Using the Virtual Classroom at the University to Support the Teaching of Mathematics

Abstract

This article is intended to publish the results of work degree, where a virtual classroom was designed to support mathematics program in the career of Agriculture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Ibarra Campus (PUCE-SI). The Model of Instructional Design ADDIE (Analysis - Design - Development - Implementation – Evaluation) and the Methodology PACIE (Presence - Scope - Training - Interaction – Elearning). This model and methodology allowed the implementation and evaluation of resources and activities online were used as the basis, and the development of competencies through learning outcomes evidenced by students. For this, an overall description of the learning theories, underlying the models of instructional design, the elements and tools used in each phase of the instructional design. In this investigation it was established that the planned resources and activities in the virtual classroom implementation achieves significant learning outcomes especially in groups of students with different levels of initial knowledge.