The design of a model for collective construction for rurality aims to make visible the relevance and quality of education at different level. This includes the participation of specialized and nonspecialized social actors, giving an account of the steps followed to develop a collaborative model of rural higher education of the Northeast of Antioquia. In addition, it includes higher education institutions in the region, which come together to develop, in the first phase, a diploma course, where appropriate, the definitions and conceptualize the relevance of educational models. In the second phase, short courses are developed with the implementation of trends, and approach to the sociocultural context that will lead to the model and adaptability. Interrelating culture, development and significance in context, wealth of behaviors with an exploratory methodology (qualitative), with the aim of improving conditions of affordability, coverage and educational quality, from the range of social realities. In the third phase, a collaborative model based on modules is built within the framework of a flexible curriculum and sociocultural alternative that tends towards the reconstruction of social fabric. In conclusion, the model for the collective construction of knowledge for rurality is designed collectively proposing flexible curricula, creative and innovative didactic with prospective transformation of sociocultural context.
keywords:
Collaborative model, Educational quality, Ethnography, Higher education, Rural education, Territorial development
