Carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros
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Item Active learning in online classes(Carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros, 2022-03-01) Toro Ramos, James Steven; Chicaiza Redín, Verónica ElizabethOnline classes have become in the main teaching modality due to covid 19 pandemic. The facilities to teach English online are evident since there are many technological tools which helps to practice and have access to language. However, online classes present some challenges which involves students ‘interaction and engagement. The purpose of this research is to analyze how the use of active learning impacts online classes. That is why this research explores different active learning strategies which can be incorporated into the design of online classes. Additionally, it discusses many online learning tools that ca be used to promote active interaction between students and teacher. The design of the study was quasi-experimental with 22 participants from two groups. An experimental and a control group from 3rd BGU at Unidad Educativa Ambato. The experiment was applied in 7 online sessions which involved the application of active learning strategies to enhance online classes development and performance of each English skill. To obtain the results it was applied a pre and post test PET designed by Cambridge in the experimental and control group. In this way, it was possible to determine the level of students in online classes before and after the application of active learning. In addition, the analysis of data was done by using a T-student for paired means in SPSS software. In fact, the results demonstrated that there is a significant influence of the use of active learning in online classes since students from the experimental group enhance their performance in a high percentage. Therefore, it was concluded that the use of active learning had a positive impact in online classes.