Innovation using virtual environments for teaching and learning

This paper analyses the use of virtual environments for teaching and learning to innovate on education, investigation and management. U niversity is benefiting fron the use of the virtual environments, a general strategy is proposed for the design and development of effective practices, and we are l...

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Main Authors: David Carabantes Alarcón, Amparo Carrasco Pradas, Joaquim Daniel Alves Pais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación Superior y a Distancia (AIESAD) 2005-06-01
Series:RIED: Revista Iberoamericana de Educación a Distancia
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Online Access:http://revistas.uned.es/index.php/ried/article/view/1059
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Summary:This paper analyses the use of virtual environments for teaching and learning to innovate on education, investigation and management. U niversity is benefiting fron the use of the virtual environments, a general strategy is proposed for the design and development of effective practices, and we are living an important change in the roles and the relation between of professor and student. The School of Business Studies and the School of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), have made different proposals that show the advantages of the implantation of virtual spaces on higher education to achieve the autonomy and independence of the student on his own learning process.
ISSN:1138-2783
1390-3306