El aula virtual como nueva herramienta metodológica en la docencia universitaria en el titulo de grado de fisioterapia

Abstract

Introduction. The incorporation of technology, as a methodological tool in university, is becoming bigger and better.Therefore, our objective was to create a virtual classroom in Electrotherapy of the degree course Physiotherapy and toevaluate its effectiveness in the learning process of the student.Method. We carried out a teaching unit in Electrotherapy with two different methodologies. The control group (GroupB: 26 students) received a traditional methodology and an experimental group (Group A: 15 students) who received atraditional methodology and a virtual classroom through the WebCT platform.Results. In the pretest, both groups showed no significant difference (p = 0.076). In the posttest, after the developmentof the teaching unit, there were significant difference (p = 0.003) between groups.Conclusion. To incorporate a virtual classroom (innovative methodological tool) in the university educational process,in support of class time, causes a higher and better student learning