DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING A WEB APPLICATION FOR LEARNING GEOGRAPHY

This work proposes a didactic approach that is applied to new technological dimensions which, thanks to their multimedia and interactive aspects, impinge on the mechanisms through which cognitive processes organize coding and decoding of information. In other words, virtual environments act as dynamic spaces of action in which cognitive functions, students’ communicative and social actions are catalysed. As a result, this modifies the conceptual maps through a ‘click’. Hence, learning is seen as a product of the acquired understanding through a conscious interaction developed during sharing and cooperation activities. Through a neogeographic approach, the objective of this study is the creation of a didactic Web App called Geomoon that, besides its educational potential, can promote learning. A particular characteristic of the project is that it can be functional to a playful learning methodology through activities that allow meaningful learning using virtual visualizationlocalisation of maps of specific geographical areas.