schools on internet

Spanish business schools for years have been emphasizing in international academic rankings but also are taking over the Net According to a study from CSIC, three centers of our country have been placed this year among the ten most visible in the world.

We are accustomed to the IESE, ESADE Business School and repeated year after year in the header position classifications that measure academic excellence of its MBA programs. Each year there are new rankings of Anglo-Saxon literature, and even Latin America that place year after year among the top business schools in the world. Even some other management centers made in Spain, as EADA, ESIC and ESCP_Europe been placed in some of these prestigious lists. To make matters worse, the Higher Council for Scientific Research of Spain (CSIC) has spent two years developing a global comparative positioning of these centers for training in Internet and Spanish institutions to take notes become bright. In 2009, three have been placed among the top ten business schools portals around the world with greater visibility on the Web

IE Business School has placed its web in the latest biannual report of CSIC as the seventh best positioned in the world. The ranking is led by Isidro Aguillo, is divided into four sections: size, visibility, file and scholar. The Business School is also located among the ten best in the world perhaps the most representative category positioning on the visibility, which measures the number of references to the school website on other pages, ie external links non-payment, also repeated successes IE Business School in the size category, or whatever it is, the number of pages recovered from the four other largest Network: Google, Yahoo, Live Search and Exalead.

"It is virtually a referendum highlights Aguillo Isidro, the coordinator of the CSIC-rating in a survey because it polls to use tens or hundreds of people. But in this classification are measured, for example, external links to other web pages make schools that are hundreds of thousands. So their results are very representative. " Although not measured only the number of links, but also the quality of the website that does this reference, its popularity, its age.
IESE is also situated in January from 20 top-ranked portals and July has remained in 24th place and Esade also appears among the 40 best in the world.

But in the classification of the CSIC have managed to position, in addition, some schools more modest than its idiosyncrasies rarely have the opportunity to excel in traditional academic comparative Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Forbes, Business Week and American Economy .

Pleasant surprises
The portal of the Center for Financial Studies (CEF) appeared in January this year as the business school website with better visibility of the world, ahead of the most mythical of the United States, including Harvard, Stanford or MIT, in the Update last July a leading retained sixth place, behind only three North American centers, one Dutch and one Polish.

In the same vein, the European Business School is one of the centers are not common in international academic rankings, he has done a successful job on the Web The institution, born in Madrid and Salamanca, and then opened up new campus in Oviedo , Valladolid, Murcia and Bolivia, was in the first classification of the CSIC of this year as the tenth site with better visibility in the world.

The CSIC is proposed in this paper enhance the quality content produced in Spain are accessible on the Web "Our goal is to have content specifically Spanish and Spanish on the Internet, because these institutions offer a reliable and a mark of prestige and quality. The list encourages those who have not worked yet this area because they perceive that losing position against its competitors. This is a gun put them in the chest, pull out their shameful to improve, "says Aguillo.

Strategic
The list of Spanish research center is not intended as a comparative measure academic quality of training provided by different business schools. But what seems clear, and agree that the heads of business schools themselves, is that today it is essential to have good positioning on the Internet, which helps attract more and better students and more diverse places. It may be a first point of contact to attract teachers, business partners, future employees and other academic institutions that are importing the successful Spanish model. "If you have a good web political candidates can be questioned whether the school is as good as it looks, why not watch your online presence. This should be one aspect of their strategy, not something specifically different, but together with other school policies, "says the author of the report.

The latest and most innovative 'ranking'
El Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) develops a world ranking of universities, research centers, hospitals and business schools with better positioning on the Internet. The latter list, the top training centers, has been updated four times over two years and will be published biannually. The methodology of work, which was renewed this year, measured, evaluated and scored four issues: size, visibility, file and 'scholar'. The first two are most important for positioning in the network size is the number of pages indexed by search engines, the second the number of references to other web portals making each (hyperlinks or 'links' interests).

Virtual Education

Virtual education: Is it possible?

Are common questions such as virtual education is possible?, Can learn a science, art or craft by internet, is it true the title?

All these questions have something in common: their answer is clearly yes. But why?

Define education. According to the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia is "the process by which multi-transmit knowledge, values, customs and ways of acting."

In making this definition we find that the transmission of knowledge, values, customs, and ways of acting can be transmitted in a manner both classroom and virtual. Surely, then from this point of view, education can not only be one way.

Consider now the actors. In the classroom education is relying primarily on three parties: the teacher transmitting knowledge, the student who receives it and the transmission medium. These, too, are present in virtual education, but this is where the main differences begin to emerge is that in virtual environments can not speak of the traditional teacher and student.

