Maestría en Administración Financiera · 2026

Aplicación Primera Clase - Una ventaja competitiva para el programa de Maestría en Administración Financiera de la Universidad

Driven by the principle of improving the financial world from its academic foundations, a web application was developed for the Master's Program in Finance Administration at EAFIT University. This application aims to strengthen Professor-student interaction from the beginning of each course. The issue addressed was the limited knowledge with which a professor of an administrative and economic sciences course, such as finance, begins teaching the subject. Given the heterogeneity of academic and professional backgrounds present in a finance course, the need arises to identify the students' prior knowledge in order to adjust the level, pace, and most effective pedagogical strategy. To this end, a preliminary user (student) characterization flow was designed, integrating (i) general and personal questions answered by each student and (ii) a set of specific diagnostic questions for each subject, configured by the professor based on academic diagnostic principles. The application consolidates individual and aggregate group results, facilitating early pedagogical decision-making, such as content prioritization, selection of contextualized examples, and definition of leveling actions. The design was based on learning approaches in higher education and formative assessment, incorporated usability criteria, and followed applied research practices oriented towards the development of a technological artifact. As a result, a functional web application called “Primera Clase” and its implementation guidelines were delivered for its adoption in each subject, with considerations of confidentiality and responsible use of information to support more relevant methodologies from the first class session (Ambrose et al., 2010).

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