Personal learning environments (PLE) in the teaching ecosystem

Abstract

This research presents a study on Personal Learning Environments PLE, it aims to describe and analyze the PLE with students who have studied the subject ICT in Education first academic year 2014/2015 of the degree of teacher of Primary in the Faculty of Education at the University of Salamanca.The research is quasi-experimental which aims to investigate these environments, describe digital skills, strategies and tools used by students to manage their own learning. Establish relations of these environments with their learning styles, academic performance, multidisciplinary areas, etc.Additionally, it is about providing students with a new approach to the use of Learning Technology, by giving them the necessary skills for developing, designing and enriching their own PLE, according to their needs. This allows them to make use of different tools and use these as a learning strategy. The aim is also to evaluate the extent to which this new approach improves the students' PLEs on both a personal and an academic level, and whether or not use of these is maintained in the long term.Highlight, in this document the basis of the research and its methodology are discussed. It is currently in phase 3, analysis and interpretation, we have already applied the instruments, we have collecting information and technology for learning approach has already been applied. We are currently analyzing the PLE of students, how have been enriched, what their preferences, digital skills, etc. to emphasize that it is still not possible to give results for being in this phase.