Edison Camilo Marín Álvarez
(Faculty of Science, National University of Colombia, Colombia)

 

 

Abstract: Nowadays, most of the virtual learning environments have been shown an individual learning model for those students who live in a specifically social context and this may generate some difficulties on its knowledge acquirement, as long as they are the result of collective social process. Some virtual environment learning models offer a dynamic Social Network grasp that promotes the communication of the participants. This tender involves the construction of a Didactic ICT unit comparing a LMS (Learning Management System) and a Social Network approach about geological ages, directed to ninth grade students at the “Institución Educativa Concejo de Sabaneta”, a small municipality in Antioquia. This article centers its purpose on making a didactic unit measure for platforms as Moodle and Edmodo, against qualitative aspects as motivation, accessibility and the learning progress on scholar field.

 

 

Key words: learning virtual environment, didactic unit, LMS, social network, Moodle, Edmodo