Between theory and practice: the importance of ICT in Higher Education as a tool for collaborative learning

Duta Nicoleta, Oscar Martínez Rivera

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Abstract

This article emphasizes the importance of using the new technologies to of university education, which is a significant for teacher's possibility in order to implement into teaching practice as the method of proposal for a collaborative work, in some aspects, to develop the skills required. From the point of view of the student, the technologies provide opportunities for motivating learning from many points of view and also collaborative nuances. The use of ICT in university teaching practice is contemplated as a necessity facing the adaptation to the European Higher Education Area. The implementation of the EHEA has involved great challenges in higher education; particularly challenging is a rethinking of teaching methodology, which centers the objective in the process of active learning and of the student continued where technologies have an important role. The paper describes examples of good practice for teachers and the students of the using ICT (twitter, photography, Trello, discussion forums, email, and virtual campus platforms, working with blogs). In particular, we intend to explain our experience in the utilization of new information technologies and communication in university teaching activities as teachers. There is no doubt that the emergence of the technologies in universities has represented a change of paradigm teaching and a major methodology. From all this we will highlight some important issues and we will consider those that facilitator and use of these tools that can be rather inconvenient.
Translated title of the contributionBetween theory and practice: the importance of ICT in Higher Education as a tool for collaborative learning
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1466-1473
Number of pages7
JournalPROCEDIA - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Issue number180
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2015

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