摘要:In this article, we discuss how technology-based learning methodologies developed in
primary and secondary education can offer useful approaches to higher education
instruction. For example, young and adult Spanish speakers are often used to participating in
discussions and debates in their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) courses. This paper
highlights how this model can help support a wider collaborative, ubiquitous learning
environment that supports in-class and out-of-class interactions that allow 21st century
second-language learners to work with other peers in building (digital) knowledge and
forming stronger arguments in English. This article emphasizes that mastering
communication skills, cooperation, and collaboration through a combination of learning
technologies are themselves necessary 21st century skills in today’s citizens. These capabilities
can help to establish a continuous lifelong learning orientation when dealing with education
at different stages of life. We will conclude that higher education assessment strategies need
to be transformed in order to appreciate these collaborative, digital and EFL students’
outcomes.