La gamificación como método de enseñanza en el contexto de la pandemia por COVID – 19

Abstract

This research focuses on the study of gamification as a teaching methodology applied in the development of virtual classes due to the pandemic caused by the COVID - 19 virus. The study analyzes the classroom dynamics from the beginning of the confinement, focusing on the microcurricular scope of education and the work of teachers to adapt the planning after this sudden change. The educational processes since the beginning of the pandemic changed abruptly, which is why we resorted to the adaptation and creation of new elements for the planning and implementation of the pedagogical practice, allowing to modify it in order to achieve significant learning. The construction of this work consisted of the theoretical analysis of gamification as a classroom methodology; taking into account the necessary characteristics for its application. A tour of the curriculum was also made, emphasizing its micro sphere of concreteness. The context of gamification in the pandemic was a fundamental element in the research, contextualizing it and giving way to the study of virtual tools, their concept and possible use in this new modality of education. The main objective of this research was to explain the adaptations of gamification in the micro curriculum in the context of pandemic. To achieve it, this work also aims to determine the relationship between gamification and the teaching-learning process in the context of virtual education and, as a complement, to identify the applications with gamification characteristics that teachers use in the development of their classes in the virtual modality.