Technological environments in co-designing personalized learning paths in higher education

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https://doi.org/10.21556/edutec.2020.74.1843

Keywords:

Virtual learning environments, co-design, learning pathways, technology, agency

Abstract

Methodological tendencies in higher education, based on flexibility and active participation of students, require new technological configurations that facilitate their implementation.

This article presents a study aimed at analysing the tools and functions associated with co-design processes, focused on the construction of personalised learning itineraries in virtual environments in the university context.

Following a Design-Based Research methodology, the study has been carried out in six educational technology courses in Bachelor's Degrees in Primary Education, Early Childhood Education and Pedagogy of the University of the Balearic Islands.

As a result, a functional classification of tools used by teachers was generated. This classification allowed to propose a set-up for a technological environment to support processes of learning co-design of learning pathways that promote self-regulation and student agency. 

Any proposal of technological configuration must be in line with the pedagogical design, institutional, logistic or personal decisions.

Funding

FEDER

Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad

Agencia Estatal de Investigación

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Author Biographies

Bárbara de-Benito, University of the Balearic Islands (Spain)

Professor employed in the Applied Pedagogy and Educational Psychology department at the UIB, teaching subjects in the field of Education Technology on the pedagogy degree course.

Founder member and advisor to the spin-off Zairja. Soluciones en Formación y Gestión del Conocimiento S.L. (Training and Knowledge Management Solutions)

Member of the Education Technology Group (ETG), since its creation in 1992 to date, taking part in various research projects, some of which were R+D, into materials' design and analysis, design, implementation and assessment of virtual teaching environments.

Member of EDUTEC (Association for the development of education technology).

Member of Congress Scientific Committees associated with Education Technology, e-learning, distance learning, etc (eg, EDUTEC, IADIS).

Juan Moreno-García, University of the Balearic Islands (Spain)

 

 

Associate professor of the Department of Applied Pedagogy and Educational Psychology at the  University of the Balearic Islands (UIB).

PhD student in Educational Technology: Virtual Learning and Knowledge Management, researching on the development of virtual research communities

Member of the Research Group on Childhood, Technology, Education and Diversity (GITED) of the UIB in the field of Educational Technology (GTE).

Sofía Villatoro Moral, University of the Balearic Islands (Spain)

Associate professor of the Department of Applied Pedagogy and Educational Psychology at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB).

PhD student in Educational Technology.

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Published

21-12-2020

How to Cite

de-Benito, B., Moreno-García, J., & Villatoro Moral, S. . (2020). Technological environments in co-designing personalized learning paths in higher education. Edutec, Revista Electrónica De Tecnología Educativa, (74), 73–93. https://doi.org/10.21556/edutec.2020.74.1843

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Special Issue: Co-Design of Technology-enhanced Learning Experiences