Redes personales de aprendizaje (RPA) y competencia digital de estudiantes en educación obligatoria

Abstract

The article presented below, intends to initiate a study on the state of the art about the influence that Personal Learning Network have on the development of digital competence among compulsory education students –between 12 and 16 years old-. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have acquired great relevance in the context of the current education causing changes in all aspects of the subject's educational process. In this context, Digital Competence (DC) becomes a key element to face a critical and safe use of ICT in different areas of life. Personal Learning Network (PLN) is one of the ways to develop the DC. To carry out this documentary research has been conducted on the main bases of educational data, analyzing by qualitative analysis software Atlas.ti. The results show us that it´s a small developed field. The educational aspect of the Personal Learning Network in general and its influence on digital competence in particular, is barely addressed by the research. There are some documented experiences of this area, although the number of them is restricted.