The appearance of issue 9 of DIGITHUM once again renews the individual and institutional desires to create a digital academic and scientific research journal focused on the transformation and evolution of the human and social sciences in contemporary society.
The issue that we are presenting brings together the initial impetus of constant improvement and the efforts to gain in image and functions, and to position the journal in various international reference indexes which will allow us to establish the requirements and the mechanisms that ensure quality. [+]
The virtual environment student
Coordination: Federico Borges (UOC)
A basic view of the figure of the student in virtual teaching and learning environments from the point of view of professionals from diverse backgrounds and actions, who coincide in giving importance to the centrality of the figure of the student as ultimately responsible for their learning.
DIGITHUM recommends reading the following articles, published in previous issues.
- The frustrations of online students, by Federico Borges (issue 7)
- Professional openings and expectations for graduates, by Roger Martínez Sanmartí and Francesc Núñez Mosteo (issue 6)
- The use of the language made by students taking English language as a subject at the UOC, by Mar Gutiérrez-Colon (issue 5)
- Can the Humanities survive distance learning?, by Mary Poovey (issue 3)
The virtual environment student
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