Browsing by Author "Bravo Torres, Jack Fernando"

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DentaLAV: A virtual platform for dental multidisciplinary learning
(IEEE, 2017) Cevallos Ludeña, Cinthya Maria; Bravo Torres, Wilson Daniel; Gallegos Segovia, Pablo Leonidas; Bravo Torres, Jack Fernando; Vintimilla Tapia, Paúl Esteban; Alvarado Cordero, Jacinto José
The current deployment of information and communication technologies (ICTs), coupled with the growing development of mobile communications and miniaturized electronic devices, allows that more people access to a large amount of information. For this reason, a new social model known as the knowledge society is being developed. It is based on the capacity of each individual to transform the information they have into useful knowledge. Due this, the economy is based in technical qualities of each individual and him/her knowledge to develop several services. So, the education model must improve offering a better learning quality. With the develop of new virtual tools based in ICTs, such as virtual platforms, this goals will be achieved in any educational field. Dentistry is not indifferent to this reality, since several virtual platforms have been proposed that offer diverse multimedia resources to reinforce the contents reviewed in the classroom. However, they suggest individualized educational models that do not take into consideration the multidisciplinary work that needs to be developed in this field. For this reason, this paper proposes the development of DentaLAV, a virtual learning platform whose objective is to create multidisciplinary collaborative learning groups, giving higher education students the opportunity to train to face real dental cases.
Development of a mobile application for the integral care and attention of elderly people
(Springer, 2020) Vintimilla Tapia, Paul Esteban; Bravo Torres, Jack Fernando; Tamariz Ordoñez, Pablo Esteban; Abad Salinas, Yulissa Raquel; Serrano Paredes, Karina De lourdes; Pacheco Sarmiento, Jenny Alexandra; Salazar Montesdeoca, Sandra Cecilia
In recent years, the number of people reaching stages of ageing has increased considerably, reflecting a serious public problem. It is not enough to reach long ages, but to guarantee the integral care and attention of each individual. Thus, taking into consideration the difficulties faced by the elderly, States implement social security programs that seek to support their development. Ecuador follows this trend and presents proposals that address a number of fundamental rights, which are considered priority health care services. Although the measures implemented maintain the health, this reality changes when moving from an urban to a rural scenario. This is justified by the fact that in Ecuador, specialists who care for the elderly constantly change their location and, therefore, their patients, rather than maintaining a non-standardized data record on paper, causing inefficiency and waste of time. For these reasons, this article explains a proposal for a mobile application that seeks to standardize and digitalize the collection of medical data from the elderly in rural areas in order to increase the efficiency of current medical processes. © 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Ecuadorian mass media on Twitter during the 30-S
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019) Cevallos Ludeña, Cinthya Maria; Bravo Torres, Jack Fernando; Vintimilla Tapia, Paul Esteban; Ordoñez Morales, Esteban Fernando; Leon Paredes, Gabriel Alejandro; Gallegos Segovia, Pablo Leonidas
Internet and the massive deployment of mobile and wireless communication systems and devices are generating new digital environments that are drastically changing the way in which social ideas and debates are produced, accessed and disseminated. Online social networks are becoming the virtual public spheres by which the social and political events of this network society are being debated. Given this new digital and technological context, many researchers are questioning the processes of dissemination of the information generated into these virtual social structures and the validity of the traditional models of media influence in these environments. In this paper, we present the results of an empirical analysis of the dissemination of information on Twitter produced by two large Ecuadorian newspapers: 'El Universo' (private newspaper) and 'El Telégrafo' (public newspaper) during events of police insubordination on 30th September 2010. The results show that, given the restrictions imposed that day by the Ecuadorian government on the news broadcast from the private media, Twitter became on a space of diffusion and access of citizens to alternative views. In addition, it was observed that the information emitted during the 30-S by these newspapers, presented a structure of diffusion in multiple stages and multiple directions. © 2019 IEEE.
Platform for the creation of dental case studies as a learning tool
(Instituto de Ingenieros Eléctricos y Electrónicos Inc., 2019) Bravo Torres, Jack Fernando; Vintimilla Tapia, Paúl Esteban; Gallegos Segovia, Pablo Leonidas; Palacios Astudillo, Iván Andrés; Bravo Torres, Wilson Daniel; Cevallos Ludeña, Cinthya María; Bravo Torres, Jack Fernando
Today, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have marked a significant change in the education and preparation of society. In this sense, several academic fields implement virtual tools that help to simulate real situations, preparing students in a better way. From a dental point of view, future professionals can be trained without compromising the health and safety of others. For this reason, this work proposes the development of a virtual platform for the creation and management of dental cases focused on postgraduate academia. With the help of learning resources such as x-rays, medical records, basic exams and a real patient's background, a specialist can create a case that will be presented to a student, in conjunction with a tutor, for resolution. Among the results obtained, it is possible to show the efficiency of this method of learning, based on the opinions of the students. © 2018 IEEE.
Structuring knowledge as a strategy and tool for learning and evaluation in engineering education
(Universitat Politécnica de València, 2022) Bravo Torres, Wilson Daniel
In this proposal, the evaluation activities together with the structuring of knowledge in conceptual maps are considered as dynamic elements to promote the gradual development of a higher level of understanding. The results achieved in this formative experience show us that the use of evaluation and feedback as part of the formative process, and not only as an appendix of measurement, allows students to adjust their training actions to meet course requirements.
Towards deep learning in the university through collaborative instructional design based on learning outcomes and threshold concepts
(Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2022) Morales Ordoñez, Isaac Andres; Bravo Torres, Jack Fernando; Pérez Fernández, María Dolores; Bravo Torres, Wilson Daniel
This article presents a proposal for the development of a collaborative curriculum and instructional design at the university. It starts from the premise that teaching-learning processes at any level of training must be designed, managed and implemented in a collaborative way, supported by teacher structures grouped around their domains of knowledge. Moreover, we consider as central axes of all curricular and instructional design a correct selection and structuring of the contents to be studied, based on the identification of the conceptual structures of the topics under study (threshold concepts and their interlinkages) together with an appropriate definition of the desired learning outcomes and evaluation tools.