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
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“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 con-
cern 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 Mo-
rales Gutiérrez created this system which
is aimed at providing supplementary ac-
ademic support to traditional education
by using remote teaching methods.
This is not traditional e-learning, but a
highly customized system enabling stu-
dents to have an online teacher who is
trained to help, teach and guide in rela-
tion 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 con-
nection and basic computer knowledge
can have access to online lessons, PSU
training, reinforcement, etc.”
“We have prioritized personal educa-
tion, 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 stu-
dents 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, disre-
garding the paradigm that says that any-
thing related to IT is cold and impersonal.
The new technologies may be a commu-
nication bridge and “Docentes On Line”
can prove it.

Their web site is http://www.thinkacademy.cl/

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/

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