Moodle como herramienta complementaria en la docencia superior: Universidad Técnica de Babahoyo (Ecuador)

Abstract

This article analyzes the use of Moodle as a complementary tool to help in the work of higher education at the Technical University of Babahoyo UTB. Virtual learning environments constitute an academic tool that perfects the learning process, being a fundamental didactic resource in the daily curricular activities of teachers, who have become virtual tutors that create opportunities, a guide for students who are the part central to the teaching-learning process, students become virtual tutors whose main support is self-learning, the internet and their computer. In order to demonstrate the results, a field study was carried out with a sample of 211 teachers, including tenured and contracted from the total population, which is 463 from the UTB. Teachers are trained in 72.04% in the design, management and use of Moodle, they think that it helped them to improve in the teaching-learning process in 87.20%, through interactive resources such as: forums, videos and chats, but there are disadvantages such as: file size limits, problems with the platform and the internet. But, without a doubt there are benefits such as: better interaction with the student, greater flow of information, improved collaborative learning and, above all, flexibility in time and coverage. Finally, the conclusions of the present investigation are exposed to promote new questions susceptible of future investigations.