Se presenta un texto de investigación de autoría colectiva realizado en el marco del Proyecto Metodologías basadas en el aprendizaje conectado, activo y colaborativo, del Grupo de Innovación «Comunicación, Redes Sociales y Nuevas Narrativas» (GID2017-4). El proyecto ha sido financiado por el Vicerrectorado de Digitalización e Innovación con el apoyo del Instituto Universitario de Educación a Distancia (IUED), dentro del Plan de apoyo a la innovación docente en la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). El libro que tiene en sus manos es el resultado del trabajo colaborativo de un grupo de profesores motivados por la innovación y mejora de la educación. Está organizado en cinco bloques temáticos que aglutinan las distintas propuestas metodológicas. En el bloque 1 se trata el aprendizaje significativo y el pensamiento crítico a través del debate, análisis y reflexión sobre situaciones sociales. Cuenta con la colaboración de José Manuel Suárez, Ángela Zamora Menéndez, Sonia Santoveña-Casal y M.ª Dolores Fernández. El bloque 2 está centrado en las metodologías basadas en web conferencias y/o video clases para la adquisición de conocimientos. Participan: Beatriz Álvarez González, Ana Patricia Fernández Suárez, M.ª Dolores Fernández y Sonia Santoveña-Casal. Posteriormente, el bloque 3 acoge la realidad aumentada y la gamificación educativa, de la mano de Carmen Cantillo-Valero y Susana Regina López. El bloque 4 desarrolla el aprendizaje en proyectos, estudio «multicaso» y el aprendizaje colaborativo, a través de las aportaciones de María del Carmen Navarro García-Suelto, Sonia Santoveña-Casal, Javier Gil-Quintana y Ernesto López-Gómez. Finalmente, en el bloque 5 se describen las metodologías basadas en aprender haciendo Learning-by-doing por medio de Medialabs, MOOC y narrativas digitales. Colaboran en su elaboración: Alejandro I. Rodríguez-Nosti-Simon, Javier Gil-Quintana, José Javier Hueso-Romero, Sara Osuna-Acedo, César Bernal-Bravo y Francisco Recio-Muñoz.

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