The academic 'virtual' offer in public universities in Argentina and its territorial expansion: case studies of 'virtual campus'

Abstract

From ends of the decade of 1990 in Argentina the universities begin to incorporate the technologies of the information and the communication not only for the administrative management of their activities, but also to offer educational "virtual" offers. The article describes the current academic "virtual" and investigates the implications that the above mentioned offer has in relation to its scope in the national territory. It is presented the virtual offer generated from the presidencies of the totality of national universities as be of pregrado, degree, posgrado or extension by 2008. There are studied especially the cases of the universities of the Litoral, Nordeste and Tres de Febrero. Likewise, the case of the University of Quilmes is investigated for being the first university that develops virtual formation in the country.