Microlearning refers to the realization of small efforts made in short periods of time in sessions of 5 to 15 minutes (Palazón, 2015), it focuses on the delivery of small units of content in a brief and concise manner with the objective to facilitate learning and retention of information. In these short content units, they are designed so that the student has brief lessons and tasks with the same characteristic, with the idea that fragmenting them facilitates learning.
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Transformation in the Classroom: Hybrid Education With the Use of Microcontent
María Elena Zepeda Hurtado (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico), Claudia Angélica Membrillo Gómez (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico), and Francisco Javier Arias Candanosa (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico)
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DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0094-7.ch006
Abstract
This chapter is the result of the study of the way in which microcontents were incorporated in the hybrid modality in the first semester (January – June 2023) in the different learning units taught in the areas of institutional, humanistic, scientific, and basic technological training at the upper secondary level of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional. The research has a quantitative approach with a descriptive scope based on a comparative approach. The sample population was made up of 150 students from the second, fourth, and sixth semesters to whom the questionnaire is applied as the data collection instrument. The results indicate that teachers incorporate as main materials videos, texts, diagrams, and drawings; on the part of the students, they state that the incorporation of these favored motivation, concentration, access, and creation of content. The chapter addresses pedagogical implications and makes recommendations for the integration of microcontent in the hybrid modality.