The influence of using parts of personal learning environment on student performance and learning motivation

Abstract

The article discusses the possibilities of creating and developing a personal educational environment (PLE) as a tool that allows students to improve their academic performance in universities. The study aims are to identify the links between the use of PLE parts and student performance indicators. Methods of mathematical statistics were used to investigate the results of a survey of 348 students about the use of information resources in the educational process. The analysis of the use of individual elements of the PLE for training and communication of students with each other and with teachers was held. Students using a personal learning environment mostly have a higher average mark, pass intermediate grades more successfully, and less often resort to retakes. The positive impact of using social networks and personal accounts for communication with teachers on performance indicators was revealed. One of the results of the study is the confirmation of the possibility of using PLE in an educational institution as a unified system that helps students in learning and improves average performance, due to the fact that a balanced set of elements of PLE involves in the work both successful and lagging students.