Formación Flipped en un entorno virtual 3D para el desarrollo de las competencias docentes

Abstract

The main objective of this study is the results’ evaluation of a training program on active methodologies, aimed at teachers, developed in a virtual 3D environment under a Flipped model. Two criteria are assessed, the first one is the level of acquisition of the program contents (teaching skills) using a one group pre-experimental design carrying out measurements before and after the educational intervention. The second is the opinion of the participants on the role that different aspects of the teaching process had in the acquisition of skills. Pretest-posttest changes of competencies are studied with the Student’s T-test for related groups, item-to-item changes are also checked using the Wilcoxon signed rank test, and Cohen’s D effect sizes are calculated. For the second criterion, the deviation of the participants’ opinion from what was expected in global terms was analyzed, the chi-square statistic for a sample he chi-square statistic was used to compare the observed and expected frequency distribution. The results show that students perceive an improvement in their teaching competence, the greatest change occurs in the digital area with a high effect size (d=0.84), followed by the social, didactic, and innovation and improvement areas. The learning process aspects that contribute most to achieving this goal are frequent teacher feedback, interaction with the teacher and Flipped experiences, all with more than 60 % of cases indicating the highest level of assessment.