Inverted method and didactic model: a motivating perspective of virtual learning in pandemic contexts

Abstract

INTRODUCTION. The Covid-19 pandemic led to the declaration of a health emergency in the world, generating an unprecedented crisis in all areas. In the sphere of education, it gave into to the closure of institutions, but it also became an educational opportunity to transform on-site classrooms into virtual classrooms, guaranteeing the continuity of university teaching, using pedagogical models, methodological strategies, resources and digital infrastructure. The inverted method is a fundamental methodology where the student reads and reviews the material at home and the tasks are carried out in class after using technologies. METHOD. The research has a quantitative approach, pre-experimental design. To carry it out a Pre-Test, a Post-Test and online rubrics have been used as instruments. They were applied to 154 students of the subject of Learning Technology in the Degree of Psychology. RESULTS. The findings reveal that the integration of the inverted and the didactic model (IUTPC) in digital contexts improve significantly students’ learning motivation. After the experiment, a higher arithmetic mean was obtained in the communicative dimension, which means that the students had very good interaction between teachers and students to communicate by e-mail, internal messaging, chat, forums and videoconference. Secondly, the practical dimension, the students developed effectively the training activities. The informative dimension is organized and structured through files-directories. Finally, the evaluative dimension with the participation of students in forums and group tutorials. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. The contributions of the research stand out because the neural network of the brain provides the essential stimuli for the motivation of the students that involves cognitive and affective elements, closely related to critical and creative autonomous learning from the perspective of Bloom’s Taxonomy for the digital age.