Personal Learning Environment design and the professors’ educative training on ICT M. Carmen Llorente Cejudo, Universidad de Sevilla, España – karen@us.es Julio Barroso Osuna, Universidad de Sevilla, España – jbarrkso@us.es Julio Cabero Almenara, Universidad de Sevilla, España – cabero@us.es Abstract: This paper belongs to a PLE research that it’s in the development phase about the PLE design, production and evaluation in order to qualify the university staff for the educative use of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The research present four revised phases focuses around the methodology and work plan: a) PLE design, production and evaluation; b) pilot study; c) virtual environment dissemination; d) development the final report. Due to the fact the research it’s in development phase we don’t still have results about the work but it’s our purpose to obtain different scientific-technical taxes and significant benefits with the project, such as: identify the more significant thematic for the faculty’s training in order to incorporate ICT for teachers’ professional development; creation of a PLE with the aim to develop a environment for the faculty’s training on ICT with the possibility that it can be used in an individual or collaborative way; to know the impact that possess for the faculty training the different tools in a PLE; to be aware about the necessary methodological change that means work and incorporate the PLE in the European Space for Higher Education (ESHE) at university. Before concluding this paper, we would like to present in addition to the development and implementation of the research, the aim to increase our sphere of action by means of the different proposals provide at congress for improvement to complement the project. Session type: Proceedings paper Keywords: Personal learning networks, social constructivism, education, institutional change, social networks 1. Introducción. Aunque el proyecto global comprende varios objetivos de estudio, vamos a centrarnos más específicamente en el que está relacionado con los Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje, y que especialmente se refiere a: el estudio y análisis de las posibilidades que presentan los Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje para la capacitación y formación del profesorado universitario en materia de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC). Las investigaciones desarrolladas, tanto a nivel nacional como internacional, sobre la capacitación del profesorado universitario en el manejo e incorporación de las TIC en los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje, han puesto de manifiesto dos grandes realidades de carácter significativos: la baja o escasa capacitación tecnológica-instrumental por un lado, y por otro, el inferior uso