A Pedagogical Architecture from a hybrid course in a U.S media course: focused on digital competences

Abstract

The objective of this article is to construct a Pedagogical Architecture (PA) for a hybrid course offered by Teachers College of Columbia University and the mapping of the students’ digital competences. This study was realized through an exchange between the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Columbia University. It is both a qualitative and quantitative study, with a case study that was carried out in two stages. First the PA was applied and the students were monitored during a course which was taught for the first time in a hybrid format. Secondly, the students’ digital competences were mapped based on a Brazilian model. A bibliographic survey was conducted, followed by a document analysis, and then an online questionnaire with the course’s students was applied. This resulted in a PA for the hybrid course in question and the digital competences necessary for students. It became clear that this type of study presents innovative solutions for this area, focusing on the construction of student competences in different virtual contexts. Studies of hybrid learning environments raise important questions about the new teacher profile and their digital competences in educational processes.