[en] Society is deeply immersed in a new paradigm where Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are modifying and conditioning the way which we interact with our surroundings and with our peers. All the facets of the world in which today?s citizen operates are gradually adapting to this new paradigm and yet, in many aspects, teaching remains firmly attached to the past and we teach twenty-first century students with the methodology used in the nineteenth century. The classic teaching methodology, with the teacher set up as the only and vital source of information, has been a complete failure for the teaching of certain topics whose contents are highly abstract and complex, as is the case with the topics being worked on by students of the third year of ESO (the period of compulsory secondary education in Spain) on the subject of the nervous system. This research article applied an innovative collaborative methodology for learning in the classroom, backed up by ICTs; the objective is to improve the acquisition of knowledge and skills in students of the third year of secondary education, at a point where the students are facing one of the most complex topics amongst those explored in the subject of biology and geology. A multimedia CD has been prepared to this end, which, in combination with text, images, videos and interactive activities, together with the indispensable guidance of the teacher in the classroom, will allow students to work cooperatively, so as to understand and assimilate each part of the contents explored in the topic of the nervous system. Analysis of the results obtained after the application of this collaborative methodology showed a significant improvement in the academic performance of the students, showing better results than those obtained when the methodology used in the classroom was more classic in style.

[fr] La soci?t? est plong?e dans un nouveau paradigme o? les technologies de l?information et de la communication (TIC) modifient et d?terminent notre mani?re d?interagir avec l?environnement et nos semblables. Toutes les dimensions dans lesquelles op?re le citoyen d?aujourd?hui s?adaptent peu ? peu ? ce nouveau paradigme. Pourtant, l?enseignement semble, sous de nombreux aspects, enracin? dans le pass?, car nous utilisons toujours la m?thode du XXIe si?cle pour enseigner ? des ?l?ves du XXIe si?cle. Cette m?thode classique de l?enseignement, dans laquelle le professeur constitue la source unique et n?cessaire d?information, a ?chou? dans l?enseignement de certaines mati?res qui d?veloppent des contenus tr?s abstraits et complexes, comme c?est le cas des travaux pour les ?l?ves de 3e de l?enseignement secondaire obligatoire (ESO) ayant trait au syst?me nerveux. La pr?sente publication scientifique propose une m?thode novatrice d?apprentissage collaboratif dans la classe bas?e sur les TIC, en vue d?am?liorer l?acquisition des connaissances et des comp?tences des ?l?ves de 3e de l?ESO, lorsque ceux-l? sont confront?s ? quelconque sujet des plus complexes en mati?re de biologie et g?ologie. ? cet effet, un CD multim?dia a ?t? cr?? permettant aux ?l?ves, par la combinaison de textes, images, vid?os et activit?s interactives et avec l?aide n?cessaire du professeur dans la classe, de r?aliser un travail collaboratif afin de comprendre et assimiler tous les contenus d?velopp?s sur le th?me du syst?me nerveux. L?analyse des r?sultats obtenus suite ? l?application de cette m?thode collaborative a r?v?l? une am?lioration significative du rendement scolaire des ?l?ves, en montrant que les r?sultats ont ?t? meilleurs par rapport ? la classe utilisant une m?thode classique.