Application of a mobile personal learning environment to a computer science subject

The Internet, the 2.0 trends and the mobile technologies are changing the tools that lot of people use in their daily life. Teaching and learning process are also affected. These technologies emphasize the fact that learning is not always linked to an institution or a period of time. However institutional learning systems do not support this concept and this makes necessary the definition of Personal Learning Environments. These new learning environments do not to replace the traditional ones so the coexistence is necessary. This paper describes the experience of the application of one of those personal environments implemented for mobile devices that is able to exchange information with the institutional systems. From this experience it is possible to say the definition of mobile Personal Learning Environments is possible, it increases learners´ motivation and enriches their learning; and at the same time it is possible to take into account what the learners do beyond the institution.