IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje

The number of mobile phones and tablets has notably been raising in last few years, which allows to extend its potential applications. In the field of education, the possibilities offered by augmented reality are yet to be explored. The experience which is proposed in this paper pretends to implement QR codes in subject teaching belonging to an industrial engineering degree. In particular, changes... View full abstract»

Previous research studies have reported strong evidence that the emotional state of students may have a considerable impact on their learning. In this paper, we present an empirical study that evidences that it is possible to influence the user's affective state in a controlled way, by adapting the system's response. As part of this paper, we have analyzed the affective impact of varying the level... View full abstract»

This paper presents the design and application of personalized formative self-assessment tests, in the framework of adaptive learning in virtual learning environments. The tests were customized taking into account the predominant learning styles in the groups and the knowledge level of the domain item. The experience compares two groups of university students, which belong to different semesters o... View full abstract»

This paper contains an exploratory study on self-regulation by a group of students during a second-year computer programming course (data structures). Self-regulation was measured through the implementation of an instrument that evaluates motivation and learning strategies. From the results of the implementation, the relation between self-regulation and academic performance among the students was ... View full abstract»