Ubiquitous Environments for Problem-Based Learning - A Bibliographic Review.

This research presents a full paper in which we identify and systematize the new forms of access to information and communication experienced by contemporary society and their potentialities in the development of teaching environments. The called u-PBL corresponds to PBL combined with the use of ubiquitous environments for teachers, learning tools for learning activities and collaborative learning environments for students, ensuring meaningful learning. Studying the main works that report the use of u-PBL, benefits were found for the teaching-learning process. The methodology was a bibliographical review of the articles published between 2010 and 2018, in the bases Google Scholar and ScienceDirect. As a result of this analysis, emerged (i) environments adapted to different user profiles; (ii) different pedagogical activities in u-PBL; (iii) different methodologies of educational activities addressed when using u-PBL; and (iv) different technological languages implementing the environments used. It was concluded that u-PBL could be applied as a teaching-learning aid tool, acting directly and/or indirectly in areas such as Health, Computing, Environment, etc. Also, the need for studies that report the development of u-PBL interfaces that allow constant immersion of the student into the teaching-learning environment.