Proposal of Good Teaching Practices in the Context of a Virtual University

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to propose a set of good teaching practices to be developed in a virtual learning environment in the context of higher education quality. Eighteen good teaching practices were identified, clasified and organized into an essentially instructional process that includes the following phases: (a) didactic planning before the begining of the instructional process; (b) development of educational training, including the sub-phases of start-up activities and teaching develpment; and (c) technical and administrative process of closing the courses. These teaching practices are based on the professional experience of the authors with the application of their own techno-pedagogical model and the results of their evaluations researches conducted in differrent courses developed in their universities, and also on some theories of learning: the socio-cultural constructivism, cognitivism information processing and connectivism. It is concluded that e-Learning is an educational modality that offers great potential for the formation in the context of the information and knowledge society in general, and in the university in particular, on the base of teachers implicated in developing good teaching practices.