Naranjo-Valencia, MargaritaGuevara-Saenz De Viteri, Jessica2021-08-172022-02-222021-08-172022-02-222021-07978-958-52071-8-92414-6390http://laccei.org/LACCEI2021-VirtualEdition/meta/FP351.htmlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.18687/LACCEI2021.1.1.351https://axces.info/handle/10.18687/20210101_351A sample was made of 50 students of Basic General Education of the República de Francia Educational Unit in the city of Guayaquil on the characteristics of the PBL (problem-based learning), and its application in the virtual classroom of the Natural Sciences subject, it is evidenced active learning in the management of new technological tools, which provided students with cognitive autonomy during the process. There is an improvement in the teacher-student relationship, as well as clear instructions for each activity This is how it is considered that the integration of the characteristics of the virtual active learning methodology, are aligned with the PBL, and manage to propose a better conceptual scheme of the information received by the student, contributing to the resolution of problems related to the environment.EnglishLACCEI Licensehttps://laccei.org/blog/copyright-laccei-papers/Problem based learningVirtual classroomActive learningBasic general educationNatural sciencesArticle