Abstract:

The continuous progress of information and communicative technologies has led to the rising interest in the incorporation of technological tools into the educational context. The mobile device is one of those that has generated contradictions, because, despite of the fact that students and professors recognize its importance, there are still insufficiencies that limit the proper use in academic activities and have caused it to be considered as distracting in education. Based on the systematization of the theoretical and methodological fundamentals, this research proposes the use of mobile devices, through the Nearpod virtual platform, in order to strengthening the teaching-learning process of the Pedagogy Career of Experimental Sciences at the Technical University of Machala. The population consisted of the 183 students enrolled in the career, who used mobile devices in the different subjects during a semester. Throughout the investigation, empirical and theoretical methods and a mixed of methodology were used that allowed the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. The interpretation of the data obtained permitted the impact evaluation of the tool in the teaching-learning process due to all indicators reached the higher levels.

Keywords:

Teaching-learning process, mobile devices, virtual platform, Nearpod.