According to Siemens (2010) “ecologies are environments of shared knowledge, fostering connections and sources of knowledge, giving rise to its circulation. They are free, inarticulate, dynamic, adaptable, confusing and chaotic. "
In the United States of America, for example, 80% of the Universities of more than 4 thousand Higher Education Institutions accredited by the State Department offer online training programs.
On the other hand, South Korea in fifth place and Singapore sixth, standing out as leaders of Pacific Asia ”(Borrero, N. et al, 2008) 2 Of course, in this recent socio-educational reality, new questions arise that claim the reflection of the fact pedagogical in the search for similar positions to guide the formative processes of digital native students and of global society.
Questions like the following (and others) should always be present in academic debates:
- How is the very structure of knowledge and the subject that manages knowledge transformed, when undergoing virtual learning?
- How is the learning ecology of individuals modified in the network society?
- How does digital thinking affect teaching and learning processes?
- What should be the role of the teacher in the new ecology of learning?
- What are the quality standards of education that ICT integrates to fully develop virtual learning?