Desde los años cincuenta del siglo XX, los medios de
comunicación social son transformados contundentemente por la innovación
científico-tecnológica que les ha permitido cubrir la extensión planetaria y
conformar la Sociedad del Conocimiento, la Explosión de la Información y
la…

The purpose of this study was to assess the pedagogical equivalence, as determined by knowledge gains, and the pedagogical effectiveness of certain components in a video-driven multimedia, web-based professional development training program as compared to a traditional, face-to-face program under…

This study had three purposes: Firstly, to develop a categorization of research areas in distance education; secondly, to identify the most important research areas in distance education; and thirdly, to identify the most neglected research areas in distance education. Based…

Adult learners value the flexibility and convenience offered to them as online learners, and many learners are required to absent themselves from their online classes during courses in order to accommodate demanding schedules. What factors and tensions contribute to learners’…

This paper presents a study of uncertainty dimensions of information behaviour in a group based problem solving context. After a presentation of the cognitive uncertainty dimension underlying Kuhlthau’s ISP-model, uncertainty factors associated with personality, the work task situation and social…

Transient receptor potential vanilloid-3 (TRPV3) is a thermo-sensitive ion channel expressed in skin keratinocytes and in a variety of neural cells. It is activated by warmth as well as monoterpenoids including camphor, menthol, dihydrocarveol and 1,8-cineol. TRPV3 is described as…

The Didactics of Geography in the schools must leave traditional and obsolete elements that constitute the basis of the geographic knowledge at the present time. On the matter, the education of that discipline is in a deficient and limited situation…

This is an essay where an interpretation of applied research that is current in the System of Studies of Post grade of the University of Costa Rica (SEP) is exposed, for the final work of graduation in the professional masters'…

This article is descriptive-explanatory with a documentary approach. It outlines the main theories and approaches to the assessment of learning, in line with their time of appearance, and then set up a scenario for participative management in the classroom from…

Different programs that analyze the education of sciences like Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Mathematics look to explain the low interest of the student on those subjects. An explanation of this phenomenon is the methodological procedure that the teaching staff uses…