Virtual learning environment with active methodologies to improve  health practices in the school context

Andrea Piedad  Urgilés Guerrero; Ruth Noemí Garófalo-García

doi:10.56200/mentor.v5i14.12741

Authors

Andrea Piedad Urgilés Guerrero Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena. Santa Elena-Ecuador https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2936-5542
Ruth Noemí Garófalo-García Universidad de Guayaquil. Guayaquil-Ecuador https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-2936

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56200/mentor.v5i14.12741

Keywords:

Food safety, active methodologies, virtual environments, technical training, sanitary practices

Abstract

Food safety training among entrepreneurs shows limitations; active methodologies and ICT improve practices, but evidence in productive contexts remains limited, justifying studies on their effectiveness in real-world environments. The aim of this study was to analyze variations in sanitary practices among food entrepreneurs following the implementation of a virtual environment with active methodologies as an ICT-mediated educational innovation. The study was quantitative, applied, with a pre-experimental single-group design involving 21 entrepreneurs, using pretest and posttest measurements. A virtual intervention with active methodologies was implemented over five sessions. Data were collected through a survey and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed increases in sanitary practices across all evaluated dimensions. Posttest medians exceeded pretest values, with variations across dimensions and a slight reduction in dispersion, indicating greater consistency in participants’ responses. It is concluded that the virtual intervention with active methodologies was associated with improvements in sanitary practices, demonstrating its relevance for strengthening applied competencies in real-world technical training contexts for food entrepreneurs.

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Author Biographies

Andrea Piedad Urgilés Guerrero , Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena. Santa Elena-Ecuador

Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena. Santa Elena-Ecuador

Ruth Noemí Garófalo-García , Universidad de Guayaquil. Guayaquil-Ecuador

Universidad de Guayaquil. Guayaquil-Ecuador

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