Implementación, impacto y conveniencia de google workspace for education en el marco del contexto conectivista colombiano : investigación documental

Abstract

When presenting the results of the Master’s Thesis titled “Implementation, impact and convenience of Google Workspace For Education in the Colombian Connectivist context: a documentary research” done in Maestría en Educación en Tecnología from Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, it has to be clear that the objective of this research is to establish the documentary reach of the investigations carried out about the dynamics of the implementation, impact and convenience of Google Workspace For Education in the Colombian Connectivist context in the last 20 years. The selected methodology was centered on the analysis of different documentary sources available at the Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Distrital (RIUD) based on the methodological parameters provided by the theory based on the review of documents, design and development of the documentary research regarding the recollection of data, its analysis and production of the final report for the development of the initial categories, traits, dimensions and links in the documents through open coding, whose final goal is to explain the connections found between categories of the coding process, theoretical sampling and data comparison to obtain a theoretical validation of the process. This research paper followed every criteria established by Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, which was evidenced in the documentary research development that was supported in the Grounded Theory about the dynamics of implementation, impact and convenience of Google Workspace For Education in the Colombian connectivist context through the correct development of the theoretical framework, the methodological design, the repercussions of the project in the results analysis to reach the objectives brought up in the research, which are explained on the next dynamics : Implementation dynamics: answers how GWFE has been implemented in the Colombian context to interfere the new educational dynamics created by the web 2.0, the consumption and collective content production as a factor that shapes up connectivism as the base of these dynamics on interaction, connections and knowledge creation in the Colombian context. Impact dynamics: shows the different studies carried out about the role of GWFE in the Colombian connectivist context, which develop the Online Collaborative Dynamics (DCV) that strengthen distance learning by developing digital and social skills in concrete educational processes in the digital space, the different connections and its inclusion in the Colombian connectivist context. Convenience dynamics: focused on the terms of the connective character of GWFE in the Colombian context to infer the convenience of incorporating this platform in the national educational context, given that this allows to adapt the ICT to the specific needs of the country by incorporating GWFE tools as a crucial part in the solution of educational problems and challenges related to Colombian context.