Realidad aumentada como recurso didáctico para fortalecer el PEA en la asignatura de historia

Abstract

This research is based on the use of augmented reality as a didactic resource to strengthen the teaching and learning process of students. Because the use of AR within the educational process allows enriching the experiences of users through an innovative tool that is used to improve the training of students. Therefore, the introduction of these new technologies within the current educational system is fundamental, and as a consequence, it will allow classes to be interactive and innovative, improving the teaching and learning process. For the development of the prototype of this project, the CoSpaces application was used because it contains an easy-to-use interface where different 3D scenarios can be created and the use of the Merge Cube resource allows us to visualise the objects created in augmented reality through a mobile device or tablet. In relation to that, the main objective of this research is the use of augmented reality as a didactic resource that allows the strengthening of the teaching-learning process of the students. It was applied in the Unidad Educativa Católica Virgen de Fátima where the population was the entire educational institution and the sample is the 33 students of the first year of high school parallel "A", also with the help of the teacher of the subject of history who is the tutor of the course mentioned above. Therefore, we resorted to the use of qualitative and quantitative approaches in which a pre-test and post-test were used, applying surveys and interviews that were used to collect data on the different interactions they had with the prototype and their point of view of it. The IBM SPSS software was used for the data analysis, because it allows a much more advanced data management and at the moment of presenting the results it shows more precise and detailed graphs, which allows us to understand the behaviour of the data that is being entered, assimilating in a better way a great variety of information that a single graph offers us, as well as being able to choose between several designs that are within this software, improving the productivity of our projects. To determine the results of this research, in the first experience the prototype was presented to the teacher of the subject where an induction of its functionalities and characteristics was made and then an interview was conducted to find out her point of view, in the second experience the improved prototype was presented to the students and then a survey was applied in order to evaluate the result of augmented reality as a didactic resource to strengthen the teaching-learning process in the subject of History. Finally, it was determined through interviews and surveys that augmented reality is a great strategy to strengthen the teaching and learning process, because during the experiences it was observed that all participants had a great acceptance of this resource during the development of the project, paying full attention during the class and maintaining a constant motivation to make use of it.