Lean Startup as a learning methodology for developing digital and research competencies

espanolLa adquisicion de competencias digitales e investigativas en la formacion de estudiantes universitarios es un requerimiento que toma mas fuerza con las demandas de la sociedad actual. Sin embargo, las metodologias de aprendizaje empleadas por los docentes parecen estar desvinculadas de la realidad impidiendo el desarrollo de aprendizajes aplicables, asi como la adquisicion de competencias requeridas en el siglo XXI. El objetivo principal de la investigacion es analizar el Metodo Lean Startup como metodologia de aprendizaje en la formacion competencias digitales e investigativas en los estudiantes de la UNED Costa Rica durante el desarrollo de la asignatura Metodos Mixtos de Investigacion (MMI). La muestra estuvo conformada por 531 sujetos, profesores y estudiantes de diferentes carreras de la Escuela Ciencias de Educacion de la UNED que cursaron la asignatura durante los anos 2015 al 2017. Se utilizo un diseno mixto secuencial explicativo, con una parte teorica de exploracion del metodo, una parte cuantitativa (analisis descriptivo y contraste de medias) y otra parte cualitativa mediante analisis de contenido. Los resultados evidenciaron la efectividad de una metodologia innovadora como Lean Startup en el desarrollo de competencias digitales e investigativas, y el cambio del rol del docente en el proceso de ensenanza. EnglishThe acquisition of digital and research competencies for educating university students is a requirement that is becoming more relevant given the demands of today's society. However, learning methodologies used by professors seem to be detached from reality, preventing the development of applicable learning, as well as the acquisition of those skills necessary in the twenty-first century. The main objective of the research is to analyze the Lean Startup method as a learning methodology in the creation of digital and research competencies in students from the UNED Costa Rica during the development of the course: Mixed Methods Research (MMR). The sample consisted of 531 individuals, teachers and students from different degrees of the School of Education from the UNED who took the course during the years 2015 to 2017. A mixed explanatory sequential design was used, with a theoretical part of an exploration of the method, a quantitative part (descriptive analysis and contrast of means) and another qualitative part by means of content analysis. The results showed the effectiveness of an innovative methodology such as Lean Startup in the development of digital and research skills, and the change of the teacher's role in the teaching process.