Los portales educativos como instrumentos innovadores para la formación en competencias informacionales de los estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

A reflection on the role of educational portals as innovative tools to promote the development of information skills, in both online and face-to-face contexts. Their role is framed inside three broader contexts: the European Higher Education Space, the postulates of the socio-constructivist model of learning in higher education and the impact of the new information and communication technologies in education. Building on the author's experience in the development of three projects -e-COMS, Alfin-EEES y Alfintra 2.0-, their main strengths and weaknesses are analysed and some of the more important trends in course are discussed, which are of especial importance consid-ereing the growing interest in promote long-life learning.