El uso del foro en Educación Superior: aplicación para la asignatura "Economía de la Empresa: dirección y organización"

Teaching innovation activities, based on the use of information and communication technologies, are becoming increasingly important. Such activities allow the development of learning spaces based on academic discussions that favor students´ critical thinking development based on communication. In this context, the forums are acquiring great relevance because they allow the students to be placed in a certain problem, motivate them to intervene in the discussion and give them the opportunity to contribute with their point of view. The present paper analyses the experience developed in the use of forums in the subject Business Economics: Management and Organization in the Degree in Business Administration and Management (ADE) and in the double degree in ADE and Law in the 2021-2022 academic year from the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of A Coruna. Once the forums were developed, a survey was carried out to the students whose results show that the most valued aspects of the forums for Business Administration students and for Business Administration and Law students are the perceived usefulness -related to the dimension of technological acceptance of the tool- and the perceived self-efficacy respectively -related to the cognitive social dimension provided by the tool. Regarding the least valued aspects of the forums, both Business Administration students and Business Administration and Law students point to the perceived ease of use -related to the dimension of technological acceptance of the tool-.