MOODLE PLATFORM IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Virtual education also known as e-learning is a form of distance education that is aided primarily Internet and its many tools. Universities twentieth century saw at the e-learning systerr:l , an alternative to start teaching some courses, specia lties, and as time has been moving, now offers. undergraduate (professional careers) and in more recen! years even offer postgraduate education. Since the beginning of vi rtual universities in the late twentieth century, the information and communication technologies have evolved . exponentially, with changes in the models of teaching, learning and educational management. Therefore , !hose models that explained how to work in virtual un iversities in the twentieth century, are currently facing not on ly the incorporation of new technologies but also new educational models such as competency-based model and thus the challenges and adequacy of educational elements such as the roles of teachers now called tutors, the student activities and digital · administration Th is article presents the main res ults of research being done at the National Polyte chnic lnstitute (Mexico) from the early experiences of implementing a Masters online using the Moodle learning platform . We will compa re the proposed models for vi rtua l universities and the reality that is lived in a particular online Master of th is institution . Even though the basic elements of any model of Virtual University includes considering the users, production and design courses, equipment / technology, train ing , among other things, we can mention that despite the decades and technological development, virtual education not only aims to provide online content.