Application of The Illustrated Didactic Guide of Guadalajara Museum in blended higher education

This article describes and analyses the application in blended mode of La Guía Didáctica Ilustrada del Museo de Guadalajara (Illustrated Didactic Guide of Guadalajara Museum) Spain, in the course Museums Education, as part of the Degree in Primary Education at University of Alcalá (UAH). This educational resource was used as a teaching innovation project to allow students know, interpret and create new didactic resources from the heritage of museums taking as a sample Guadalajara regional museum. For this purpose, various methods of artistic and heritage education have been used including blended teaching and learning, which combined face-to-face and online classes in different phases and activities. In addition, communication and information technologies and social networks have been used for the creation, dissemination and interaction among students. The results obtained have proven to be very positive as the strategies used seem to have increased students’ motivation, fluency, communication and visibility of their work online.