1. UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE
SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES FACULT Y
LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
THESIS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
BY
WILLIAM REMBERTO AMAYA GOMEZ
MEYBEL BETZABE LARA FUENTES
DANILO ALBERTO VASQUEZ OLIVA

2. RESEARCH TOPIC:
“FOSTERING ASYNCHRONOUS GROUP-BASED E-
LEARNING BY USING CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEMS
WITH ENGLISH TEACHERS AT UNIVERSIDAD DE
ORIENTE”

3. RESEARCH QUESTION:
TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE USE OF CLOUD
STORAGE SYSTEMS FOSTER ASYNCHRONOUS
GROUP-BASED E-LEARNING AMONG ENGLISH
TEACHERS AT UNIVO?

4. RESEARCH VARIABLES:
1. INDEPENDENT VARIABLE:
CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEMS
2. DEPENDENT VARIABLE:
ASYNCHRONOUS GROUP-BASED E-LEARNING

5. RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
GENERAL
HYPOTHESIS:
THE USE OF CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEMS FOSTERS
ASYNCHRONOUS GROUP-BASED E-LEARNING AMONG
TEACHERS AT UNIVO.

6. RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
S.H.1: A GUIDE ABOUT THE USES OF CLOUD STORAGE
SYSTEMS IS HELPFUL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WORKSHOP
WITH TEACHERS AT UNIVO.-
S.H.2:ENGLISH TEACHERS AT UNIVO SHOW A GOOD
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE IN A WORKSHOP ABOUT THE USES OF
CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEMS APPLIED IN ASYNCHRONOUS
HYPOTHESIS:
GROUP-BASED E-LEARNING.
S.H.3: ENGLISH TEACHERS AT UNIVO CLAIM POSITIVE
ATTITUDES TOWARD THE USE OF CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEMS
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ASYNCHRONOUS GROUP-BASED E-
LEARNING.

7. OBJECTIVE:
1. TO DESIGN A GUIDE ABOUT THE USES OF CLOUD
STORAGE SYSTEMS TO BE APPLIED IN A
WORKSHOP WITH ENGLISH TEACHERS AT UNIVO.-
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
2. TO PERFORM A WORKSHOP ABOUT THE USES
OF FOSTER ASYNCHRONOUS GROUP-BASED E-
•TOCLOUD STORAGE SYSTEMS APPLIED IN GROUP-
OVERALL OBJECTIVE: LEARNING BY USINGWITH ENGLISH TEACHERS AT
BASED E-LEARNING CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEMS
WITH ENGLISH TEACHERS AT UNIVO.
UNIVO.
3. TO ASSESS ENGLISH TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES AND
PERFORMANCE IN THE USE OF CLOUD STORAGE
SYSTEMS APPLIED IN ASYNCHRONOUS GROUP-
BASED E-LEARNING.

8. LITERATURE REVIEW
•1.1 DEFINITIONS
1- CLOUD STORAGE •1.2 HISTORY OF CLOUD COMPUTING
SYSTEMS.-
•1.3 DROPBOX.COM
•1.4 BOX.NET
•2.1 DEFINITION AND SCOPES
•2.2 E-LEARNING MODALITIES
2- E-LEARNING. •2.3 CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN E-LEARNING
•2.4 MODERATING ONLINE LEARNING
•2.5 COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES

9. METHODOLOGY
POPULATION:
•17 ENGLISH TEACHERS. THE WHOLE POPULATION OF
ENGLISH TEACHERS AT UNIVO INCLUDING FULL-TIME AND
PART-TIME.
SAMPLE:
•THE WHOLE POPULATION OF ENGLISH TEACHERS AT UNIVO.
SAMPLING METHOD:
•PURPOSIVE NON-RANDOM SAMPLING.

10. SAMPLING PROCEDURE:
IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO APPLY A PURPOSIVE
NON-RANDOM SAMPLING AND THE WHOLE
POPULATION WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
RESEARCH METHOD AND DESIGN:
ACTION RESEARCH

11. RESEARCH RESEARCH
INSTRUMENTS FOR
TECHNIQUES: COLLECTING DATA
CONTENT TEACHERS´MANUAL
ANALYSIS
OBSERVATION PERFORMANCE
CHECKLIST
SURVEY LIKERT SCALE