DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW EDUCATION PARADIGM. BEYOND ON-LINE TRAINING: NET-WORKED TRAINING

Abstract

In this article we try to analyse what advantages the New Information Technologies –especially Internet and e mail– have meant for the development of distance education. What it has been called e-learning or on-line training.Nevertheless, we think that e-learning does not take full advantage of all possibilities that Internet offers. In this article we want to outline some aspects of on-line training, like how it mimics the classical distance training. This use of New Information Technologies is limited almost only to transfer documentation and contact - keeping via e mail or web. From en.red.ando we propose «networked training» as a new form of distance training, extracting the rich possibilities that New Information Technologies offer. Networked training generates rich content and a very important knowledge base, due to the communication, interactivity and participation among teachers and students. That knowledge base is essential for a high quality training. In en.red.ando we have developed en.medi@, an on-line knowledge management technology that we apply to the process of networked training, and in particular, to the en.red.ando’s Master in Digital Communication and to courses and training seminars that we offer.