How University Students Use Technologies to Learn: A Survey about PLE in Spain
Date
2019-06-12
Authors
Prendes Espinosa, M. P.
Román García, M.
González Calatayud, V.
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Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
Abstract
Personal Learning Environments –or PLEs as they are widely referred to– have aroused significant
interest amongst researchers in the last five years and they were the specific subject of study
in the project known as CAPPLE. This paper provides a complete overview of the whole project,
whose main aim was to carry out an exploratory analysis of the PLEs of final year Spanish university
students. The study used a descriptive quantitative method which was applied in the form of
a survey. The sample size was 2054, and our main findings show that despite their level of digital
competence when learning university students adhere to a more traditional role. For example,
they prefer paper to write down things or to study rather than the possibilities offered by specific
technological tools. These reasons have enabled us to put forward various institutional recommendations
which will open up interesting lines of future research.
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Personal learning environment, PLE, University, Quantitative research