Competence, Didactic Situations and Virtual Environments for Teaching and Learning

摘要

In the last decade, there has been a notable increase in the use of ICT in the development of teaching tools and, consequently, their integration in different disciplinary areas at different educational levels. University has not escaped this reality, and although most modern technological means are far from being available in every classroom - at least in our country- it is increasingly common to have them. Within the arsenal of available technologies, the Virtual Environments for Teaching and Learning (VLEs), or Learning Management Systems (LMS), have enjoyed rapid development and integration in the context above, although often there is no consensus what is "better" because in its assessment are weighted various factors, both institutional and economic. We hold that, beyond those mentioned above, the didactical issue should also be considered, particularly in relation to VLEs offer the opportunity to deepen not only in content but mostly in more general procedures of activities in each discipline, favouring the emergence of different models of learning, competence based.