Perception of university students before an audiovisual activity with mobile devices

a case study

Abstract

The present study is based on the interest that the manifestations of the university students of Teaching, future teachers, bring from a qualitative and, to a lesser extent, quantitative aspect, on the use of portable devices, specifically mobile phones with the support of the Facebook social network, in the teaching and learning process. It is an educational experience focused on the creation of audiovisuals using mobile devices. On the one hand, the results support the importance that students attribute to the resource and the motivation generated by the use of these innovative methodologies with ICT. They give value to the need to update technologically for their future teaching, also emanating positive prejudices before the proposed proposal. On the other hand, a percentage of students value the activity negatively, declaring ignorance in relation to it; in turn, negative prejudices arise regarding its possible use in the primary education classroom. At a current moment, in which the Horizon 2019 Report foresees the incorporation of mobility learning or Mobile Learning in higher education classrooms in less than a year, we believe that the considerations of future teachers are especially interesting in light of the evolution and introduction of methodological changes following the use of mobile devices in the classroom.