Marcos Fontela, Nicolás Hellers
Present time and prospects of Latin American e-learning

The present time of the e-learning in Latin America it's uneven and presents big ups and downs. Although the virtual education crosses a period of sustained growth; the lack of clear state politics is a barrier for the incorporation of the technology to the education processes and training. Therefore, the evolution of the sector experiences serious problems. This would be a true lack of strategic vision, since the conditions of geographical dispersion of our region, make that the virtual education be a variable of growth and socialization for the integration of our communities.

Some indexes are encouraging: during last year, the growth of the registrations of virtual students grew 60% in America (Conference 2003 of the Bank of America Securities); according to a recent mensuration made by AXG Tecnonexo and the specialized magazine e-Learning América Latina, 64,79% of the Latin American companies manifested to be implementing or considering to apply the online learning in the processes of upgrade and formation in a next future; in fact, as 90% of the work it is still to be made, each step means a significant advance and the region is impelling the indexes of the rest of the continent.

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