Jadán Guerrero, Janio
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Building an Escape Room to Raise Awareness of Bullying and Cyberbullying

2022 , Jadán Guerrero, Janio , Chacón-Castro M. , Illescas L. , Chacón J.

Aggressive conflicts are part of the natural social behavior of students in schools, which can lead to bullying when there is a form of discrimination or abuse of power, either because of their characteristics or their way of life (sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, immigration status, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, health, disability, religious beliefs, pregnancy, among others). In the face-to-face mode, the aggressors could be identified and in some way the conflicts were mediated by teachers or authorities of the institution. However, since education changed to a virtual modality caused by the global coronavirus pandemic, new forms of aggressive behavior have emerged with cyberbullying. In this new scenario teachers, parents and law enforcement should take an active role in raising awareness about bullying and cyberbullying. The main objective of this paper is to describe a proposal based on gamification strategy to prevent and raise awareness of aggressive behaviors among students in a virtual environment. The study focuses on three objectives: a) to study the use of visual methods based on microlearning and the techniques to engage students; b) to identify game scenarios and strategies to design an interactive Escape Room; and c) to evaluate the design and content with three experts in psychology. The results indicate that the Escape Room is a different alternative to understand the problems derived from Bullying and cyberbullying. In the future, we are planning to carry out an intervention with students from Ecuador and Colombia to evaluate the impact. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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Neuropsychological evaluation of inhibitory control and interference control: Validation of experimental tasks in the ecuadorian context

2017 , Ramos Galarza, Carlos , Jadán Guerrero, Janio , Ramos D. , Bolaños M. , Ramos V. , Fiallo-Karolys M.X.

This article reports a study in which three experimental tasks (SIMON, Go / No-Go and Stroop Victoria) were adapted and validated to evaluate the inhibitory control and interference control in a sample of Ecuadorian students. The sample consisted of 100 students between 6 and 15 years old (M = 10.13 years, SD = 2.48) belonging to the public education system of Ecuador. The process followed in the adaptation and validation was through the linguistic translation of the experiments, followed by an expert judgment and a pilot study. In the results it was found that there are no statistically significant differences in the measures that assess the inhibitory control and the interference considering the sociodemographic variables of the participants as comparison factors. In the correlation analysis we found a statistically significant association between the measurements of the experiments. We conclude by analyzing the associations found and underlining the need to continue providing evidence in the research line of adaptation and validation of test for using in neuropsychological evaluation.

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A Systematic Literature Review on Technological Solutions to Fight Bullying and Cyberbullying in Academic Environments

2022 , Cedillo P. , Bermeo A. , Betancourth A. , Espinosa F. , Illescas L. , Jadán Guerrero, Janio

Nowadays, the world is more connected than ever; the use of internet, social networks and platforms allows for people of all ages to have constant communication. During the past year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, children and teenagers have had to spend most of their time using a technological device, for educational and recreational purposes. This constant connection has carried on several issues, one of them being cyberbullied. This is when a person intentionally and repeatedly harms another one, on a virtual environment. Even with its downside, technology has many advantages; it has allowed for children and teenagers to engage in educational communities and applications. Then, studies on bullying and the ways to fight it exist from many years prior, however, there are little literature about the technological solutions to help in the fight against cyberbullying and bullying. Therefore, the objective of this research is to perform a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) about technological solutions for education and to fight bullying and cyberbullying in children and teenagers. To perform a trustworthy, rigorous and repeatable SLR, the methodology proposed by Kitchenham was used. The presented SLR, uses studies from 2009 to 2021. To start, a group of primary studies was selected, which met the characteristics to answer the research question “What technological tools, methods and models are used to educate about bullying and cyberbullying?” The primary studies were obtained from the most used digital libraries, prominent journals, and most representative conferences in the area. In conclusion, this study provides a global vision of the state of the art in this area, which represents a helpful tool for researchers to detect weaknesses and gaps and open new horizons regarding the use and design of technology to fight bullying and cyberbullying. Copyright © 2022 by SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved.

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Educational Management: A Construct of Added Value using a Model under R software

2023 , Vera E.D.M. , Chacón-Castro M. , Díaz I.P. , Jadán Guerrero, Janio

During the admission of Basic Education students to the university campus, they apply with a minimum score in the Saber 11 tests, which indicates that they do not meet the necessary skills in mathematics, physics, critical reading, citizenship skills and English. For this reason, a tool has been created to measure the added value that universities provide in Higher Education training. The objective of this research is to determine the Added Value in students, through a mathematical model under the R software. The methodological approach of this work is quantitative, descriptive and correlational through Software R. Favorable results will have a positive impact on academic programs. The research was validated with the test carried out by the Colombian Institute for the Evaluation of Education (ICFES), in which a correlation is made between the data obtained in the Saber T&T, Saber Pro, generating continuous reports of indicators that reflect the added value and student progress. Finally, the statistical analysis shows that the competencies have advanced significantly in the course of university life. © 2023 IEEE.

