Browsing by Subject "Personal Learning Environment"

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    Academic tasks for fostering the PLE in Higher Education : international insights on learning design and agency
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2023) Castañeda, Linda; Marín, Victoria I.; Scherer Bassani, Patrícia; Camacho, Araceli; Forero, Ximena; Pérez, Lucila
    The concept of Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is considered as a possible lens to understand and analyse learning conditions in different educational contexts from an ecological perspective, connecting with student's agency in their learning. Previous literature shows partial approaches on how it is implemented in higher education practice, which leave a research gap regarding how it is promoted from the learning design considering student agency. It is in this space that the present study is framed. Through a qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews have been conducted with 20 faculty members from 5 different countries, to find out about the educational tasks that promote the PLE in their courses. A sample of 34 academic tasks has been analysed through a coding system based on the learning design, the parts of the PLE and the student agency involved. The results show that the implementation of tasks for the promotion of the PLE still has room for improvement, affecting aspects of assessment, the promotion of metacognition and student self-direction. As conclusions, future lines of work that can be considered in practice and research on PLE are provided.
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    Development and Validation of a PLEs Scale from the Learner and Learning Perspective in Tertiary Education
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2023) Xu, Xiaoshu; Zang, Yunfeng; Zhong, Kexin; Ngan-Lin Lei, Vivian; Liu, Jia
    The study's goal is to create and validate a Personal Learning Environments Scale (PLEsS) from the learner and learning perspective (named PLEsS-LL) to ensure effective learning in Chinese tertiary education. 657 undergraduates participated in the study after completing scale development steps. Six factors were extracted from the PLEsS-LL using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) supported the six-factor scale with 22 items. Furthermore, the PLEsS-LL was redesigned as a questionnaire to assess learners' readiness for PLE learning. The findings indicated that participants were comfortable when learning in PLEs in general. They were mostly positive in terms of learning motivation and problem-solving abilities. They did, however, report less confidence in Self-directed Learning. Meanwhile, male participants outperformed female participants in all categories except learning motivation. The reasons were explained, and suggestions for future PLEs design were made. The PLEsS-LL could be used as a resource or guide for learner preparation in the PLEs context in higher education around the world.
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    E-portafolios: la búsqueda de un software coherente con la propuesta de enseñanza
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2009) Fraga Varela, Fernando; Gewerc Barujel, Adriana
    En este trabajo presentamos el portafolios digital como una herramienta que permite nuclear a su alrededor una propuesta de formación que haga frente a las nuevas demandas de la formación universitaria en general y a las de una formación de maestros que se adapte a las necesidades sociales impuestas por la sociedad de la información y el conocimiento. En ese contexto, hacemos hincapié en el análisis del proceso de búsqueda de un software que nos permite llevar adelante nuestros objetivos. Se muestra en esto la necesidad de ubicar los recursos tecnológicos adaptados a las necesidades educativas, también transformándolas en el contexto de la práctica situada. Se ha seleccionado y adaptado un software (Elgg) que trabaja partiendo de la necesidad de reconocer el protagonismo del sujeto y su individualidad en la organización de su entorno personal de aprendizaje (Personal Learning Environment-PLE)
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    Necesidades formativas del alumnado universitario a partir del análisis de sus Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2016) Becerra Traver, María Teresa; Gutiérrez Esteban, Prudencia
    El entorno que rodea a una persona repercute en las actividades sobre las que se desarrolla su aprendizaje. Este estudio nos ha permitido comprender mejor las necesidades formativas del alumnado universitario a partir del análisis de sus Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje. Se presentan los resultados obtenidos del uso que realizan de la web 2.0, un grupo de estudiantes universitarios del Grado de Maestro/a de Educación Primaria de la Universidad de Extremadura. Las respuestas recogidas nos han servido para esbozar el perfil del Entorno Personal de Aprendizaje de este grupo de estudiantes y al mismo tiempo, para encauzar adecuadamente la formación que reciben en la universidad hacia sus intereses académicos, profesionales pero también personales.