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            <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">entropia</journal-id>
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                <journal-title>Revista Entropía Educativa</journal-title>
                <abbrev-journal-title>Rev. Entropía Educ.</abbrev-journal-title>
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            <issn pub-type="epub">2981-4723</issn>
            <publisher>
                <publisher-name>Entropía Educativa CI SAS</publisher-name>
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            <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5281/zenodo.23506928</article-id>
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                <article-title xml:lang="es">Mediación tecnológica y competencias comunicativas en el aprendizaje universitario a distancia</article-title>
                <trans-title-group xml:lang="en">
                    <trans-title>Technological Mediation and Communicative Competencies in University Distance Learning</trans-title>
                </trans-title-group>
            </title-group>
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                <contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Toral</surname>
                        <given-names>Adriana</given-names>
                    </name>
                    <aff>
                        <institution>Universidad Politécnica Salesiana</institution>
                    </aff>
                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-3015-2262</contrib-id>
                </contrib>
            </contrib-group>
            <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic">
                <day>07</day>
                <month>02</month>
                <year>2026</year>
            </pub-date>
            <volume>4</volume>
            <issue>6</issue>
            <abstract xml:lang="es">
                <p>El presente estudio tuvo como propósito analizar el desarrollo de las competencias comunicativas en estudiantes universitarios inscritos en la asignatura Comunicación Oral y Escrita (COE), impartida en modalidad en línea, a partir de la evaluación de la pertinencia y efectividad de los recursos y estrategias didácticas implementados para el logro de las competencias establecidas en el perfil de egreso. La investigación se desarrolló bajo un diseño no experimental, con un alcance descriptivo e interpretativo y un enfoque de métodos mixtos, mediante un estudio de caso realizado durante dos períodos académicos en la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Ecuador. Los resultados obtenidos permitieron sustentar una propuesta pedagógica orientada a la integración de herramientas tecnológicas emergentes y estrategias innovadoras, con el fin de potenciar de manera significativa las competencias de comunicación oral y escrita de los estudiantes. Asimismo, el estudio destacó la importancia de promover la equidad, la accesibilidad y el uso ético de las tecnologías educativas, garantizando una formación profesional inclusiva y de calidad. Se concluye que la asignatura COE debió incorporar de manera permanente y actualizada estrategias pedagógicas mediadas por tecnología, considerando que la lectura, la escritura y la expresión oral constituyeron procesos formativos continuos que fortalecieron las competencias comunicativas en la educación superior virtual.</p>
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                <p>This study aimed to analyze the development of communicative competencies in university students enrolled in the online Oral and Written Communication (COE) course. The analysis was based on an evaluation of the relevance and effectiveness of the teaching resources and strategies implemented to achieve the competencies established in the graduate profile. The research employed a non-experimental design with a descriptive and interpretive scope and a mixed-methods approach. A case study was conducted over two academic periods at the Salesian Polytechnic University in Ecuador. The results provided the basis for a pedagogical proposal focused on integrating emerging technological tools and innovative strategies to significantly enhance students&amp;#039; oral and written communication skills. Furthermore, the study highlighted the importance of promoting equity, accessibility, and the ethical use of educational technologies, ensuring inclusive and high-quality professional training. It was concluded that the COE subject should permanently and continuously incorporate technology-mediated pedagogical strategies, considering that reading, writing and oral expression constituted continuous formative processes that strengthened communicative competencies in virtual higher education.</p>
            </trans-abstract>
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                <kwd>Competencias comunicativas</kwd>
                <kwd>herramientas tecnológicas</kwd>
                <kwd>estrategias innovadoras</kwd>
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                <kwd>Communication skills</kwd>
                <kwd>technological tools</kwd>
                <kwd>innovative strategies</kwd>
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