Herramientas educomunicativas para fortalecer la educación virtual en contextos de pandemia

Abstract

In the current context of a global pandemic, it is important to rethink pedagogical practices to compensate for the difficulties inherent to the new normality. This article systematizes a pedagogical experience implemented in the period October 2020-May 2021 with students from different levels of the Special Education career at the National University of Education of Ecuador. The pedagogical experience consisted of the use of three educommunicative tools: storytelling, infographics and audios. These tools were elaborated by the students to cover from life stories of each student to subject contents and indications. At the end of each session, the products were shared on Padlet and WhatsApp, respectively. This article first presents a detailed description of the pedagogical experience and its different phases. Subsequently, it theoretically frames this practice in the fundamentals of educommunication and points out the main advantages of using storytelling, infographics and audios as educational resources. Finally, it analyzes the results of a survey applied to 150 students who have participated in the pedagogical experience, who have valued it.