El actual incremento en el uso de dispositivos móviles en el aula de lenguas extranjeras ha ampliado la presencia de herramientas léxicas como los diccionarios bilingües online de libre acceso. Desafortunadamente, su uso aún no está adecuadamente explicado y regulado. Esta falta de intencionalidad pedagógica dio lugar a un estudio de investigación centrado en la integración curricular de este tipo de diccionarios en el contexto de la enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera en el nivel de educación superior. Este artículo documenta el proceso que se llevó a cabo para diseñar e implementar una matriz de triangulación que permitió obtener una síntesis integradora de los datos proporcionados por la muestra conformada por cuatro docentes a través de los tres instrumentos de recolección de datos utilizados. Esta síntesis integradora permitió identificar una serie de factores asociados al proceso de integración curricular de los diccionarios bilingües en línea. Lo anterior condujo a la elaboración de una serie de propuestas administrativas, pedagógicas y didácticas tendientes a robustecer dicho proceso en contextos de enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras.

This class note, made up of three sequenced units, aims at helping both Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia (UCC) teachers and their students to use a variety of tools to find, curate, and manage different kinds of data and references effectively. This will, undoubtedly affect their academic work in a positive way since they can save time and have easier access to more organized and clear information. Whether they teach or take an undergraduate or postgraduate program, this module will increase their efficiency and overall performance. Teachers will be able to help their students navigate databases, necessary for most high-quality academic work, with greater ease. Both conceptual content and practical hands-on activities are provided. This module includes a variety of digital resources, links, tutorials, as well as hands-on and assessment activities. Overall, the quality of education which UCC intends to offer to the whole community can be positively impacted by the content and activities offered in this self-paced and self-managed module.

Este artículo aboga por la implementación del aprendizaje colaborativo en las clases mediadas por las tic donde se enseña una lengua extranjera. Se realizó un análisis de investigación documental que involucró la revisión de artículos académicos para obtener una comprensión más profunda de este método de instrucción emergente. Se ofrece una descripción de las ventajas que tiene el uso de diferentes tecnologías en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje de idiomas y cómo esas tecnologías pueden usarse para proporcionar entornos de aprendizaje colaborativo. Se explican las distinciones entre colaboración y cooperación. Se esbozan las contribuciones teóricas que son centrales para la comprensión del aprendizaje colaborativo. Se describe el aprendizaje colaborativo y sus beneficios. Se encontró que el aprendizaje colaborativo mejora el rendimiento académico a través del desarrollo de una variedad de habilidades sociales y de pensamiento crítico que requieren interacciones significativas y la voluntad de adoptar formas innovadoras de enseñar. Además, también se estableció que el uso de las tic puede aumentar la efectividad de este método de enseñanza ya que se pueden lograr mayores niveles de motivación, creatividad e inclusión.

This module, aimed at helping both English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers and their students, is the result of a qualitative, applied, transversal and constructivist research conducted with Open Lingua teachers. One of the objectives of said research was to establish the factors that favored and hindered the curriculum integration of open access bilingual dictionaries in that specific EFL context in order to design and implement some pedagogical and didactic initiatives that would foster the effective use of those lexical tools. The present module was a fundamental element within the series of proposals that arose along the research. Its main objective was to provide the teachers with the necessary conceptual knowledge and didactic strategies and resources to teach their students how to use that kind of online dictionary with higher degrees of ease, enjoyment, and efficiency, and, thus, to reduce the frequency of look up errors. This module offers a variety of digital resources, handouts, and hands-on and assessment activities that can greatly facilitate their job when teaching dictionary skills to their students.

This didactic unit is aimed at the fifth semester students of the Business Administration, Marketing and International Business program, who have already completed the four basic levels of the Open Lingua program. This proposal seeks to develop skills and competencies that allow them to perform in different fields related to private, public and solidarity economy companies, and in various mediation and negotiation processes at national and international levels. The instructional design of this unit contains real-life situations, focused on the world of business, that allow students to interact in various types of business events. The grammatical and lexical concepts, necessary to interact successfully in these types of communicative situations, are introduced and applied. The educational activities are designed to offer opportunities to interact in business conferences, international exhibitions, and seminars, among others. The contents are framed in natural and meaningful contexts. This leads to a greater understanding of the type of language used in business and the way it is used to communicate. The contents are structured in three lessons in which the level of complexity of the topics, tasks, texts and transitions (4Ts) have been considered. Also, various types of activities that activate and reinforce previous knowledge and that, subsequently, evaluate the progress of the students, are included.