Autonomía del estudiante en un curso virtual de inglés como lengua extranjera en Colombia

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Paula Andrea Bedoya

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En este artículo se describe un estudio de caso en el que se explora cómo un grupo de estudiantes de posgrado, de un curso virtual de inglés de una universidad colombiana, muestra su autonomía. La información se recolectó a través de cuestionarios, foros de discusión del curso y entrevistas. Al comienzo del curso, se encontró que los estudiantes manifestaron algunas actitudes relacionadas con la autonomía como la motivación y el compromiso. Sin embargo, también demostraron altos niveles de dependencia y falta de auto confianza. Más tarde, manifestaron seguridad e independencia, actitudes conectadas con la autonomía. Además, los resultados evidenciaron que el rol del docente, la plataforma y el diseño del curso influyeron en la autonomía del estudiante. Por último, la necesidad de diseñar cursos virtuales de lengua que promuevan la autonomía y los roles del estudiante y profesor en dicho ambiente de aprendizaje se discuten en este artículo.

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Bedoya, P. A. (2014). Autonomía del estudiante en un curso virtual de inglés como lengua extranjera en Colombia. HOW Journal, 21(1), 82–102. https://doi.org/10.19183/10.19183/how.21.1.16
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Paula Andrea Bedoya, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín

Paula Andrea Bedoya works as a teacher and researcher at Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia). She holds a Master’s in foreign language teaching and learning from the same university.

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