{"id":738,"date":"2020-05-08T07:50:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T07:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bechallenge.io\/?p=738"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:06:22","slug":"el-aprendizaje-experiencial-tambien-tiene-lugar-en-las-aulas-virtuales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bechallenge.io\/en\/el-aprendizaje-experiencial-tambien-tiene-lugar-en-las-aulas-virtuales\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual learning in the classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Uncertainty, anguish about not knowing what will happen, the fact that we do not know how much longer we will be in this situation... We are - as Yuval <\/span>Noah Harari<\/span> says in his book \u201c21 Lessons for the Twenty-first Century\u201d - now and always, in a changing, volatile context, we have no certainty about what will happen tomorrow, which is complex and often ambiguous. People tend to seek serenity, comfort, stability, calm and this uncertainty creates some anxiety. So in an environment like the one just described, how should the education system respond?<\/span><\/p>\n

Los <\/span>docentes <\/span>est\u00e1n utilizando herramientas virtuales que les permitan realizar sus clases del mismo modo como las hac\u00edan anteriormente. Muchos docentes est\u00e1n <\/span>desbordadas\/os por virtualizar sus clases presenciales y sobretodo quieren poder verificar \u00ab\u00a1que hagan cosas!, \u00a1que trabajen!, \u00a1que avancen contenido!.  La pregunta es: \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 intentamos actuar del mismo modo?, es decir, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 tratamos de <\/span>virtualizar <\/span>lo que hac\u00edamos presencial si el contexto, las emociones, el presente y el futuro son absolutamente distintos? <\/span><\/p>\n

The fact of not knowing what online education is, makes people to prioritize aspects that we know are not the priority of learning. We know that what is necessary in moments of uncertainty, of some anguish and where each and everyone must adapt to conditions unknown until now, is to prioritize and give value to emotional well-being and human, social and cognitive development of our students.<\/p>\n

Yeah, but...  <\/b>how can we do that?<\/i><\/b> <\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

First we need to define our <\/span>priorities as educators<\/span>: what weighs more: the person or the curriculum vitae? If we value the person more than the curriculum we must carry out an emotional support <\/span><\/strong>to the students, knowing what they live, how they live it and<\/span><\/p>\n

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how we can help them to express and manage their emotions. <\/span><\/p>\n

On <\/span>Secondly, we know that the brain learns when it is able to <\/strong><\/span><\/span>understand <\/strong><\/span>what happens with existing variables, <\/span>reflecting <\/span>about the result of the<\/span> combination of several elements, so we can never forget that the learning process will occur whenever it is<\/strong><\/span><\/span> contextualized, meaningful<\/strong><\/span> for the students, experiential, bright, and therefore true.<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Whether we train face to face or online, we must offer personalized attention to our students, support them in their emotional and academic growth, offer our help, and be close to them. We love reading Yuval Noah Harari, and especially one of his quotes that fits like a glove on the hand for these moments:<\/p>\n

\"<\/span><\/i>The most important investment that people can make<\/i><\/b> is not to learn a particular skill\u2014\u2019I\u2019ll learn how to code computers,\u2019 or \u2018I will learn Chinese,\u2019 or something like that. No, the most important investment is really in <\/span><\/i>building this more flexible mind or personality<\/i><\/b>.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Yuval Noah Harari<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

We must understand the current situation as the possibility of creating new horizons, new ways of understanding education, an opportunity to grow. Resilience, together with neural plasticity, facilitate this task.<\/p>\n

Neuronal plasticity is the ability of our brains to form new connections between neurons and adapt to new situations.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Anna For\u00e9s and Jordi Gran\u00e9 explain in their book \u201cResilience. Growing from adversity\u201d, \u201cresilience is walking through life with a two-sided coin\u201d knowing that \u201chuman beings have the ability to be screenwriters and protagonists of their own stories\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a quick exercise:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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EXERCICE<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Put on the brake, stop. For a moment, close your eyes and think about the following questions:<\/span><\/p>\n