TUTORS IN DISTANCE EDUCATION. FROM ACADEMIA TO THE PERSONAL SPHERE

Abstract

Distance education in recen! decades has grown exponentially, by reason of the great advantages of modifying the time-space paradigm . We observe that various universities , while not totally virtual. offer courses , specialties or degrees in virtual mode. From experience in these types of courses are •vide differences in students regarding the appropriation of knowledge and although you would think in the first instance at the student's abil ities on the generation of their self-learning. the truth is that increasingly there is a need of a tutor 1 teacher with higher skills. Clearly, !he student does not build knowledge alone, but through interaction with others both in !he educational virtual or in site modality and ata particular cultural context.