Didactic characteristics of a collaborative learning environment for problem solving with technology in high education

Características didácticas de un ambiente de aprendizaje colaborativo para la resolución de problemas con tecnología en la educación media

Collaborative learning and problem solving are aspects that contribute to educational challenges in the knowledge society. The article presents the results of an investigation carried out in 2017 that had the purpose of exposing the didactic characteristics of a collaborative learning environment for solving problems with technology in secondary education. Interest of the line of research in education and Information and Communication Technologies, of the Didactics and New Technologies group of the University of Antioquia. The methodology applied was qualitative, the population consisted of ten eleventh grade students from a public educational institution in Ciudad Bolívar, Antioquia, Colombia. The instrument for collecting information was the field diaries. The results showed the actions of the teacher, the students and the technology, within the framework of a classroom project aimed at solving three problem situations. The conclusions affirm that the design and development of a collaborative learning environment implies the understanding of the classroom context, the definition of technological and digital resources, the promotion of horizontal social relations.