Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions

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Conference Track:  Engineering Education

Keywords:         Engineering, Education, Network, Technology

Contact Title::    Dr.

Contact First Name: Mauricio Leonardo

Contact Last Name:  Aguilar Molina

University:       NETEC-FEng - Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Web:              http://www.netec-feng.ufjf.br/

Position:         Professor

Country:          Brazil

Email:            aguilar@pro.ufjf.br

Fax:              55-32 3229-3401

Abstract Title: 

An experience in Network-Aided Education 

Abstract: 

The present article gives an account of an experience in the use of Information and Communication Technologies as an aid for the implementation of a Network-Aided Education model, an approach to hybrid learning, within a graduate level program in Engineering and Architecture Design, in Federal University of Juiz de Fora - Brazil.

The Network-Aided Education model aims to overcome some of the limitations of traditional Distance Education by recognizing the importance of the instructor's presence during the student's learning process, the student's relationship with the educational institution environment and its infrastructure, and the importance of sharing essential aspects of student life inside a social structure, not reducible to digital format.

Some theoretical concepts that serve as a basis for this model of hybrid education will be discussed along with methodological considerations for the implementation of a course with inherent quality standards.

This way, this article will emphasize that the most important focus for Distance Education continues to be Education itself and not the way in which it is transmitted, shifting thus the focus from distance toward the network concept. Finally, an outline of the virtual environment will be presented to illustrate the implementation of the Network-Aided Education model. 

Mailing Address: 

Núcleo de Estudos e Projetos em Educação Tecnológica

Faculdade de Engenharia - Sala 4263

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Cidade Universitária, Martelos

36036-330 Juiz de Fora – MG - Brasil 

Phone: 

55-32 3229-3407 

Other Authors: 

José A. Aravena Reyes/aravena@pro.ufjf.br/NETEC-FEng-Universidad Federal de Juiz de Fora - Brasil

Mauricio L. Aguilar Molina/aguilar@pro.ufjf.br/NETEC-FEng - Universidad Federal de Juiz de Fora - Brasil (P)

Waldyr Azevedo Junior/waldyr@pro.ufjf.br/NETEC-Feng-Universidad Federal de Juiz de Fora - Brasil

H. Ricardo Acevedo Almonacid/ric@inf.utfsm.cl/Departamento de Informática - Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria - Chile