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Gonzalo Alfonso Beltrán Alvarado; Adriana Patricia Huertas Bustos – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2024
The main objective of this study was the design and validation of a mobile learning environment (ML) based on Augmented Reality (AR) visualization with the purpose of developing skilled trades in the field of carpentry in indigenous populations. A pedagogical model focused on lifelong learning was used, in order to promote the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Physical Environment, Simulated Environment, Synthesis
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Ochoa Alpala, Carol Anne; Ortíz García, William Ricardo – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2018
This research paper reports on the development of oral presentation skills in a 3D virtual world called "Moviestorm" machinima, in contrast with real-life videos. In this way, the implementation of both types of videos sought to promote the improvement of oral communication skills, specifically oral presentations in a foreign language,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Private Colleges, English for Special Purposes
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Vega-Carrero, Sandra; Alejandro-Pulido, Manuel; Ruiz, Nancy Esther – Online Submission, 2017
This article presents the results of a research study conducted with college students at a University in Colombia that offers an online program of English as a Foreign Language. The goal of this study was to understand the students' perceptions. It mainly responded to the following research questions: Why do these students participate in an EFL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Simulation
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Bailey, Angela; Gruber, Alice – The EUROCALL Review, 2020
This mixed method case study explored globalization and complex relationships through a virtual exchange project between students from Germany and Colombia in upper intermediate level English classes. We believed by providing a space for online conversation, written collaboration and discussion, students would enhance their plurilingual and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Salinas Vacca, Yakelin – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2014
This paper reports on an exploratory, descriptive, and interpretive study in which the roles of discussion boards, the students, the teacher, and the monitors were explored as they constructed a collaborative class project in a virtual environment. This research was conducted in the virtual program of a Colombian public university. Data were…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries, Student Role
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Cuasialpud Canchala, Ruth Elena – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2010
This article reports an exploratory study carried out at a public university in Bogotá, Colombia, with two indigenous students who took a level I virtual English-course during the second term of 2008 and the first term of 2009. The aim was to analyse their attitudes towards the learning of English through the virtual modality. Interviews,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, American Indians, English (Second Language)