Ventajas de la implementación de la modalidad B-learning en la educación superior: investigación documental. Aportes a la reflexión.

Abstract

The aim of the investigation is to carry out a documentary analysis on the advantages of implementing the B-learning modality in higher education and if these suppose a quality education. B-learning is a teaching/learning process that combines face-to-face education with non-face-to-face technology (virtuality) and whose key idea is the selection of appropriate media for each educational need (Bartolomé, 2008). Scientific articles were collected between 2014-2022, which met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The search was carried out among three databases (Redalyc, Proquest, Dialnet) and based on bibliometric equations. The information was collected in an information organization matrix for bibliometric analysis and a registration form to extract the contributions of each article. 19 articles were selected, 76% were published in Spanish; the highest number of publications were in 2014, 2017 and 2021. The countries with the most publications were Mexico, Colombia and Spain. Of the 19 articles, 16 refer to advantages and challenges of B-learning, and 3 are related to the quality of this modality. It is concluded that the advantages of B-learning alone do not allow establishing its educational quality, for this, the recognition and interaction of other important and necessary elements is required to be able to assemble an integral model that allows delivering a quality education and meets the needs and expectations of students and teachers.