In virtual education, the teacher's role should be reconsidered. The Northern Catholic University Foundation, the first virtual educational institution in Colombia, defines a teacher as a facilitator, as a companion of the process of the student, who in turn must transform the way they learn to become a research-oriented be and self-taught, who is accompanied by his guide (Facilitator) on the subject under study.

Similarly, differences in the means by which the student receives knowledge. Education classroom, the teacher interacts with students in vivo, by explaining a particular topic and then continuing with a series of questions to demonstrate understanding of a subject. Da instantly share very few students, while the virtuality is given the explanation but left the approaches to a longer time period, allowing the student to think much more about themselves and better prepare its response.

This gives the possibility to involve all students in a time period determinado.Es clear, then, that differences exist, but so is that both the face and virtual education are valid means for acquiring knowledge.

Pros Cons of Online Education

The Internet has provided an incredible opportunity for education easy through online programs, but not a real alternative to the traditional academic environment.

There is growing interest in the field of online education, as it has some obvious advantages, but also has some serious disadvantages, which are usually ignored. In fact, online education is an opportunity for some people who have some limitations, but generally can not replace traditional education, in all circumstances.

The advantages of online education 
Flexibility: The first interesting feature of online education is its flexibility. "And very ideal for workers who have limited time for study, and you can easily manage your program.

Cost: With the cost of education is an important issue for most students. Thus, low-cost training online is a great advantage over traditional training.  ( Debate on Universities act )

Accessibility: online training is, in fact, a part of globalization, and offers educational opportunities without geographic boundaries and distance. This represents a real opportunity for everyone to participate in online classes from anywhere in the world. This is a golden opportunity for students from developing countries wishing to study in universities in developed countries.

The disadvantages of online education
Cost: Yes, even if the cost is considered as an advantage to online training, is also a disadvantage for the following reasons:

Most students get a classical education system support the various funds from different sources (eg, scholarships, university, government, etc), but there are only a few sources of online students.
A significant portion of the costs of education are related to the classical student life (housing, for example) and online students can pay some extra charges (which are not part of the study or daily life), and high-speed Internet speed, software, postage, etc.

Campus Life: Another objective of higher education is to live in an academic environment, and this helps students to experience new life in polite society (and education dedicated to the study.) In fact, students do not participate in technique classes, but also actively participate in social activities in the community. Even from the technical point of view of education, informal discussions outside the classroom contribute significantly to improving their ability to solve problems. ( Online Education Guide )

Social Issues: By online education, people need to spend much time on the computer and have less to do with the company (not only academic society, but also the public company).

Controversial issues in an online degree
There are also some controversial opinions about online education. For example, accreditation of academic online degree is an important issue in the subject, and indeed the main obstacle to the development of online education. Contrary to common belief that accreditation is an ongoing problem related to the nature of online education, many problems are due to the fact that online universities are very young. Several older universities have launched the Online Campus can offer according to their accreditation as traditional degrees.

On the other hand, the implementation of an online campus is not difficult and expensive: therefore, many online universities without qualified education systems were established in recent years. In addition, some of them, this is a type of business to make money and not for purposes of education. The existence of examples of this type had a bad reputation in the public sector (as some employers do not accept online degrees.)

The main objective of this paper is to stress that online education is not to replace the classical education, in all circumstances, as traditional universities have some essential services that can not fail in the areas of education. Moreover, some serious limitations of online learning, can not be used for all disciplines.

Ideally, online education is an opportunity for those who need that service, especially to get a degree. If someone wants to learn a discipline or to enjoy all aspects of education, there is an appropriate way. When someone is working, do not have enough time to attend traditional classes, and the need for a degree with a general knowledge of the regulation, then online education can be a perfect solution.

Debate on the Universities Act

At its first ordinary session of the year, the 98 members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, 65 of the Bureau of Democratic Unity and 2 of the Homeland for All now live in Parliament agreed on something.

All legislators agreed yesterday to lift the sanction of the Law on Higher Education (LEU), the same that was approved by the National Assembly early last Dec. 23 and subsequently was vetoed by the president, Hugo Chavez.

Before taking this decision unanimously, the secretary of the AN, Ivan Zerpa, read the statement sent by Chavez which objected to the rule. There, the President stated that, as drafted, the LEU is inapplicable "and emphasized that the development of this legal tool requires" more consultation and popular participation. "

Heard the opinion of the Head of State, Deputy Hector Navarro (PSUV-Miranda) began the debate by ensuring that the presidential veto of the LEU shows that the AN is independent of the National Executive.

