HABILIDADES SOCIALES EN ENTORNOS VIRTUALES DE TRABAJO COLABORATIVO

This study is enclosed into the Information and Communication Technologies research, the design and implementation of collaborative learning methodologies and the promotion of social skills in higher education students. It was an exploratory study, and a preexperimental research. A treatment was applied to the group, and variables were assessed to observe the learning achieved from the application of a collaborative work methodology based on the learning by projects, the students´ opinion about the importance of the collaborative work and social skills showed in the learning environment used. Results made evident that a collaborative work methodology based on learning by projects and mediated in a virtual environment, promote the development of conversation, and assertive acceptance and opposition skills in students.