Autonomous learning and digital platforms: use of YouTube tutorials of young people in Ecuador

Abstract

This article shows part of the results of an investigation focused on the possible application of transmedia skills related to YouTube in the formal teaching-learning processes, through a mixed investigation based on participant observation, questionnaires, interviews, workshops and daily media use. The main results are focused on the use of YouTube tutorials as resources for the generation of formal and informal educational knowledge, these include such as the creation and publication of videos in this same portal, offering a summary of possible actions to manage autonomous learning, from the teaching tutorial function. One of the main conclusions is that YouTube tutorials are an effective means to meet school needs outside the school context.