Los nuevos entornos virtuales de aprendizaje permanente (MOOC) y sus posibilidades educativas en ámbitos sociales y educativos

Abstract

This article presents a diachronic study in which university students' conceptions about the strengths and weaknesses of MOOC courses in socio-educational scenarios are analyzed. The sample is constituted by 251 students from Pablo de Olavide University belonging to the Degree in Social Education during the academic year 2014-2017, and Double Degree in Social Work and Social Education, during the academic courses 2015/16 and 2016/17. Through a descriptive and qualitative methodology, the most remarkable results in relation to strengths were proposed: Free, help for the training of the disadvantaged people, flexible time, the existence of collaboration networks to share ideas and educational experiences and university contents. Nevertheless, the main weaknesses will be an adequate follow-up is needed, most of them present expository, standard and general materials not adapted to the particular interests of the user, which has an impact on high dropout rates. Key words: Educational innovation, Education, Lifelong education. the gender differences detected between boys and girls selfies, also treating the rituality of the "take a selfie" process and sociocultural references detected which point to an specific idea of sexuality.