000070991 001__ 70991 000070991 005__ 20181025115741.0 000070991 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.sbspro.2017.02.216 000070991 0248_ $$2sideral$$a105122 000070991 037__ $$aART-2017-105122 000070991 041__ $$aeng 000070991 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2033-9792$$aSoler, R.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000070991 245__ $$aDiagnosis of educational needs for the implementation of blended courses based on the blended learning model. The case of the Social Sciences Faculty of the National University of Costa Rica 000070991 260__ $$c2017 000070991 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000070991 5203_ $$aThis study is accomplished from the educational needs assessment in the framework of educational research. The objective is to identify, analyse and assess human resources and materials. In this sense, didactic principles will also form part of the analysis. In particular, those applied in studies offered by the Social Sciences Faculty of the National University of Costa Rica (SSF) to implement blended courses based on the blended learning model. Quantitative and qualitative research techniques were used to gather information from a complementary approach, in order to describe and interpret the different sources. That process included three phases: document review; surveys done to students and teachers; structured interviews to school principals and deanship. The results show there are appropriate curricular elements to venture into innovation proposals regarding academic offer in terms of flexibility and ICT incorporation in training programs. Likewise, the blended learning is an option which contributes to the quality of education, access opportunities and the educational processes improvement. 000070991 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000070991 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000070991 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1829-672X$$aSoler, J.R.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000070991 700__ $$aAraya, I. 000070991 7102_ $$14001$$2215$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ciencias de la Educación$$cÁrea Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. 000070991 773__ $$g237 (2017), 1316-1322$$tProcedia: social & behavioral sciences$$x1877-0428 000070991 8564_ $$s160983$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/70991/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000070991 8564_ $$s7019$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/70991/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000070991 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:70991$$particulos$$pdriver 000070991 951__ $$a2018-10-25-08:51:05 000070991 980__ $$aARTICLE