Quezada-Sarmiento, Pablo Alejandro
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Ancestral Knowledge in the Teaching and Learning Process

2025 , Quezada-Sarmiento, Pablo Alejandro , Patricia Marisol Chango-Cañaveral , Jadán Guerrero, Janio

This research explores the importance of ancestral knowledge, such as myths, which are transmitted orally in different families in cultural communities. However, this knowledge combined with popular knowledge can also be applied to education. Therefore, the objective of this work was to design a methodological strategy for ninth grade general education students through a variety of didactic resources in the fields of knowledge of language and national literature and knowledge of language and literature spanish. The work is based on the popular myth of the community “Shakaim/The God of Work”, in which morals and moral values are taught, incorporating popular knowledge, such as reading comprehension

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Virtual Inclusion in Distance Education: Challenges and Opportunities for Embracing Student Diversity

2026 , Segundo Manuel Realpe-Torres , Quezada-Sarmiento, Pablo Alejandro , Núñez-Naranjo, Aracelly Fernanda

In the educational context, virtual inclusion faces significant technological, pedagogical, and sociocultural barriers. These include limited digital connectivity, lack of access to technological devices, insufficient inclusive pedagogical strategies among educators, and disparities rooted in ethnicity, gender, language, social class, culture, and disability—factors especially prevalent in marginalized areas. As a result, access to virtual distance education remains limited for many students. This study aims to identify the primary barriers affecting accessibility and usability in digital inclusion. The study employed a qualitative methodology based on a literature review of academic research published between 2020 and 2025. Selection criteria included relevance, coherence, and quality of information, drawing from academic databases such as IEEE Xplore, ACM Library, Springer, SciELO, and ERIC. The findings reveal several recurring barriers: technological inequality, low digital literacy and usability, limited integration of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in virtual pedagogy, and insufficient teacher training in inclusive strategies for online learning. However, the literature also highlights key opportunities, such as the expansion of virtual education, the use of assistive technologies, personalized learning, improved access in geographically isolated regions, and the implementation of inclusive educational policies. This analysis underscores that achieving full virtual inclusion requires an integrated approach—one that combines digital innovation, continuous teacher training, and public policies that ensure equitable access and equal opportunities for all students, regardless of their diverse backgrounds

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Analysis of Sustainable Development Goals (2016–2030) and Their Integration into Tourism Activities in Lago Agrio Canton, Sucumbíos Province: SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) and SDG 15 (Life on Land)

2025 , Patricia Marisol Chango-Cañaveral , Quezada-Sarmiento, Pablo Alejandro , Valeria Jaqueline Morales-Herrera

This study analyzes the integration of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) and 15 (Life on Land) into the tourism development strategies of Lago Agrio Canton, Sucumbíos Province, Ecuador. The main objective is to assess how tourism can serve as a driver for sustainable infrastructure development, environmental conservation, and inclusive local growth, in alignment with the 2030 Agenda. A qualitative methodology was adopted, involving documentary analysis with exploratory and descriptive scopes. The sources included national development plans, regional policy frameworks, institutional reports, and the relevant academic literature. This study employed territorial indicators related to infrastructure quality, ecosystem protection, and stakeholder participation to evaluate SDG alignment. The results highlight that sustainable tourism practices—particularly those incorporating corporate social responsibility and environmental stewardship—can stimulate innovation and enhance resilience in underdeveloped territories. Wetlands and forested areas emerge as key natural assets with strong potential for ecological tourism and sustainable investment. The findings suggest that collaborative actions between the public and private sectors, guided by SDGs 9 and 15, can generate long-term benefits, including biodiversity preservation, improved service infrastructure, and economic inclusion for local communities. Overall, the research underscores the potential of sustainable tourism as a practical mechanism for localizing the SDGs in fragile yet high-value ecological regions.

