Theoretical proposal for pedagogical use of the forum tool on the Moodle platform, to generate the construction of knowledge by students

Abstract

Currently, students have various sources of information at their disposal and, sometimes, this is used indiscriminately, and it is up to them, accompanied by their teachers, to appropriate it and construct epistemic references that support them in the generation of new information. knowledge In virtual or mixed education, the teacher makes use of the various tools available on the platforms, the forum being a potential tool for students, in collaboration with their peers, to build knowledge. Thus, in this article the guiding question that guides the analysis is: How can the forum tool of the Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (MOODLE) platform be given pedagogical use, to support students in the construction of knowledge?; and, to respond, the objective is to establish a theoretical proposal that bases the pedagogical use of the forum tool within the teaching-learning process, which contributes to the construction of knowledge by students. The work corresponds to an exploratory study, with a qualitative approach, which integrates a theoretical documentary review based on constructivism and the construction of knowledge, where it is possible to see that teachers and students have the opportunity to use the tool in a pedagogical way, always placing in first place the collaboration that other tools can provide, but that the asynchronous exchange of ideas guides and builds individual and collaborative knowledge.