Combining education scenarios and modalitiesthe contextual dimension of health sciences professors’ learning ecologies

  1. Iris Estévez 1
  2. Alba Souto Seijo 2
  3. Mercedes González Sanmamed 2
  4. Albert Sangrá Morer 3
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

  2. 2 Universidade da Coruña
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    Universidade da Coruña

    La Coruña, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01qckj285

  3. 3 Universitat Oberta de Cataluyna
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Revista:
Culture and Education, Cultura y Educación

ISSN: 1135-6405,  1578-4118

Año de publicación: 2022

Título del ejemplar: Aprendizaje extendido en la sociedad digital: combinación de entornos formales e informales

Volumen: 34

Número: 4

Páginas: 767-799

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1080/11356405.2022.2109266 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Culture and Education, Cultura y Educación

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Professional learning processes occur in many scenarios in which there are a variety of different elements that play key roles. The concept of learning ecologies is particularly useful for understanding how these complex processes happen, although it is still an embryonic line of research whose potential has not been fully explored. The objective of this study was to identify the elements of the contextual dimension of learning ecologies. This qualitative research was performed via a case study. Five professors of the health sciences field at the University of A Coruña constitute the case. Data were collected via in-depth interviews and analysed using Atlas.ti software. The results showed that there were three key elements in the contextual dimension: Activities, Interactions and Resources. Being aware of the components that make up their own ecology will help professors maintain and enhance it and, therefore, help them achieve their learning objectives.

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