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Mobile personal learning environments: conceptualization and structure

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Patricio Ricardo Humanante-Ramos,

Francisco José García-Peñalvo,

Miguel Ángel Conde-GonzálezAuthors Info & Claims

TEEM '15: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality

Pages 117 - 123

https://doi.org/10.1145/2808580.2808599

Published: 07 October 2015 Publication History

Abstract

The popularization and massive use of Web 2.0 tools by students changes the how their academic activities are carried out and therefore also influence the way in which students learn. This has led to many researchers and scholars to study the Personal Learning Environments. On the other hand, most of people have a mobile electronic device (smartphones and tablets) and its use in education evidence some positive results. These two technological trends in our educational contexts allow us to study what is known as Mobile Personal Learning Environments (mPLE). This article conceptualizes the mPLE concept and proposes a structure for further design and implementation in higher education through the use of Web 2.0 tools.

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Rojas-López AGarcía-Peñalvo F(2019)Personalized Education for a Programming Course in Higher EducationInnovative Trends in Flipped Teaching and Adaptive Learning10.4018/978-1-5225-8142-0.ch010(203-227)Online publication date: 2019
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8142-0.ch010
Humanante-Ramos PGarcia-Penalvo FConde-Gonzalez M(2016)PLEs in Mobile Contexts: New Ways to Personalize LearningIEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje10.1109/RITA.2016.261912111:4(220-226)Online publication date: Nov-2016
https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2016.2619121

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