Learning Content Development With Social Tools: Learning Generated Content in Engineering

The activities associated with learner generated content are supposed to enhance the learning process, facilitating the construction of knowledge. In this paper, the description of the process of creation of learning content is addressed. A group of students in the first year of an engineering degree collaboratively constructs a blog that covers the real-life applications of the physical concepts that are studied. We identify the characteristics that define meaningful learning during the development of the task and analyze the advantages and problems related to the use of Web 2.0 applications and Internet as learning tools.