DIDACTIC STRATEGY BASED ON EXELEARNING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY STUDENTS

Abstract

In the modern university, graduates must not only be good professionals but also agents of change capable of acquiring, processing, and communicating knowledge. Based on this approach, a research was developed with the objective of designing a didactic strategy based on ExeLearning to develop pedagogical skills (information processing and assimilation, logic-critical thinking, communication) among seventh-semester Biotechnology students at Ikiam Regional Amazonian University in Ecuador. To analyze the level of pedagogical skills within a population of 77 students, a questionnaire (previously validated by experts with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.77) was administered. Responses were obtained from 30 students, revealing weaknesses in their mastery of pedagogical skills, which would be valuable for their comprehensive professional training, according to their self-assessments. Based on the identified weaknesses and references from the literature, a didactic strategy was designed. Its satisfactory evaluation by experts (Cronbach's alpha of 0.82) supports its implementation within the framework of the program.