Assessment of digital tools in Personal Learning Environments in Higher Education students

Abstract

Higher Education institutions have the challenge of including flexible and open methodologies for learning, which allow to take advantage of the educational potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). An example of that is the Personal Learning Environments or PLEs
emerge as a pedagogical approach strongly tied to digital tools. The objective of this article is to finalize the profiles of higher education students in relation to their perception of the digital tools they use for their learning strategies. Thus, this research corresponds to a quantitative descriptive design of transversal cut. A survey-type technique was used to collect the data. The present study was applied with the sample was 376 students. It was found the students who prefers traditional Tools for learn and the student use the digital tool for search information but not to create and share. The higher education institutions need to generate scenarios for the training of students and offer opportunities to build knowledge to take advantage of the use ICT