Education and virtual learning environments

Abstract

Introduction: The incidence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on the knowledge society has caused important changes, especially in the way of transmitting it and the design of the content, with a great massive and multiplier effect, in such a way that the sense of knowledge has deepened at all social levels, highlighting that the greatest recorded impact has fallen on educational processes, being in school institutions where technology has exerted the greatest influence, as well as in the work of the teacher, coming to form part of traditional teaching processes. Objective: Analyze the impact of the incorporation of virtual learning environments (VLE) to education. Methodology: Through a qualitative methodology based on an extensive bibliographic review, the impact of VLEs on education, the types of technological tools currently available, the many ways of application and the contributions that ICTs have made on educational processes are analyzed. Results: The literature review allows us to deduce that the incorporation of ICT in education through virtual learning environments (VLE) has become a fundamental process that in its conception goes beyond the simple application of technological tools that are part of the educational system, refers to a didactic construction and the way in which significant learning based on technology is built and consolidated, so that in a strictly pedagogical sense we speak of the use of technology in education. Conclusions: Technological tools such as VLEs have increased the level of significance and educational conception by establishing innovative communication models and generating spaces for training, information, debate and reflection, crossing the barriers of traditional educational processes, becoming valuable resources for learning and training of students with elevated levels of personal and professional skills.