AMONG JUMPING AND FALLS: TEN YEARS OF TEACHING DISTANCE PSYCHOLOGY IN MEXICO.

This paper aims to present a brief historical account of one of the most important distance education systems in Mexico: The Open University System and Distance Education (SUAED) of the UNAM, in the psychology career; Being one of the first educational programs based entirely on e-learning systems t...

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Autor: Moreno-Almazán, Omar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Digital Internacional de Psicología y Ciencia Social
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.172.17.0.1:article/166
Acceso en línea:https://cuved.unam.mx/revistas/index.php/rdpcs/article/view/166
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:distance education
teaching psychology
history
higher education
educación a distancia
enseñanza de la psicología
historia
educación superior
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Sumario:This paper aims to present a brief historical account of one of the most important distance education systems in Mexico: The Open University System and Distance Education (SUAED) of the UNAM, in the psychology career; Being one of the first educational programs based entirely on e-learning systems throughout the country. Currently, SUAED Psychology is one of the largest university degrees in the country, with a lawsuit contesting the top three at a national level and an enrollment of more than 2,800 students. This paper attempts to expose some of the main administrative, technological and academic situations that have represented advances and delays that, when exposed, can be useful to other educational systems in their development and learn from experience, the most important university in the country and one of the most important in Latin America.