Análisis cualitativo de la implementación de un programa de educación ambiental para proteger una microcuenca en un colegio en el departamento del Huila

This research aimed to design an environmental education program to protect the Cascajosa micro-watershed with the educational community of the Colegio Gimnasio Minuto de Dios in the municipality of Garzón, Huila department. A methodological design was carried out using a qualitative approach, with a descriptive scope of action research, targeting students, parents, and teachers as the study population. The technique used was interviews, and a semi-structured interview instrument was designed based on a three-way table, considering the categories of analysis, environmental education, and micro-watershed protection. Subsequently, it was validated through expert judgment and applied to the educational community as a whole. In conclusion, the objective set by this program was achieved as it successfully highlighted the importance of preserving natural resources and local ecosystems, specifically focusing on the micro-watershed as a vital component of the Garzón municipality's environment.Esta investigación tuvo como propósito diseñar un programa de educación ambiental para proteger la microcuenca la Cascajosa con la comunidad educativa del Colegio Gimnasio Minuto de Dios del municipio de Garzón en el departamento del Huila. Se realizó un diseño metodológico desde un enfoque cualitativo, con un alcance descriptivo de investigación acción, en donde se abordó a los estudiantes, padres de familia y docentes, como población objeto de estudio. La técnica utilizada fue la entrevista y se diseñó un instrumento de entrevista semiestructurada la cual se construyó desde un cuadro de triple entrada teniendo en cuenta las categorías de análisis, educación ambiental y protección de microcuencas; posteriormente se validó a través de juicio de expertos y se aplicó a la comunidad educativa en general. En conclusión, se logró el objetivo planteado a través de este programa, ya que se logró visibilizar la importancia de preservar los recursos naturales y ecosistemas locales, centrándose específicamente en la microcuenca como un componente vital del entorno del municipio de Garzón

Smart Technologies. SmartTech-IC 2021: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Smart Technologies, Systems and Applications

This book contains a group of selected papers, which were presented at the Second International Conference on Smart Technologies, Systems and Applications (SmartTech-IC 2021) held on December 1-3, 2021 in Quito, Ecuador. The SmartTech-IC conference aims to attract researchers, scientists and technologists from some of the top companies, universities, research groups, and government agencies from Latin America and around of the world to communicate their research results, inventions and innovative applications in the area of smart science and the most recent smart technological trends. The second edition of SmartTech-IC conference was organized by the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Campus Giron), a private institution of higher education with social purposes, nonprofit and co-financed from the Ecuadorian State. The SmartTech-IC conference has been conceived as an academic platform to promote the creation of technical and scientific collaboration networks. The goal of the conference was addressed some relevant topics related to smart technologies, smart systems, smart trends and applications in different domains in the field of computer science and information systems that represent innovation in current society