Assessing the presence of the ‘Personal Learning Environment’ concept across the web domains of Spanish Higher Education institutions: a web mention study

The conceptof‘Personal Learning Environment’ (PLE) has generated considerable levels of attention among researchers and practitioners concerned with technology-mediated education. By introducing students and educators to this concept, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) may enable their communities...

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Autores: Castaño Muñoz, Jonatan, Villar Onrubia, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/146349
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/146349
https://doi.org/10.6018/red.526711
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Personal learning environments
Web mentions
Higher education
Digital education
Entornos personales de aprendizaje
Menciones web
Educación superior
Educación digital
España
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Sumario:The conceptof‘Personal Learning Environment’ (PLE) has generated considerable levels of attention among researchers and practitioners concerned with technology-mediated education. By introducing students and educators to this concept, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) may enable their communities to make better informed decisions on the resources they use in their day-to-day academic practice. Moreover, it may help them develop autonomy as self-regulated learners and enhance their agency in lifelong learning. This article is part of astudy lookingat the presence of that concept acrossthe web domains of universities and other HEIs in Spain, a country that stands out due to the amount of research on PLEs it has produced. The article presents the findings of the first phase of the study and concludes that the concept is relatively well establishedin the SpanishHEarena. Nevertheless,thepresenceof the termisunevenly distributed across the sector, as it is higher among public universities and distance education institutions.