International Journal of
Information and Education Technology

Abstract

This paper presents a proposal that contributed at macro-project named VisibiliTIC. The aim was to describe the dynamic of a virtual learning community in relation to the Knowledge Building process (KB) and collaborative work, based on the pedagogical use of the visibility of academic production. The analysis set out from a qualitative approach with a descriptive scope. The population were students of the courses Virtual Education Unit Manuela Beltrán University (Cajicá-Colombia) and the sample was taken from the Ergonomics subject, in which two groups were classified in: experimental and comparison. The experimental design includes an independent variable (Visibility), and the dependent variable (Knowledge Building). In the comparison group is used a traditional strategy: the Forum, while that in the Experimental group is used a visibility strategy: the “Wall”. This last strategy enables significantly development of the levels of (KB) in this group. In this study, the ATLAS.ti program was used to do Content Analysis. Here is did a comparison of academic production of students in each group where were identified the levels of (KB). Is identified that the teaching strategy the "Wall” based on the visibility, generated a strong impact among students of these communities, generating greater participation and intellectual production. This process generated higher levels of (KB) in the Experimental group than the Comparison.