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PRACTICAL SKILLS IN DISTANCE STUDIES OF THE COMMUNICATION DEGREE. CASE OF THE UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA

Abstract:

Higher distance education gains acceptance, the academic offers of this type of studies cover several fields thanks to the pedagogical mediation that is carried out through information technologies. The synchronic relationship between teachers and students plus open educational resources emulate to a great extent the conditions of the classroom and even allow simulation tools in real time. However, one of the most discussed elements are the practice spaces because it would seem that they are not designed to form the skills that professionals require in the future. The purpose of the research is to evaluate pre-professional practices in the career of social communication, in the distance mode, of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, in the Republic of Ecuador, to determine strengths and weaknesses in the training of competencies. The research hypothesis is: The virtual tools and the detailed planning of pre …