Diseño e implementación de un ambiente virtual de aprendizaje como una estrategia de innovación curricular para el fortalecimiento de las competencias en emprendimiento en los grados décimo y undécimo en la Institución Educativa La Libertad de Rovira – Tolima.

Abstract

This project addressed the difficulties in the development of communicative competencies among upper secondary students in a rural context, particularly in the expression of ideas, argumentation, and the formulation of proposals in entrepreneurial settings. Based on this issue, the project was oriented toward the design of a pedagogical experience mediated by a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) as a strategy to strengthen these competencies, through a process that included the diagnosis of their development level, the design of a techno-pedagogical proposal, and the evaluation of its implementation. The project was developed under a qualitative approach, following an action-research framework, with a census sample of 23 eleventh-grade students from Institución Educativa La Libertad, located in Rovira (Tolima). Data collection techniques included Likert-type questionnaires (pretest and postest), direct observation, experience gathering, and expert validation. The initial diagnosis revealed the need to strengthen organization, argumentation, and idea construction in communicative contexts. After the implementation of the VLE called “Mi Cafeterito Emprendedor,” improvements were observed in students’ ability to structure, support, and communicate entrepreneurial proposals, as well as in their participation and engagement with the technology-mediated learning process. It was concluded that the integration of an intentional strategy of digital tools, articulated with active methodologies and gamification strategies, fostered the strengthening of communicative competencies in entrepreneurial contexts, constituting a relevant alternative for rural educational settings