Digital educational devices. Comparative study for an introductory Physics course

Abstract

The incorporation of new communication technologies has had an impact on all levels of education, especially on university level. This article gives an account of the educational materials in digital format that are used in Physics I in Engineering at the Facultad Regional Rafaela of the UTN. In a study carried out in 2015, we tried to evaluate the digital materials from the technological and pedagogical point of view and, in a new perspective, through the present work, we intend to compare them with the improvements implemented in 2016, so as to determine what changes were made during the research. The results show that the improvements produced positive results, taking into account the students' understanding of the different topics, especially the work with videos that were part of the final integrative work proposed by the subject. In this sense, the resources used constitute a means to achieve innovation processes not only in Physics I, but also in other disciplines of the higher level.