Construction of virtual classrooms: Impact on the process of teachers' formation
Keywords:
teacher education, distance education, ICT, virtual classroomAbstract
The present study is based on the analysis and the evaluation of the teachers' formation for the construction of virtual classrooms during the development of the Expert Program in e- learning of the Foundation for the Technological Update of Latin America (FATLA). This experience was achieved thanks to the concern of the Department of Distance Education, Pedagogic Experimental University Liberator (UPEL), and Institute Pedagogic Barquisimeto. Guided by a selected group of university professors, its importance takes root in the ongoing consolidation inside the institution of a new and important modality: Distance Education. Among the most important aspects of the Program we should point out the strengthening of traditional learning modalities through the incorporation of learning strategies centered on Technologies of Information and Communication (ICT). This evaluation is based on an investigation field, and a qualitative study of cases. The techniques applied on this study were the observation and the interview of the participants of the Program. The results allowed the production of a synthesis of the process of development and application of the knowledge, which generated the incorporation of fifteen new classrooms to the Virtual Lounge of the UPEL. Nowadays, a new edition of the Program is being developed and thanks to the successful results, an agreement was signed between FATLA and UPEL to make it a postgrade, due to the deep impact it has had on the process of curriculum´s transformation of this University.References
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