Perceptions of university students of learning platforms. A case study

Abstract

The development of the Internet has added a new perspective to distance education, getting this teaching model closer to everybody in a universal way. This has contributed to a new view of non-face education, as it has really broken the barriers space and time as regards the non-face teaching. A tool playing a decisive role in this is the Learning Management Systems (LMS). In this paper we present the results obtained in a non-experimental and descriptive research carried out with students from the Faculty of Education at the University of Cordoba (Spain), with the principal aim of determining the view that they have, as users, of the platforms. The main result found has been that the students, while men seem to be in favour of using it in higher education, women, mean while, use more the tools found in them (wikis, forum and chats) than men, in order to interact inside the platform. Regarding the grade studied, the pupils of Pre-primary Education are more in favour of using it versus Primary Education. As an initial conclusion, it is worth highlighting the need that the students claim of greater involvement of teachers with the teaching developed through this format, what is not performed from their points of view.

Keywords

• enseñanza a distancia
• enseñanza superior
• percepciones del alumno
• tecnología de la información y la comunicación.