UVICO: CÓRDOBA VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The Industrial Technology Center (Crí) and the research group EATCO of the university of Córdoba with the collaboration of the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the company GARBEN, they have developed the Córdoba Virtual University (UVICO). UVICO is an client-server Java application that seeks to simulate as much the aspect as the services of a real University to serve from support to the current present classes. The pro fessors that want to use it in some course can supplement the present hours of theory and practical with the new computer services based on net that UVICO provides, like they are: virtual sailing, discussion chats, electronic mail, download of notes and complementar,’ materials, mensajería, etc. Its main objective is that the students car,y out complete courses or supplement regular lectures, besides following sessions of tutorships and to communicate with other co-worker of the course.