Enseñanza & Teaching (Dec 2015)
E-learning and Oral and Written Communication. A perspective on the design, implementation and academic impact in the university context
Abstract
This study analyzes the experience developed in the course of Comunicación Oral y Escrita in a virtual system of adult education at the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola in Lima (Perú) through a quasi-experimental pre-test and posttest study. This proposal is a revision of the virtual program in an andragogic environment, the design evaluation according to the position of various researchers, the main features of the products generated by students, the academic impact and the student’s opinion. The result of this analysis shows that there is no significant difference in the development of language skills between physical classrooms and virtual systems; also reveals the possibility of incorporating the development of digital skills in the andragogic environment described above. Finally, these results suggest the possibility of a promising development of virtual education in the Peruvian university context.
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