Finding the basis for this exploration

Ximena Castaño
The Need of this study

We are now in a moment were the technology and the way people learn is changing. The amount of information in Internet is growing with and accelerated rhythm and the new generations are choosing more often on finding sources of learning through the big cloud of information, then, the concern that the information management will be a major challenge in the 21st century is present. How the new students of the new era of information can determine what is useful among all that knowledge? How can they choose what is worthy for them? Which changes do the institutions make to guide students and to complement face-to-face classes with the virtual world? How do teachers and lectures will have to change his role and competences in order to adapt to that change?

Additionally, and more important how the teaching practices will change and adapt to face this transition that it is considered imminent and actually happen. As Downes says.

With the changes that have occurred as a result of increased accessibility to information and a rapidly evolving technological landscape, educators in higher learning institutions have been forced to adapt their teaching approaches without a clear roadmap for attending to students’ various needs. The wide range of approaches and learning paths that are available to redesign curricula cause friction for educators and instructional designers who are required to deliver course materials in accordance with learning outcomes prescribed and mandated by educational institutions.

The students of technical professions can integrate the collaborative use of technology to enhance their learning methods and the effectiveness of acquiring updated topics and information that complement the course material on the curriculum.