How to be a virtual author and tutor applying educational methodologies and teaching strategies supported by digital tools and resources?

Abstract

The proposal of a methodology for mass courses with the support of virtual platforms, essential for the current requirements of the Information and Knowledge Society, together with the need for university educational institutions to respond to new forms of learning and communication, has been the fundamental purpose of this research. Public and private institutions must have adequate methodologies to apply them in technological platforms, such as Moodle, the most used platform at national level. The objective of this methodology is to update and improve the Ecuadorian public service in the educational field. This will allow teachers who are authors or tutors to know the instructional design of a MOOC course, the production of teaching materials, the use and application of technological tools or resources and teaching strategies, among others. In order to fulfill the objectives established in the research, interviews were conducted with directors, teachers and public servants from different universities in the country; and in the same way, a quantitative analysis of the constructs of the questionnaires applied to public servants was carried out. Based on the results of the qualitative and quantitative research, the triangulation method was proposed, to conclude with a discussion of the results.