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Identifying pedagogical, technological and organizational barriers in virtual learning environments

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Virtual learning environments are online spaces where learners interact with other learners, teachers, resources and the environment in itself. Although technology is meant to enhance the learning process, there are important issues regarding pedagogical and organizational aspects that must be addressed. In this paper we review the barriers detected in a virtual university which exclusively uses Internet as the main channel of communication, with no face-to-face requirements except those related to final evaluation.

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        Assets '08: Proceedings of the 10th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
        October 2008
        332 pages
        ISBN:9781595939760
        DOI:10.1145/1414471
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        1. accessibility
        2. e-learning
        3. personalization
        4. usability
        5. virtual learning environments

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