Evaluación de competencias genéricas en el ámbito universitario a través de entornos virtuales: Una revisión narrativa

Yovanni Alexander Ruiz Morales; Chantal Biencinto López; Mercedes Garcìa Garcìa; Elvira Carpintero

doi:10.7203/relieve.23.1.7183

Soft Skills assessment through virtual environments in the university sector: A narrative review

Authors

Yovanni Alexander Ruiz Morales Universidad Nacional Experimental de Táchira (UNET)
Chantal Biencinto López Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Mercedes Garcìa Garcìa Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Elvira Carpintero Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.23.1.7183

Keywords:

Soft skills, teaching, learning, assessment, virtual environments, higher education.

Abstract

The paper presents a narrative on the state of the question about the teaching and assessment of generic soft skills through Virtual Environments (VEs) in universities, based on consultation of scientific journals in electronic and printed format published between 2000 and 2014, as well as research projects focused on the development of generic skills through VEs. The paper summarises the theoretical and empirical contributions as a way of providing a greater insight into a line of research that began barely a decade ago. Soft skills related to student training, when combined with specific skills, enable better performance in personal, academic, social and organisational settings. This premise implies the need to consider the development of new methodologies for teaching, learning and assessment of soft skills. Results include the value of soft skills in training university students, as well as the development of innovative projects focused on the provision of teaching and assessment procedures that are feasible and effective for the achievement of soft skills assessment in VEs.

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Author Biographies

Yovanni Alexander Ruiz Morales, Universidad Nacional Experimental de Táchira (UNET)

[ORCID: 0000-0003-3818-5314]. Doctor in Quality, Diversity and Evaluation, by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is currently Professor of research methodology at the Universidad Nacional Experimental de Táchira (UNET). He is the contact author for this article. Its main areas of research are the development of competences with the support of technologies; E-assessment of interpersonal skills in the university context; E-Learning and educational evaluation.

Chantal Biencinto López, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

[ORCID: 0000-0002-6385-2230]. Doctor. She is a Professor in the Department of Methods of Research and Diagnosis in Education of the Faculty of Education of the UCM. Lines of research: e-assessment of interpersonal skills in the university context and the Research Methodology. Her postal address is: Facultad de Educación UCM. C/ Rector Royo Villanova, s/n. 28040 Madrid (Spain).

Mercedes Garcìa Garcìa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

[ORCID: 0000-0002-2942-3141]. Full Professor in the Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). Director of the Educational Guidance Service of the Faculty of Education.. Co-director of the research group Adaptive Pedagogy, her research lines in the last years focus on Assessment of Strategies of Educational Adaptation in ESO, University Tutoring in the EHEA and e-Evaluation of interpersonal skills in university contextsHer postal address is: Facultad de Educación UCM. C/ Rector Royo Villanova, s/n. 28040 Madrid (Spain)

Elvira Carpintero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

[ORCID: 0000-0003-1223-6857]. Doctor in Psychopedagogy by the UCM. She is a Professor in the Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education of the Faculty of Education. Lines of research: e-assessment of interpersonal skills in the university context and the Research Methodology

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Published

2017-01-15

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Ruiz Morales, Y. A., Biencinto López, C., Garcìa Garcìa, M., & Carpintero, E. (2017). Soft Skills assessment through virtual environments in the university sector: A narrative review. RELIEVE – Electronic Journal of Educational Research and Evaluation, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.23.1.7183

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2017)

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Research Articles

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