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A comparison of learning, attitude and scientific reasoning when teaching chemistry in distance and traditional education
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)This research compares students’ learning, attitude and scientific reasoning in the chemistry course at two universities from Bogotá, Colombia. One of them has a distance education system and the other one follows a traditional education method. Both universities have different teaching methods and their students are different too. The distance university is public and its students come from lower and middle strata. ... -
The influence of academic cheating in professional formation: student´s perceptions
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)This article is based on the results of ethnographic research entitled: “Attitudes towards academic fraud in university” developed in the city of Pasto. “This research used different data collection techniques such as in-depth interviews, write-in-the-board and questionnaires. This information was analyzed with the method called “distill information”. Conclusions derived from this method offer contrasting results with ... -
Adding information and communication technologies to distance education
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)The purpose of this article is to recognize the impact of incorporating Information and Communication Technologies to Distance Education, through the experience of UNAD students at the Distance Education center (CEAD) in Zipaquirá, specifically in order to identify perceptions, needs, adaptation and use of these tools for knowledge acquisition. A qualitative approach was implemented through the development of multiple ... -
Family and community daily life in human development among families in La Panela neighborhood in the municipality of Corozal, Sucre
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)This article examines family and community daily life and its relationship to human development, having as a reference the following dimensions: family composition, educational, economic and housing conditions, habitat, family communication, relations with neighbors, conflict resolution and community shared activities. Priority is given to an integrating rather than individualized perspectivo of family and community ... -
A transdisciplinary approach to complex and interconnected realities based on the general system theory
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)The concept of system has great validity today, not only in the field of research but also and mainly in various areas and fields that define social, economic, political, technological and cultural behavior. Since 1968, Bertalanffy was aware of these issues to the extent that there were occupations and professions with such a name, eg: Information Systems, Complex Systems and Educational System, among others, which can ... -
Youth music radio stations and a new pattern of music consumption through mobile devices
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)This article shows research results aimed to characterize the strategies used by youth music radio stations in Bogota in order to maintain or to increase their audience from an emerging notion of musical consumption using audio portable devices. Therefore, in the first stage, semi-structured interviews were conducted among employees to five FM music radio stations in the city, with the aim to establish the strategies ... -
Interactive multimedia simulation to succeed in learning microscope use procedures
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two instructional strategies to get procedural knowledge: one based on Merrill’s learning principles, and the other based on independent instructional sequences. Additionally, the way students interact with instructional activities regarding their preferred learning style was determined. An experimental design between two groups was used, applying a post-test ... -
A wireless wide area university network: deploying an access solution to network services in geographically scattered áreas
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)The National Open and Distance University (Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia, —UNAD—) is the biggest one in Colombia because of its number of venues and students. Its sixty campus are spread over the Colombian territory; in some cases, separated among themselves by thousands of kilometers. This paper describes how UNAD’s innovation and technological management office prepared and developed a solution to resolve ... -
A characterization of distance Learning higher education in Colombian universities
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)This study of characterization of higher and distance education in Colombian universities presents the current status of distance education. While we have statistical studies on higher education, they are not specific on distance education, notwithstanding the fact that it represents 10% of higher education in our country. The main source of information is the analysis and exploration of the data provided by the National ... -
An approach to the state of the art in virtual education learning processes
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)This paper approaches the corpus of research on learning processes in virtual education by examining electronic and printed media in our country and abroad. This has been done in the last 10 years due to the growing interest in these issues among the academic community.Scientific production, to which system analysts have done relevant contributions, appears initially organized from the sources (articles, thesis,investigation ... -
Educating citizens in juvenile detention centers — A complex educational challenge
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)This research report is based on the project “The notion of citizenship in juvenile offenders who are part of reeducation processes in detention houses” developed by Adelmo Sabogal in 2008 and 2009. The research is related to the tension arisen from the decision to deprive of freedom a subject who was educated by society itself. That can lead us to ask ourselves not only about that individual’s failures but also the ... -
Actividades motivacionales para aprendices en línea
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2010-11-17)In the first place, this reflection seeks to examine the meaning of the motivation, so here you will find different definitions of the term and points of view of some authors. Then it examines the role of motivation in the field of education and its importance in the on line learning process. Once this condition is considered, it looks into teaching strategies that can be used in learning activities to support student ... -
Reflexión sobre la metodología de investigación en el proyecto: argumentación intercultural
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2010-11-17)This article presents a reflection on the methodology used in the project of research Intercultural argumentation through the use of software Digalo. It discusses the need to rethink the methodologies of research, data collection techniques and traditional teaching strategies of bilingual and intercultural contexts, such as the educational community of “Sagrado Corazón de Jesús” in Cumaribo (Vichada). Thus, we analyze ... -
Mujer y mercado laboral
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2010-11-17)The article presents the situation of women’s work in Colombia,Boyaca, and the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia during the sixties and seventies. It poses the most relevant matters as the dynamics in economic sectors, migration, fertility, wages, working hours and education. The subject about the woman becomes important at international and national level because of the obligation to be included in ... -
Estudios culturales y educación: Posibilidades, urgencias y limitaciones
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)En diferentes sitios de América Latina, los estudios culturales tienden a generar múltiples desconciertos. En algunos lugares la relación predominante con los estudios culturales es una de mucho escozor y tensión porque se les asocia y se les atribuye las más diversas ligerezas, cuando no la simple expresión de una moda intelectual importada. En otros, se les abraza cual si fuesen panacea. Hay muchos miedos e imaginarios ... -
Editorial
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2011-04-14)El propósito de la Revista de Investigaciones UNAD de consolidarse como una publicación de vanguardia en la producción académica, con un buen nivel editorial y científico, así como obtener una gran visibilidad en importantes directorios y bases bibliográficas del país y del mundo, es un objetivo cada vez más cercano. En este número tenemos el gusto de informar a nuestros lectores que la Revista de Investigaciones de ... -
Distance and virtual education: a necessary difference from the teaching and the training perspectives
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2010-11-17)Distance and Virtual Education are currently the educational settings that make a difference from a pedagogical perspective and training of human beings. As set out in Decree 1295 of April 20, 2010, the distance educationprograms are those “whose educational methodology is characterized by using teaching strategies - learning to overcome the limitations of space and time between the actors of the educational process. ... -
Las megauniversidades en el mundo
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2010-11-17)The article presents a review of educational trends worldwide, analyzing the mega-university in the context of globalization, through its definition and general revision of various educational experiences in institutions classified as mega-universities. It starts from the concept of mega-university as an institution where distance education is obviously the most important and which have invested in high quality ... -
Knowledge management centers: a regionbased development strategy
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2010-11-17)The work with which this document deals was developed in order topropose a knowledge management strategy to enhance regional units as spaces for autonomous development. A first part presents a review of state of the art on the theme of regional development and knowledge management. From this first study, we develop a model for a center with seven processes as support of sustainability. On the third part we conduct a ... -
Distance Education Models
(Sello Editorial UNAD, 2010-11-17)Academic discussions, which are woven on educational institutionalpractices, should focus on educational models that reflect, in the essence of the academic project, the consistent planning, the real implementation and the coverage of learning needs for the students. Overcoming the signaling between on-site and distance mediations, regarded from complementary and constructive perspectives, will allow the advance in ...
