Docentes On Line

Docentes On Line It was founded in 2007 in Chile. It is a elearning company.

The principal feature is the presence of teachers on line in real time, using internet

The representatives launched Colegio Online: A virtual school with online teachers in real time, using Internet.

(The material below is summarised from http://www.docentesonline.com/noticias/docentes-line-en-libro-made-chile-2010)

CASE N°38. Made in Chile 2010

“Anyone having Internet connection and basic computer knowledge can have access to online lessons, PSU training, reinforcement, etc. “

Docentes Online: "Studying at a click’s distance"

Educational customization

The role played by Internet today in the students’ life is out of question.

The concern is: Is it only used to search contents for any work requested by the teacher?

The experience of “Docentes On Line” leads to answer “no”.

Jessica Fuentes Arévalo and Michel Morales Gutiérrez created this system which is aimed at providing supplementary academic support to traditional education by using remote teaching methods.

This is not traditional e-learning, but a highly customized system enabling students to have an online teacher who is trained to help, teach and guide in relation to a specific content, regardless of the time or place where the student is located.

As the founders of “Docentes On Line“ explained, anyone having Internet connection and basic computer knowledge can have access to online lessons, PSU training, reinforcement, etc.”

“We have prioritized personal education, by creating a method where every student may have a teacher’s feedback.
Traditional education systems fail in this aspect due to the large number of students per teacher.”

Apart from Internet, there are other tools, such as e-mail, web, chat and instant messaging, which take education to the comfort of the student’s desk.
According to the creators of this project, the aim is to maximize the use of IT, disregarding the paradigm that says that anything related to IT is cold and impersonal.
The new technologies may be a communication bridge and “Docentes On Line” can prove it.

Their web site is http://www.docentesonline.com/

References

"Docentes On Line en Libro Made In Chile 2010", Docentes On Line, http://www.docentesonline.com/noticias/docentes-line-en-libro-made-chile-2010

"Made in Chile": Exportando Innovación, Pais Digital, http://paisdigital.org/made-in-chile-exportando-innovacion-2/

"Wikipedia: Educación en el hogar" [1]

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