El M- learning, un nuevo escenario en la educación superior del Ecuador

Technology, the Internet and telecommunications have been changing the common schemes of solving things by innovative and creative ways; With the booming mobile technology, the new models of smartphones at hand, it becomes a challenge for the teacher to use these devices as allies in the educational process. This research analyzes the application of mobile learning (M-learning) in higher education in Ecuador, specifically in the Multimedia Systems career of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Guayaquil where a non-experimental descriptive study was conducted, with 200 students of the I and II cycle 2017-2018 and 20 teachers to whom a structured questionnaire of 25 questions with 17 items was applied. The results showed that 96.2% of respondents use mobile devices for academic activities, 83% access digital content from their mobile devices during classes; 89% consider the application of M-learning necessary in all subjects; 78% of the teachers in attendance, think, that encourages collaborative learning among students, improving their academic performance by 90%. It was concluded that M-learning has a high level of acceptance among the university community, its use has been able to promote communication and above all create in students the mobile learning culture as a digital alternative to online education, without However, there is a need for constant training for teachers and students on the inclusion of M-learning in the curriculum, as a new learning model in higher education in Ecuador

• Main Author: Lagos, Gladys Gioconda (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: tecnología; aprendizaje; M-learning; telecomunicaciones; dispositivos móviles; technology; learning; M-learning; telecommunications; mobile devices
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33890/innova.v3.n10.1.2018.859; https://repositorio.uide.edu.ec/handle/37000/3379