Modelo de aprendizaje - enseñanza para el desarrollo de las competencias informacionales y digitales en la Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética de la Facultad de Salud Pública de la ESPOCH. Periodo agosto diciembre del 2013

Abstract

A model teaching at the School of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Public Health of the ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DE CHIMBORAZO (Polytechnic School of Chimborazo), for the development of Information and Digital skills of students was established. To implement the model, a diagnosis was made, finding that 91% of students whose main source of advice is the internet, the students academic achievement reach 50.64% compared to the qualifications of their investigation. The proposed model called Information Competency & Digital (CINFODIG), taken as baseline GAVILÁN the Colombian model for its development was considered: student needs, online databases, software tools for bibliographic management, google tool drive, and other tools of Web 2.0, the model was applied in two instances to 78 students each. The research proposal adequately CINFODIG impacted on students of the School of Nutrition and Dietetics, as it was achieved 38.91% improvement in academic performance. CINFODIG allowed students to improve their information and digital skills perfecting their way to conduct research. The continued use of CINFODIG is recommended for students to increase their search skills and management of specialized information sources.