Learning environments rich in technology - architecture and Contributions to the management

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Sérgio André
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Andrade, António Manuel Valente de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/investigacaoeducacional.2012.3384

Higher education institutions have invested in virtual learning environments (Institutional Managed Learning Environments-iMLE), aiming to achieve organizational and pedagogical changes, promoting innovation and competitiveness. The management of these environments, which have associated a complex architecture, is an emerging theme in the literature, particularly in the area of computer management tools. In this paper, based in the case of the Portuguese Catholic University – Porto Regional Centre,  an approximation to the theme is performed: firstly, the architecture of iMLE is described, showing the relationship between the several subsystems that compose it and the centrality of Learning Content Management System (LCMS) is demonstrated; secondly, a practical contribution in managing the iMLE is presented, in particular, the process of conception of a computer tool that allows to manage the integration of the LCMS in the teaching and learning process is described and substantiated. The problematization of the complex architectures of iMLE through a panoramic approach, aggregating several concepts and perspectives, and the proposal of a computer tool for the management of these environments are the main contributions of this work.