Personal Learning Environments: A Study among Higher Education Students' Designs

Autor/inn/en	Bartolomé, Antonio; Cebrian-de-la-Serna, Manuel
Titel	Personal Learning Environments: A Study among Higher Education Students' Designs
Quelle	In: International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 13 (2017) 2, S.21-41 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-0556
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Web 2.0 Technologies; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Higher Education; Design; College Students; Integrated Learning Systems; Self Management; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Selbstmanagement; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Spanien
Abstract	Even if we can find several PLE models and proposals based on the use of Web 2.0 resources, the problem of what resources to choose and how to organize them has not yet reached a specific or clear solution. During a semester, 18 students of Social Education at the University of Barcelona learnt how to use Web 2.0 resources in Social Education, and were then invited to prepare and use their own Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) with two platforms: Symbaloo and Protopage. An analysis of both platforms, demonstrates their preferences in software, functionality, web tools, individual application and those aspects of the software that they choose to include in their spaces. Results show that the subjects prefer flexible and simple platforms that let them integrate their own resources from Web 2.0. We have found some notable contradictions between the theoretical models and the practical applications that seemed more coherent and logical. Students broadened the use of these PLEs to other subjects and non-formal learning situations. Future studies ought to consider the importance of the freedom to choose resources and the use of Web 2.0 services for practical and useful PLEs. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01