TEC Digital: A case study of an e-learning environment for higher education in Costa Rica

Author

Garita, César ; Chacón-Rivas, Mario

Author_Institution

Comput. Res. Center, Costa Rican Inst. of Technol., Cartago, Costa Rica

fYear

2012

fDate

21-23 June 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

TecDigital is the e-learning project of the Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC). This paper describes the main characteristics of TEC Digital as a successful case study of e-learning integration in higher education in Costa Rica. In particular, the paper describes TEC Digital objectives and organization, development stages, instructor involvement approach, projects and training, institutional impact, and conclusions and future work.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; further education; Costa Rica Institute of Technology; TEC digital development stages; TEC digital institutional impact; TEC digital instructor involvement approach; TEC digital objectives; TEC digital organization; TEC digital projects; TEC digital training; e-learning environment; higher education; Communities; Educational institutions; Electronic learning; Mobile communication; Organizations; Training; Electronic learning; higher education; information technology tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2332-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITHET.2012.6246061

Filename

6246061