E-learning is an alternative education increasingly installed in educational institutions and Argentine companies. The ability to access from any computer and saving time are some advantages.
The development of technology and Web 2.0 has ushered in a new way of acquiring knowledge is more relevant today than ever. E-learning or e-learning has become a tool used in many companies, universities and institutions in Argentina. Gone was the traditional face class with the student facing the blackboard and the teacher imparting knowledge. Now the roles were reversed and it is the student who directs, chooses and even contributes to the design of training based on network capabilities.
Current rates and intense daily activity that people do have less time to attend a class time with preset schedules. The e-learning has become the best option for people who work and want to study in their spare time. It allows users to choose their own schedule and access to lessons from anywhere with a computer and Internet connection. It is therefore saving time and costs by not having to move to a specific site.
addition, the system can learn to discuss in online communities with specific objectives and participants from around the world and to establish specific contacts using real-time digital tools.
"Today we can not talk about training without a virtual component. It is rare to find something totally face. All that frequent Internet have had some educational experience in the network. At the time when the teacher sends us a mail with a file to read and are in contact with this type of education, "says Carlos Emilio Biscay, director e-ABC. The company works since 1998, providing technology and content production as for customers in Argentina and abroad.
The platform used for e-learning is the virtual campus, teaching an online space to facilitate the distance learning experience. In it, students can conduct assessments and practical work, pursue their material and interact with other participants through various tools such as chat, forums and email.
For each student or each subject, depending on the institution, have a tutor who guides the educational community regarding the methodology of online work. It will also be who energize the debate and generate new lines of exchange between participants.
"The student is a customer much more volatile. Institutions can not handle the bandwidth because accessing the service can be good or bad connectivity. Thus the files tend to be in flash and be in HTML, Word or PDF, "said Biscoe.
For companies, the content is available on the intranet. He himself is a self-administered system where the employee is taken to go through a training and only time. In some cases it can be complemented with classroom courses.
Argentina's experience
Just type "courses English online in any form will appear multiple options with different characteristics. But one of the most innovative highlights of Argentina and is quickly on the list. Inglés Media Net is a venture of Jorge Siffredi devoted to training in that language since 1996. Initially the courses were face but the search for new markets led the company to develop its own system of e-learning.
"We found a tool that, through an e-learning platform and the addition of video conferencing enabled us to build a training program that can be followed from anywhere in the world. You just need a computer connected to the Internet with broadband, microphone and speakers. The student sees the teacher, talk to him and up to four pupils, "describes Siffredi.
Inglés Media Net works like a traditional high school English, but online. The student enrolls in the site, and was paid an evaluation and then place it in one of nine levels available. Then you can book your classes on the schedule that suits you. The virtual classroom has an integrated chat, interactive whiteboard and video camera.
Also in the education category, a wide range of Argentine universities to offer extension courses and even entire careers through e-learning. La Universidad Abierta Interamericana (UAI) and the University of Belgrano (UB) is a case in point.
The IAU has the managerial careers of educational institutions and distance given programmer analyst, added to various courses like diploma in human resources, personal trainer and rights of consumers and users. Have developed an online campus for their own students where students have a calendar of events, material in different formats and integration tools such as chat and forums.
"There is a tutor by subject that addresses the various committees of students. We patterned activities since the beginning of the ongoing and completed transmissions Internet where teachers give presentations, "said Gabriel Milanese, director of the Virtual Campus of the university.
For its part, UB university offers two years' duration Agricultural Production, Marketing and International Business and marketing training courses, accounting and journalism, among others. The university management has units in 21 provinces where students who do not have computers can access them from there and do their jobs or participate in the classes.
"In the early years, students had an average age of 30 years, but now account for more young people to whom no them is feasible modality from their work, "said Patricia Gandara, coordinator of students from the School of Distance Learning and Virtual Education of the university.
Links: Inglés
E-Net Media ABC
Source: by Fermin Koop
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