An approach to the state of the art in virtual education learning processes

This paper approaches the corpus of research on learning processes in virtual education by examining electronic and printed media in our country and abroad. This has been done in the last 10 years due to the growing interest in these issues among the academic community.

Scientific production, to which system analysts have done relevant contributions, appears initially organized from the sources (articles, thesis,investigation projects, conference reports). In turn, from each source, the various points of view are classified in the following categories: pedagogy, didactics, quality of the virtual, and ethical education and values.

These categories arise from the same analysis. Finally an approach to current trends within various for countries is presented to address the interest in investigating the Distance Education system. Findings within every group introduce significant elements pointing out to the transformation of teacher and student roles in the education sector. It shows the relevancy and quality these academic programs offer in all educational levels, reviewing prejudices about this matter of virtual education.

The research is of the descriptive type and the method of investigating the documentary analysis was used. The selection of printed and online documents resulted from a sampling that suited the researchers’ purpose under the criteria of the relevancy of knowledge regarding the topic. Key words: Education, virtuality, pedagogy, didactics, autonomy