University virtualisation in Latin America

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Claudio Antonio Rama
Dean, Faculty of Business Sciences, University of Enterprise (UDE), Uruguay

This article analyses the process by which higher education in Latin America is being digitalised, and how it is radically changing the educational dynamics in the region. The incorporation of digital technology implies a transformation of traditional distance education and the creation of new distance education dynamics. Indeed, some institutions are now offering fully online programmes, and there is a general increase in the digitalisation of face-to-face teaching. This study analyses the state of the art of the educational changes brought about by educational digitalisation in Latin America, and characterises the various aspects of it. It also describes the slow start in the region of a convergent education between the traditional distance and face-to-face modes. 

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virtualisation, distance education, digital education, Latin America, reengineering

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Rama, Claudio Antonio. “University virtualisation in Latin America”. RUSC, Universities & Knowledge Society, vol.VOL 11, no. 3, pp. 32-41, doi:10.7238/rusc.v11i3.1729.
Author Biography

Claudio Antonio Rama, Dean, Faculty of Business Sciences, University of Enterprise (UDE), Uruguay

He is a higher education researcher, lecturer and consultant. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics (UCV), a master’s degree in Education Management (UJMV), a doctorate in Education (UNESR), a doctorate in Law (UBA), and three postdoctoral qualifications (UNICAMP, UNESR, UFF). He is a member of the Uruguayan National System of Researchers (SNI). He is the dean of the Faculty of Business Sciences, University of Enterprise (UDE), Uruguay. He is the director of the Virtual Educa Observatory of Virtual Education in Latin America. He was the director of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC). In Uruguay, he was the director of the National Book Institute, director of the National Television System and vice-president of the Official Broadcasting and Entertainment Service (SODRE). He has given courses and lectures at more than 170 academic institutions and events in 30 countries, and has been a visiting academic for extended periods at UNAM and BUAP (Mexico) and UPR (Puerto Rico). He has published 21 books of his own, 10 books as a co-editor, 78 articles in books and peer-reviewed journals, and hundreds of articles in various newspapers. He was awarded the Uruguayan National Prize for Literature on two occasions for his academic writing, as well as three doctor honoris causa degrees (UNMSM, ULADECH, UIGV).