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Virtuality as a support tool for face-to-face: Analysis from a student's perspective

Abstract:

The incorporation of information and communication technologies in education is characterized by the use of hypermedia, knowledge building, student-centered learning, personalization and the facilitator teacher. One of the ways of applying these technologies in higher education is virtuality as a complement to face-to-face activities. The investigative purpose of the study was to unveil the students' meanings about the incorporation of virtuality as a support tool for classroom attendance. It was an interpretive field work, carried out at the Libertador Experimental Pedagogical University of Venezuela. The semi-structured interview and the content analysis technique were used with the support of the Atlas. ti program. The informants were the participants of the Curriculum of the Rural Education specialty, of the 2017-I academic period. As a result, respondents perceive the incorporation of virtuality as an excellent, dynamic and innovative presence support tool. Concluding that, the active participation of students, collaborative work and communication between the group; the motivation received by the group and teacher; and overcoming limitations, they constitute the interaction that characterizes virtual work as a humanizer.