Highlighting the abuses suffered by the universities in the past, Navarro stressed that now more than 2 million Venezuelans in higher education.

For the opposition, Leomagno Flores (AD-Tachira) held the failure to enact the text. "This law was unconstitutional, sought to wrest autonomy," complained Flores, who pleaded for "a university open to all currents of thought." The representative of the MUD announced that support the bill sponsored by Assembly University of Education, which is backed by over 40 thousand signatures.

Luis Acuna (PSUV-Sucre) closed the discussion stating what are the points that Chavez is not ready to review. "We will not waver in admission to universities without restrictions and the possibility that the entire university community is entitled to elect the authorities," he said Acuna, who added: "We want people to participate in the formation of his talent human. " That said, it is again opened the debate.

Online Education Guide

Online Education means the education in which scholars, teachers and students participate remotely via computer networks, making intensive use of facilities that provide Internet and information and communication technologies, thereby achieving highly interactive learning environment, anytime and from anywhere.

Interactive distance education is based on the concept of e-learning, which is defined as: "a delivery system for distance learning, supported by the Information and Communication Technologies (technologies, telecommunication networks, videoconferencing, digital TV, materials multimedia), which combines various teaching materials, classical training (classroom or self-study), practices, contacts (real-time, videoconferencing or chat) and delayed contacts (guardians, discussion forums, email) "

What do we mean by educational virtual space?
 Virtual Education Space is an environment that does not physically exist, it is a heritage site also facilitate the sharing of information, related to a particular area of knowledge, allows remote interaction between users interconnected via a computer network.

    It is a meeting place that allows students (learners) and teachers (facilitators) to interact with the aim of achieving a common instructional goal without the constraints of space or time.

    It is a system where you perform the activities involved in the teaching-learning process.
  

    An educational virtual space can be used

    As Information Distribution System In this case the virtual space is used as a complement to the classroom to enrich them with different information materials (notes, pictures, articles, papers), which can be accessed by students anywhere, allowing you to have to update them.

    As System Training in this case the medium or virtual environment takes the central role of teaching-learning process as it is in itself where it concentrates and develops the whole process.


      Program design and development of interactive distance learning in the ULA:

    The design and development of the courses offered in the form of interactive distance learning in the ULA, are modeled Montilva, Barrios and Sandia (2002). This model is based on Software Engineering and Object Oriented model of Instructional Systems Design (ISD).
    This model considers that any training course based on virtual spaces should consider the following aspects:

    a. - Appearance Teaching:
    The space is understood as an instructional medium, which allows the process is done teaching and learning. You must set educational standards to follow that will determine the strategies and activities to be implemented through instructional Web site.

    The space also must be understood as a communication medium that supports different types and modes of interaction.

    b. - Technological Aspect:
    From this aspect, the space is understood as a collection of interconnected Web pages stored on a server, which can be accessed from any computer connected to the Internet.

    c. - Functional aspects:
    This issue focuses on the operability and functionality of virtual education. The site should allow a number of tasks of the course developers, facilitators, and students.

    d. - Structural appearance:
    This issue focuses on the major components of virtual space educational, instructional Web site. It consists of:

        1.- The platform or operating tools of the course.
        2.- The plan of the course (study guide) by which the student is guided along the field and get detailed instructions on the contents to be studied, the activities undertaken with their respective resources, and self-assessments need perform to accomplish its initial goal of learning.
        3.- A series of interactive tools.

      Features of the online training

    Interactive the student takes an active role in relation to the pace and level of work. Interact with content, the facilitator, and other users.
    Multimedia Incorporates text, still images, animations, sound.
    Open Allows updating content and activities permanently.
    Accessible There are no geographical limitations. Potential uses of the Internet.
    Synchronous and Asynchronous, Allows students to participate in tasks or activities at the same time wherever they are, real time (synchronous) or at the particular time of each (asynchronous).
    Online Resources (on-line)Allows access to any number and variety of resources and teaching materials on the net.
    Distributed Allows the use of resources scattered in different Internet servers, have instructors, tutors located in another geographic region.
    Collaborative, Collaboration and teamwork is part of the training techniques. Horizontal communication among students.
    Student tracking The training plan based on tasks that students must make and forward in time and manner prescribed.

   
      Characteristics of online students

      1 .- Highly motivated
      2 .- With great organizational skills and time management
      3 .- Willing to work and independent study
      4 .- With the possibility of dedication to the study than in a traditional classroom course
      5 .- basic domain tools using information and communication technologies (email, forums, chat, web browsing and search, etc.)