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Alternatives for Designing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for People with Disabilities and Older Adults

2023 , Jadán Guerrero, Janio , Arias Flores, Hugo Patricio , Cedillo P. , Chacón-Castro M.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems (AACS) provide a variety of forms of expression used to improve the communication skills of people with disabilities and/or older adults. These systems consist of physical or digital communicator boards that use pictograms to represent an object, a person or an action. The objective of this article is to analyze some easy-to-implement alternatives of SAACs systems, including low-cost digital resources such as websites and Apps; as well as both high devices such as virtual assistants, AI chatbots like GPT, and tangible interfaces. The research analyzes the difficulties that older adults have in activities of daily living, and a proposal is presented that allows to adapt in a dynamic and scalable way. The prototypes generated allowed us to identify some strengths and weaknesses of the possible solutions. These results provide an opportunity for technology designers to take on board the recommendations and use them to design more robust systems adapted to their environment. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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Role changes in software development projects using agile methodologies: A case study of private companies in Guatemala City

2022 , Santos-Tiberio H. , Vinueza A. , Jadán Guerrero, Janio

This new era of software development began to generate changes in the way software development teams are organized, new roles and functions are established in project management. In many cases this role does not exist and a similar role must be chosen and the project manager must adapt. This research seeks to know the changes made by software project managers in private companies in Guatemala City. The research hypothesizes that the implementation of agile methodologies produces an update in the functions and roles in the area of project management in private institutions. For this purpose, a four-phase study was carried out: Design of the instrument, Distribution of the instrument, Processing of the information and Analysis of the information. A sample of 35 private companies was worked with the participation of software development team leaders. The results obtained from an online survey allowed us to discover that there are considerable changes in the roles and responsibilities of project leaders in organizations that migrate from traditional methodology to agile methodology. © 2022 IEEE.

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Rehabilitation of Children Affected by Attention Deficit Disorder

2021 , Ramos Galarza, Carlos , Acosta-Rodas P. , Jadán Guerrero, Janio , Bolaños-Pasquel, Mónica , Saez-Delgado F.

This paper presents the conceptual development of a technological application for the treatment of children with attention deficit disorder (ADD). This technological application will consist on serious-gaming to stimulate the different levels of attention. The first level is focused in attention and stimulates it by identifying stimuli through tactile interaction with the user. The second level is selective attention, for which, the child must select a stimulus leaving the irrelevant stimuli aside. The third level will work on sustained attention, where the child must fulfill a game with a longer duration. The next level will contain an activity to stimulate alternating attention, where the child must solve two tasks by alternating the focus of attention. Finally, for the divided attention, it must be resolved two tasks at the same time. With this application it is expected to improve the child’s motivation in the treatment and provide an intervention tool for the clinician. © 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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Designing assistive technologies for children with disabilities: A case study of a family living with a daughter with intellectual disability

2016 , Jadán Guerrero, Janio , Altamirano I. , Arias H. , Jadán J.

Children with disabilities are one of the most vulnerable groups of the population. They experience social exclusion and inequity, as do their difficulties to integrate into society. Many families raising children with disabilities try to do everything to improve their quality of life. This paper describes a case study of an Ecuadorian family who was encouraged to integrate Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the everyday life of their girl with intellectual and language disabilities. The experience with the most popular technologies at home-Computer, tablet, smartphone, and videogame console-motivated the whole family to adapt and design assistive technologies for their daughter. Their motivation allowed us to find people and institutions who supported the design of ICT for different disabilities: AINIDIU, HELPMI, CANDI, LUCKI, MAGIC GLASS, JADAN VERBAL, TIC@ULA and KITERACY. An interdisciplinary group of experts participated in the development of these technologies: A Computer Engineer, a Phycologist, a blind person, students and Especial Education teachers. Since 2009, about 50 children with disabilities and 20 Especial Education teachers have been involved in the evaluation of the prototypes. With the support of Universidad Indoamérica and Ecuadorian Government, 1500 children with visual impairment were benefited with the software AINIDIU in some provinces of Ecuador. The article describes the history of this great experience. © Springer International Publishing AG 2016.

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Escape Rooms: A Formula for Injecting Interaction in Chemistry Classes

2022 , Aimacaña-Espinosa L. , Chacón-Castro M. , Jadán Guerrero, Janio

Chemistry teaching requires active methodologies that involve students in carrying out activities that generate critical thinking. The Escape Rooms is a micro gamification strategy where the student escapes from the traditional classroom. In this room the student must find keys, do puzzles, investigate, solve riddles and obtain combinations or objects. The goal of this study focuses on proposing Escape Rooms to strengthen high school chemistry teaching. The proposal contains activities designed by the teacher, which will be solved by students in a certain time using technological resources. To implement this work, a baseline was drawn up through an interview with three teachers from Chemistry area; as well as a 178 student’s survey. As a result of the exploratory research, the need for teachers and students to implement playful methodologies is evidenced, this would allow inferring that Escape Rooms is a novel and attractive strategy for teaching chemistry. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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Efeco scale for assessing executive functions in self-report format [La escala efec'o para valorar funciones ejecutivas en formato de auto-reporte]

2019 , Ramos Galarza, Carlos , Bolanos-Pasquel M. , Garcia-Gomez A. , Siiarez P.M. , Jadán Guerrero, Janio

EFEC'O questionnaire is an instrument that allows assessing executive functions from an ecological perspective because it is based on a day-by-day behavioral report of an individual. The aim was to validate EFEC'O questionnaire in a self-report format. Participants were 250 Ecuadorian adolescents aged between 13 and 18 years (3/a?e=16.23. SD=\.Ti). As results, there was found a significant internal consistency (a=.64-.95), correlation among items (r=.32-.62), correlation among sub-scales (r=.40-76). confirmatory factor analysis of two factors (x2=3S.S7, CFI=98, RMSEA=. 065 [035-094], SRMR=027) and discriminant capacity in monitoring, cognitive flexibility. organization of material, initiative, working memory and planning of adolescents with differences on academic performance. In the discussion part, results are presented in relation to previous findings and taking on account the importance of having an instrument with an ecological validity to assess executive functions. © 2019 AIDEP. All rights reserved.

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