Mundo virtual 3d como estrategia didáctica para fortalecer el aprendizaje de ciencias naturales en los estudiantes de educación general básica

Abstract

Currently, Information and Communication Technology play a fundamental role in the educational process, being a very fundamental interactive resource to teach classes, breaking the digital divide of traditional and monotonous classes where the student is discouraged, being an impediment to the formation of their own knowledge. That is why the induction of technological use in education plays an essential role in learning, which makes it easier for the student to discover and experience new abilities and skills, allowing the optimal development of knowledge, being more critical in their learning. On the other hand, the use of 3D virtual worlds enhances significant and innovative learning, encouraging the development of various didactic activities in a virtual way, which helps the student build their own ideas, with the use of three-dimensional virtual worlds immersing the student in a world unreal resemblance to the real which contributes to motivation, interaction and participation. The objective of this research is to determine the influence of the use of a 3D virtual world as a didactic strategy to strengthen the teaching-learning process in the subject of Natural Sciences in the ninth-year EGB students of the "Ismael Pérez Pazmiño" High School in the city. of Machala. Focused on promoting the educational process in order to improve cognitive skills, memory, communication in which the Mozilla Hubs educational tool was used, which helped create 3D virtual worlds for free with the collaboration of various individual and group tools. For the study, it was based on a Design-Based Research methodology, which allows the development of a formative, collective investigation, it is appropriate to make use of the mixed approach in which the combination of the quantitative approach consists of using the survey technique with the instrument called questionnaire and a qualitative approach using the interview technique with its proper instrument, which is the interview guide, accessing a better scope of results. For the development of the prototype, it is based on the ADDIE model that contains five phases such as (A) analysis, (D) design, (D) development, (I) implementation and (E) evaluation, which were applied to obtain a better result. Carrying out experience I with the contribution of the teacher in charge of the Natural Sciences subject in which the educational prototype is executed, interacting with the activities and the 3D virtual world in the Mozilla Hubs educational tool, in this way the virtual worlds were improved. 3D to improve its performance. Experience II was also carried out with the EGB ninth year students in which Mozilla Hubs was used with the various educational activities using technological tools such as Educaplay, Cerebreti, Jamboard and Quiziz. This study shows that the use of 3D virtual worlds contribute to the development of an interactive, participatory, collaborative class and achieve the skills and objectives provided for the continuous improvement of learning.