"Symbaloo Lesson Plans" as a teaching tool in online education in Interior Design

Abstract

Currently, the advantages of technology are wasted and the application in pedagogical aspects is scarce, due to the current situation where the world faces the Covid-19 pandemic, education has become changing and has different needs. Training centers have seen the need to turn to interactivity and collaborative digital environments. This study provides, updates useful concepts, data and results on the use of the tool, Symbaloo Lesson Plans, which allows teaching /learning in these times of online education, through the use of digital resources. The students of the Interior Design Career at the University of Cuenca from the March-September 2020 cycle in the Nomadic Housing subject were considered, who faced the change from face-to-face to virtual education. The use of ICT in education, application, satisfaction and benefit in learning was analyzed; this was achieved by conducting quantitative studies. The research concluded that the application of new communication technologies contributed to the students' learning, in addition the stimuli were activated and accelerated the knowledge process through an appropriate environment for the student: it was shown that students have the interest of being partners of this new personalized learning method, in addition, with the implementation of this study, the integration, adaptation or improvement of ICT in other subjects of the career can be promoted in these times of online education.