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Virtual Inclusion in Distance Education: Challenges and Opportunities for Embracing Student Diversity

2025 , Segundo Manuel Realpe-Torres , Quezada-Sarmiento, Pablo Alejandro , Núñez-Naranjo, Aracelly Fernanda

In the educational context, virtual inclusion faces significant technological, pedagogical, and sociocultural barriers. These include limited digital connectivity, lack of access to technological devices, insufficient inclusive pedagogical strategies among educators, and disparities rooted in ethnicity, gender, language, social class, culture, and disability—factors especially prevalent in marginalized areas. As a result, access to virtual distance education remains limited for many students. This study aims to identify the primary barriers affecting accessibility and usability in digital inclusion. The study employed a qualitative methodology based on a literature review of academic research published between 2020 and 2025. Selection criteria included relevance, coherence, and quality of information, drawing from academic databases such as IEEE Xplore, ACM Library, Springer, SciELO, and ERIC. The findings reveal several recurring barriers: technological inequality, low digital literacy and usability, limited integration of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in virtual pedagogy, and insufficient teacher training in inclusive strategies for online learning. However, the literature also highlights key opportunities, such as the expansion of virtual education, the use of assistive technologies, personalized learning, improved access in geographically isolated regions, and the implementation of inclusive educational policies. This analysis underscores that achieving full virtual inclusion requires an integrated approach—one that combines digital innovation, continuous teacher training, and public policies that ensure equitable access and equal opportunities for all students, regardless of their diverse backgrounds

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Shuar Cosmovision in the Teaching and Learning Process in Palora Country

2025 , Quezada-Sarmiento, Pablo Alejandro , Xavier Andrés Barnuevo-Solís , Julio Cesar Amaguaya-Mendoza , Patricia Marisol Chango-Cañaveral , Eduardo Bladimir Aguirre-Maldonado , Angela Lucia Tuquerres-Chicaiza

This research explores the importance of ancestral knowledge, such as myths, which are transmitted orally in different families in cultural communities. However, this knowledge combined with popular knowledge can also be applied to education. Therefore, the objective of this work was to design a methodological strategy for ninth grade general education students through a variety of didactic resources in the fields of knowledge of language and national literature and knowledge of language and literature spanish. The work is based on the popular myth of the community “Shakaim/The God of Work”, in which morals and moral values are taught, incorporating popular knowledge, such as reading comprehension

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Classic Pastry in Ecuadorian Cuisine: A Responsible and Sustainable Consumption

2025 , Quezada-Sarmiento, Pablo Alejandro , Patricia Marisol Chango-Cañaveral , Mirian Elizabeth Amagua-Simbaña , Guísela Jimenez

Classic pastries in Ecuadorian cuisine are a rich blend of Indigenous, Spanish, and African influences. Among the most beloved desserts are colada morada, a thick, fruit- and purple-corn-based drink, and guaguas de pan, sweet bread rolls shaped like babies and traditionally enjoyed on All Souls’ Day. Other popular treats include empanadas de viento, light, fried pastries filled with cheese or sprinkled with sugar, and tres leches cake, a moist, sponge cake soaked in a blend of three different kinds of milk. Ecuadorian pastries frequently feature panela (unrefined cane sugar) and chocolate as key ingredients. The quality of food perceived by consumers is essential, profoundly influencing satisfaction and the overall culinary experience. This encompasses taste, presentation, freshness, nutritional value, safety, and the broader gastronomic ambiance

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Indigenous Painting in Ecuador and Its Impact on Cultural Identity

2024 , Quezada-Sarmiento, Pablo Alejandro , Barnuevo-Solis X.A. , Chango- Cañaveral P.M. , Artieda–Ponce M.P. , Imbaquingo -Narváez S.

Painting since ancient times has been part of the indigenous people as a form of expression and a path of development, a creative activity that, like all the others, fluctuates between the net aesthetic impulse and the tacit demand of the market. The painting values the indigenous tradition and seeks to repair the abuses of its population, which has suffered, rejection and ignorance by society, both politically, socially, economically, and culturally over time. The pioneers in indigenist paintings were indigenous people from the Tigua area, among others. For the development of this work, a review of the bibliography is considered, through consultations conducted in the databases of scientific articles focused on the indigenous painting of Ecuador. The results have shown, among other things, the particularities of indigenist painting, they have found that in Ecuador, from the second half of the 20th century, artists such as Eduardo Kingman and Oswaldo Guayasamín appear, and later representatives such as Heriberto Chango, make that indigenous painting be seen in a different way, Roberto Gómez, who uses a pseudonym “CAPAC”, as a recognition of the vindication of culture, ancestral knowledge and of his remote ancestors, in the same way Cristóbal Ortega Maila, Ramón Piaguaje, an artist Amazonian, Naekat Tiwip Chamik, from the Shuar culture. From that vision a current of indigenous painters was born who have taken over the art of painting as a form of representation of their knowledge of nature. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.

