptos con respecto al conjunto de todos los demas conceptos,siendo considerados, como conceptos nucleares, solo aquellos conceptos que tienen tres o mas enlaces. Ellopermite discriminar cuales son los conceptos fundamentales de entre todos los conceptos analizados. Comocomplemento a ello, y utilizando la matriz triangular, caracteristica de entrada al algoritmo Pathfinder,tambien se utiliza la misma para crear este nuevo indice que se llamara Indice de Nuclearidad y del quetendremos dos versiones, Completa y Reducida.
The advancement of Synchronous Virtual Classrooms (SVC) offers teachers and students the opportun... more The advancement of Synchronous Virtual Classrooms (SVC) offers teachers and students the opportunity of working in virtual learning environments and overcoming limitations generated by the Learning Management Systems. This lead us to reconsider teaching skills and tasks appropriate to these virtual spaces, related to collaborative learning, e-assessment and guidance using SVC. Within this scenario, we propose pedagogical and methodological criteria for teaching in SVC. Results coming from teaching experiences developed within a research project, express the following common topics to the different methodologies used: teaching and learning plan, and SVC's educational and technical management.
Th e presented paper describes the characteristics of a study conducted on Synchronous
Virtual Cl... more Th e presented paper describes the characteristics of a study conducted on Synchronous
Virtual Classrooms (SVCs), virtual spaces which harbour such resources
as videoconferences, shared desk-tops, etc. Th e main objective of the research was
to assess teaching and methodological, communication and technological aspects
of SVCs in e-learning processes. Empirical methodology of quantitative and
descriptive nature was used; a questionnaire was designed to assess these issues
with a sample of 116 university students from six diff erent fi elds of study at the
University of Extremadura. As a conclusion, we report that SVCs with a constructive
methodology enhance students’ creativity, favour virtual collaborative work,
promote critical and independent thought, and create alternative channels to
stimulate students’ active participation by means of fl exible and attractive interfaces.
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Papers by Juan Arias Masa
Virtual Classrooms (SVCs), virtual spaces which harbour such resources
as videoconferences, shared desk-tops, etc. Th e main objective of the research was
to assess teaching and methodological, communication and technological aspects
of SVCs in e-learning processes. Empirical methodology of quantitative and
descriptive nature was used; a questionnaire was designed to assess these issues
with a sample of 116 university students from six diff erent fi elds of study at the
University of Extremadura. As a conclusion, we report that SVCs with a constructive
methodology enhance students’ creativity, favour virtual collaborative work,
promote critical and independent thought, and create alternative channels to
stimulate students’ active participation by means of fl exible and attractive interfaces.
Virtual Classrooms (SVCs), virtual spaces which harbour such resources
as videoconferences, shared desk-tops, etc. Th e main objective of the research was
to assess teaching and methodological, communication and technological aspects
of SVCs in e-learning processes. Empirical methodology of quantitative and
descriptive nature was used; a questionnaire was designed to assess these issues
with a sample of 116 university students from six diff erent fi elds of study at the
University of Extremadura. As a conclusion, we report that SVCs with a constructive
methodology enhance students’ creativity, favour virtual collaborative work,
promote critical and independent thought, and create alternative channels to
stimulate students’ active participation by means of fl exible and attractive interfaces.