From face to face instruction to digital education. Autobiography of a teaching life

Abstract

This article describes and analyzes the process and teaching evolution experienced by the author over two decades in relation to innovating his practice of university teaching using the Internet. It is based on the narrative methodological approaches of the so-called life stories and, in particular, on the technique of autobiographical research. In this career, five major stages have been identified that have evolved from the first web spaces for face-to-face teaching to the current developments in digital distance education. This autobiography is not elaborated in an intuitive way, but based on different empirical evidences that the author has been consciously collecting during the twenty years of its duration. The article concludes by presenting theoretical reflections on the pedagogy of digital education, the influence of the institutional context and the cultural changes of Millennials students.