Analysis of the Involvement and Regulation of Student Work Using Virtual Tools

Abstract

This piece of research was carried out during the first semester of 2014-2015 at the Faculty of Education of Burgos. Variables of involvement and regulation of student work are analyzed from the preparation of live videos with Google Hangout that were uploaded to Youtube. The students participating in this piece of research are 126, all belonging to a subject of the degree in elementary school. Group A has produced the videos as a learning tool while group B did not use virtual tools. Pretest-posttest is done by analyzing the degree of modification of the variables at the end of the course. A mixed research method, both quantitative (descriptive and inferential) and qualitative (interviews), is used. The group using the videos (A) has a greater regulation of work, both in relation to the pretest, as compared to group B. In group A, the regularity in managing social networks has been the variable in which significant differences have been found in relation to the applicability of the learning generated. Interviews with teachers show a very different level in understanding and management of virtual tools for training purposes.