SOCIOEMOVE. PID2023-151087NB-100, from the call for grants for "Knowledge Generation Projects". State Program to Promote Scientific-Technical Research and its Transfer. 2021-2023 State Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research, from 01/09/2024 to 01/09/2027
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THE PROJECT
THE PROJECT
The SOCIOEMOVE project aims to promote the development of socio-emotional skills in higher education through Virtual Exchange (VE), a technology-based pedagogical method that allows geographically distant students to collaborate on team tasks. The initiative responds to recent changes in education, with particular emphasis on the need for skills beyond mere knowledge, including social, personal and emotional capacities that are essential for well-being and employability.
The cornerstone of SOCIOEMOVE is research into how VE can facilitate socio-emotional interactions in the face of the difficulties posed by traditionally in-person learning environments. By comparing experimental groups that incorporate the use of VE with control groups following standard methods, the project analyzes specific behaviors and the technological tools that best enable the development of these skills. Within the framework of the Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the project focuses on five key competencies: collaboration, effectiveness, engagement, emotional regulation, and openness to novelty. These dimensions are analyzed using digital tools such as 3D virtual worlds, Zoom, Google Meet, and asynchronous platforms like Padlet or Flip. This approach seeks to facilitate data-driven analysis of the influence these tools have on socio-emotional development, as well as whether VE is a sustainable alternative or a support in terms of physical mobility in education.
The impact of SOCIOEMOVE also includes the creation of materials and the training of teaching staff to effectively integrate VE. The project provides resources such as good practice guides and manuals that are transferable to both educational and professional contexts, beyond higher education. The results will be shared at seminars for educators, stakeholders, and the general public to promote the use of VE in various learning environments. SOCIOEMOVE also supports Sustainable Development Goal 4.4 on education and equitable employment, teaching students the socio-emotional skills needed for personal and professional success.
OUR CORE OBJECTIVES
OUR CORE OBJECTIVES
To integrate VE into higher education programs as an innovation involving the use of technologies in the classroom.
To promote the development of socio-emotional skills in students.
To explore the functions and potential of synchronous and asynchronous technological tools with regard to the development of socio-emotional skills.
OUR SPECIFIC AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVES (ROs)
OUR SPECIFIC AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVES (ROs)
The specific objectives of this project are:
To discover whether socio-emotional skills can or cannot be developed through the integration of VE in the courses taught by the research team at their respective universities.
To discover whether these skills develop to a greater degree in experimental groups with VE integrated into their classes or in control groups with in-person sessions.
To identify the factors or behaviors that favor the development of these skills.
To integrate specific synchronous technology (3D virtual worlds, Zoom, Teams, Google Meet) and asynchronous technology to analyze its impact on skill development.
To develop tools that facilitate the teaching of these skills in accordance with the OECD's 2021 SSES.
For the purpose of the study, the aforementioned objectives are summarized into the following four Research Objectives (RO):
RO1. Socio-emotional skills: To determine whether students in the experimental groups achieve better results in skill development than those in the control groups.
RO2. Factors and behaviors: To determine the factors and behaviors that develop socio-emotional skills in both groups.
RO3. Impact of technology: To determine the impact of integrating synchronous and asynchronous technologies in the experimental groups that use VE.
RO4. Tool development: To develop tools that facilitate the development of these skills for students according to the SSES.
OUR METHODOLOGY
OUR METHODOLOGY
The following steps are currently being followed to fulfill the ROs:
Design tools to deliver the improvement of socio-emotional skills (pre- and post-) according to the 2021 SSES scale (Cardenal Herrera and Alcalá Universities).
Organize VE exchanges between students from the institutions participating in the project.
Integrate both synchronous and asynchronous technologies into the VEs.
Collect and analyze pre- and post-experiment data.
Collect, transcribe, and analyze data (oral, written, and multimedia) from student tasks and reflections.
Collect data on student interaction.
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