Work place: Universidad de Córdoba, Department of Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Montería, 230002, Colombia
E-mail: rbaena@correo.unicordoba.edu.co
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5055-6515
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Biography
Rubén Baena-Navarro, Ph.D, Postdoctor, is a Professor in the Department of Systems Engineering at Universidad de Córdoba, Colombia, and in the Systems Engineering Program at Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Montería campus. He holds a Ph.D. in Project Management with a focus on Information and Communication Technologies from Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana (Mexico) and completed a Postdoctoral Program in Science, Research, and Methodology at Universidad del Zulia (Venezuela). He also earned a master’s degree in Free Software with a specialization in Application Development from Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (Colombia) and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Informatics (Computer Science) at Universidad Americana de Europa (UNADE), Mexico. His research interests include the Internet of Things (IoT), Software Engineering, Bioengineering, and Information and Communication Technologies.
By Ruben Baena-Navarro Javier Fernando-Bermudez Yulieth Carriazo-Regino
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2026.02.11, Pub. Date: 8 Apr. 2026
This study examines the gap between digitalization agendas and school realities, where connectivity constraints, limited devices, and uneven support restrict pedagogical innovation. It evaluates the Model for Integrative and Predictive Smart Teaching Adaptation, integrating artificial intelligence, learning analytics, and Internet of Things components, within a holopraxic cycle of diagnosis, design, implementation, evaluation, and readaptation driven by field feedback. Over a semester, 120 rural teachers participated in a quasi-experimental study combining a competence questionnaire, interviews, and system usage logs. Baseline competence was comparable between groups, and gain was defined on a zero to one hundred scale as post minus pre. The experimental group showed a median gain of 6.25 points, whereas the control group remained at 0.00; the common-language effect size was 0.765. Engagement was sustained with peaks (twenty-five to thirty-seven sessions per week), indicating selective appropriation rather than linear growth. Results support improvement and emphasize adoption conditions: teacher agency, ethical trust, and institutional sustainability, operationalized through pseudonymization and bias auditing.
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