The podcast as a feedback tool in evaluating virtual activities / El podcast como herramienta de retroalimentación en la evaluación de actividades virtuales

Abstract

Evaluation and feedback are closely related processes that make up an important part of the binomial teaching learning. In virtual learning environments, the realization of this task become essential and translates into a huge challenge for educators. This proposal was conceived as a response to the limitations presented by teachers at a private university in Lima, Peru, when accompanying students in achieving significant learning in virtual courses. Along the same lines, it is an attempt to make the use of ICT as a functional alternative to achieve ambitious learning achievements. The objective of this article is to review the effect of the use of the podcast in the learning process of first cycle students of transversal subject of Language. In turn, it exposes the results of the implementation of the use of podcast as a feedback tool in the evaluation of virtual activities, based on a pre-experimental study method. The most representative results indicate that the intervention of this resource allowed a significant number of students to reach levels of performance with outstanding achievement.