Features and Educational Dimension in Heritage Education apps. Analysis from the OEPE method

Abstract

Mobile devices have become an important element of today’s society. Cultural and educational agents are incorporating them into their offer and the offer of Apps for heritage spaces is increasing. The aim of this paper is to know the state of the issue in the field of the Heritage Education Apps made in Spain. Following the SHEO method, we have first made an identification and inventory of the Apps as far as 2016 to make, afterwards, a descriptive analysis focusing on its educational dimension. The results obtained indicate a certain willingness from public and politic authorities to close this type of product to the user. The existing offer proposes new possibilities to the use of Apps; however, it has not exceeded the traditional view of heritage interpretation, in which the user maintains a passive attitude with no possibility of creating or collaborating.