Educational experiences in Secondary Education during the pandemic Covid-19: An analysis from the perspective of learning ecologies

Abstract

The present world health crisis is having a decisive impact in the educational process of students of all ages and it has highlighted the need to renew and broaden the context in which they learn. This work aims at satisfying these changes by analysing a didactic experience with a group of Secondary students using an educational platform called Google Classroom. This application allows the direct connection of students with a number of ICT resources. We try to explore and reflect on the training possibilities offered by this new tool from the perspective of learning ecologies. The experience was carried out in the subject of Spanish language and Literature with 2nd, 3rd and 4th year ESO students (Spanish Compulsory Secondary Education) during the months of lockdown. A good deal of documentary information, together with the students perceptions, was gathered. The qualitative analysis carried out has allowed the identification of the dynamics implemented in the platform, as well as the implications of the learnings acquired at an academic, professional and personal level. The results show how the new digital contexts enrich the process of teaching and learning of the participants and, at the same time, contribute to fostering the impact in their training. In short, it is concluded that education needs more pedagogical experiences like these to update the training processes of the students and, simultaneously, understand how they learn in the digital era in order to guide them more appropriately.