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The Use of Digital Portfolio in Higher Education before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Soledad Domene-Martos

    (Department of Teaching and Educational Organization, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain)

  • Margarita Rodríguez-Gallego

    (Department of Teaching and Educational Organization, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain)

  • David Caldevilla-Domínguez

    (Department of Communication Theories and Analysis, Faculty of Information Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Almudena Barrientos-Báez

    (Department of Communication Theories and Analysis, Faculty of Information Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

This study is focused on the advantages and disadvantages of using a digital portfolio to improve the learning and evaluation processes in the initial teacher training of 4th-year students in the University of Seville (Spain). One of the interests of this research was to compare the learning capacities perceived by the students to improve their learning process before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative, descriptive methodology was applied, identifying the most relevant dimensions, categories and codes for the analysis, management and interpretation of the opinions of the students, with a research triangulation (Cohen’s kappa coefficient) and a coding performed using the ATLAS.ti 8.4 software. The results show that the advantages with greater percentage correspond to the following categories: learning, usefulness of OneDrive, autonomy and evaluation. The greatest disadvantages detected were: time, uncertainty, usefulness of OneDrive and autonomy. There are differences in the perceptions of the students, between before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, about the learning capacities developed with the use of digital portfolio, since they consider that they have acquired more significant learning, greater self-regulation of their learning and greater reflection capacity.

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  • Soledad Domene-Martos & Margarita Rodríguez-Gallego & David Caldevilla-Domínguez & Almudena Barrientos-Báez, 2021. "The Use of Digital Portfolio in Higher Education before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-15, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:20:p:10904-:d:658459
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