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AMADOR SOLANO, María Gabriela  y  ESPINOZA-GUZMAN, Julia. Education of teachers in order to create virtual courses for Spanish as a Second language. Comunicación [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.1, pp.42-56. ISSN 1659-3820.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18845/rc.v26i1-17.3322.

Education of teachers in order to create virtual courses for Spanish as a Second language

In order to take advantage of the potential of ITs in education, it is necessary to create proposals of virtual courses which allow a wider variety of educational opportunities in higher education institutions, which is advantageous for universities. Departing from this idea, an investigation project was designed regarding a program to prepare teachers for the creation of virtual courses, specifically for Spanish as a Second Language. The research is qualitative.

The objective is to propose a plan to prepare teachers in the creation of virtual courses for Spanish as a Second Language departing from the pedagogical principles posed by experts.

In order to do so, the following criteria were taken into account: the instructional design based on context and the need for training, the learning strategies and evaluation, the creation of rubrics and the design of teaching materials. The research was carried out by teachers of an undergraduate program of Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language at Costa Rica Institute of technology, who prior to the research had no or very little background on virtual courses. Among the results of the study, each teacher was able to create the design of a potential virtual course, based on the criteria mentioned above.

Palabras clave : teaching of teachers; IT; Spanish as second language; pedagogical criteria; undergraduate program in the teaching of Spanish.

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