Virtual university education: a reflection on cultivation of the virtues

Abstract

Higher Education is not stranger to the changes produced on contemporary societies by information and communication technologies, because its dimensions of research and teaching have seen modified some of its essential practices. However, if such dimensions aspire to become renovator and not to injure the ultimate sense of the university, they could not undermine the aim of development of the person as person. In this article, we propose a theoretical reflection that considers several key aspects related to the conditions of fostering virtues on virtual higher education: the appropriate conception of autonomy of university students as members of an academic community, the relationships with peers and professors on virtual learning environments, the specificity of academic content, and the formal and relational criteria that support the aesthetic workmanship of higher education.
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Author Biographies

Francisco Esteban

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Universidad de Barcelona
Universidad de Barcelona. Facultad de Pedagogía. Departamento de Teoría e Historia de la Educación. Pg. de la Vall d’Hebron, 171, Edifici de Llevant, 3.ª planta. 08035 Barcelona, España

Juan Luis Fuentes

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Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja. Facultad de Educación. Gran Vía del Rey Juan Carlos I, 41. 26002, Logroño, La Rioja, España.
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