Use of the Collaborative Digital Bibliographic Manager Within the Research Context

Abstract

Using a qualitative and descriptive approach, the article shows the case study of the experiences that are characteristic of the use of the collaborative digital bibliographic manager (CDBM) for research. For this reason, a scale was built to show the different uses and educational levels of the CDBM and thus qualify the research and the academic production. Subsequently, trends in its use in master's degree theses were analyzed. One hundred and eleven students from the modules assigned to the area of ​​applied research participated in this study. The results show that the CDBM is a means of collecting, organizing and sharing documents for collaborative work and, in addition, it is highly used for research. It can be concluded that in the master's program there is an open and flexible curricular design that includes information technologies and has a virtual learning network based on the socialization of valuable experiences.

Keywords

• knowledge
• teaching
• bibliographic manager
• virtual interactivity
• research
• educational technology