Estudiar carreras universitarias en modalidades e- learning y b- learning
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Date
2015-09-07
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Abstract
Introduction. The firs results of a still in progress
research work are introduced in this exposition.
The research problems approached are the
paths students go through in the technological
platform when they are coursing r higher education
programs. Doing research about the place of higher
education and the potential of new information and
communication technologies in university processes
is positive. Objetive. The general objectives of this
research work are describing and analyzing the
characteristics of the paths developed by students
in the technological platform, identifying different
learning ways. Materials and methods. The design
of this research work is a mixed, descriptive and
sequentially executed focus. The data collection
techniques are: surveys, physical or virtual interviews
and tracking to the EPIC/SAM technological
platform. The research work is performed within the
Ilumno- América Latina Network. Results. This time
the first results of the surveys are approached by
focusing on the sociodemographic references of the
population studied, their previous experiences using
IT for learning purposes, the reasons why they chose
online courses, their opinions about their navigation
in the platform and the meanings given to the different
learning levels. Conclusion. The mode of online learning (e -learning) has several positive aspects:
allows students hold their own pace , serves variety
of training demands , provides an educational tour to
persons whose place of residence would not agree
to another form , enriches the proposal with the
combination of multimedia resources broaden the
available time student and expands the educational
spaces that not only reduce the physical classroom .
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Educación superior, Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC), Educación virtual