Perceptions of University Students regarding the Use of an xMOOC as a Support to the Learning Process of the Informational Dimension

Abstract

The article presents an investigation that sought to determine the perception of undergraduate university students, about an xMOOC entitled “The great discovery – El gran hallazgo”, which was designed with the objective of contributing to the formation of the informational dimension (search, localization and access, identification and use of information) within the framework of a mandatory subject of La Sabana University, 308 students from the 9 faculties participated in this study. Methodologically it was chosen a descriptive scope framed in a non-experimental design, under a quantitative approach. There were also established as categories of analysis: The information management, utility, learning experience and motivation. This study concluded that the xMOOC supported learning, increased understanding in aspects of the information dimension, highlighting the utility of the xMOOC; although it is to mention that there was a low perception towards the motivation of using it.