Digital ecosystems and their manifestation in learning: Analysis of literature

Abstract

Since the digital media can be considered as objects with identity and life of their own that change depending on how the contents are consumed and distributed, those are conceived as ecosystems with a sense of evolution, death or obsolescence; thus, these means are present in the learning processes, so the purpose of this writing is to contribute to the state of knowledge about digital ecosystems and their manifestation in the learning of individuals, from an analytical standpoint. The method to develop this work was a documentary in its heuristic and hermeneutic phases, the criterion of selection based on scientific articles written mostly in Spanish. The descriptors for the search were: digital ecosystems, learning, and ecosystems as well as a knowledge society. This finding indicates that research in this area is still insufficient, most of the literature found speaks of what those should be, how to constitute themselves or the characteristics of the ecosystems associated with learning, however, lack empirical support, quantitative or qualitative data that prove how far or near the discourse of the reality that is lived after the ubiquity of the ICT and its presence in the formative contexts.