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Cloud Computing Platforms to Improve Shuar Chicham Writing Skills

2024 , Quezada-Sarmiento, Pablo Alejandro , Patricia Marisol Chango-Cañaveral , Jadán Guerrero, Janio , Washikiat Pedro Tsere-Juma

Higher education through virtual environments is centered on the student, oriented towards interactive learning, in situations that are close to the real world, for which teachers require new communicative, non-verbal skills and an innovative approach to learning, which will accompany their students. Students in the complex process of acquiring even more knowledge of a non-native language. In the same context, the use of open-source technology platforms is becoming the best way to deliver solutions that meet the current need for the process of acquiring an ancestral language, so in this document we will focus on the analysis and use of Cloud Computing Tools as an alternative to complementary material to improve writing skills in the process of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) in our case Shuar Chicham. Likewise, teachers should not focus only on online learning but also on interaction with students as Gibson (1993) states; thus, innovative technologies must be means that help reduce the digital technological gap, allowing solutions, answers and agile questions to be given within the teaching-learning process, which is visible with the use of cloud computing tools. Therefore, using cloud computing tools it was proposed to demonstrate if writing skills can be improved in students who learned Shuar Chicham basic.

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Wayusa Upina, Tradition of the Kichwa Culture of the Archidona Canton, in Napo Ecuador

2024 , Chango-Cañaveral, Patricia Marisol , Longa-López, R. Alejandra , Quezada-Sarmiento, Pablo Alejandro , Arrobo-Ordoñez, Christian Junior , Muyolema-Calle, Armando

The present work seeks to strengthen and revitalize these practices, such as the “Wayusa Upina”, with the objective of defending and building the culture of the ancestors, through the revitalization of spaces for dialogue, integration processes with tourists, and the strengthening of community organizations and associations.The Wayusa Upina is an ancestral ceremony that has been performed since ancient times in the Kichwa culture of the Ecuadorian Amazon, before starting their daily activities in agriculture, fishing or hunting. The main name of this ritual comes from a leaf called Wayusa; a plant used to make infusions and drinks with ample energizing properties. The ritual begins at 03h00 in the morning in a large space, in large pots on stoves boil water where this herb will be placed, a drink that is served in pilches by women to all present, while the public drinks it, they can appreciate dances, artists, listen to legends or dreams deciphered by the grandparents (rukullayayas); in addition to a clean by the Shamans or Yachaks who are wise people, with the placement of chili or snuff in the eyes or nose as a symbol of wisdom and strength

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Dance as Representative Body Language of Various Amazonian Cultures

2024 , Alejandra Longa-López R. , Quezada-Sarmiento, Pablo Alejandro , Chango-Cañaveral P.M. , Castillo-Naranza R.D.

Music and dance, as expressions of human emotion, play a key role in the different formation of people, since it allows them to happily interact and share spaces that will transcend the structure of their tastes and experiences to form an expression of art of critical attitude, the fact that it can bear fruit. In Pastaza, the cradle of 7 nationalities is fundamentally a place of diverse social and cultural interaction, in which there are different interests and motivations that must be addressed, such as complexity and heritage, heterogeneity, and diversity. The fundamental elements of collective construction, its ability to create diversity beyond the walls of the school, significantly affect the sociocultural environment. These are respected peoples that, although they have changed many customs, such as clothing and language for distinct reasons, they still take pride in their past and present as a true example for the various ethnic communities of Ecuador, because “civilization” does not mean abandoning the historical and cultural baggage of our existence. Starting from this reality, it is intended to use the artistic and cultural details of our original typical costumes as inspiration for this work through research work to rescue artisanal techniques such as seeds, feathers, clothing, and accessories, to later capture the movements of the body on stage. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.

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