Categorical analysis of digital teaching materials in Early Childhood Education

EcoEscuela 2.0 portal in the framework of COVID-19

Abstract

The Canarian educational policies in favour of Educational Technology that are currently in vogue have their origins in the provision of resources, connectivity and training plans since the 1980s. The EcoEscuela 2.0 Portal is an example of an effort to provide a structured repository where diverse digital learning materials associated with the different stages and areas of the education system can be found. This work is part of the research project entitled "Digital Learning Materials in Early Childhood Education. Analysis and proposals for their use at school and at home" (RTI2018-093397-B-100) funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (State Research Agency of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities). In this article we conducted a descriptive analysis of twenty-five DLM, through a content matrix with the following categories of analysis: technological dimension, design dimension, pedagogical dimension, content dimension, and finally, evaluation and monitoring. The results highlight the need to maintain operational and technically available resources, the coherent and appropriate relationship of content and design to the psycho-evolutionary characteristics of the Early Childhood Education stage, as well as the behavioural and repetitive tendency of the activities presented in these DLMs.