Virtual Placements Management Process Supported by Technology: Proposal and First Results of the Semester of Code

• Francisco José García-Peñalvo ^[1] ; Juan Cruz-Benito ^[1] ; David Griffiths ^[2] ; Achilleas Achilleos
  1. [1] Universidad de Salamanca

     Universidad de Salamanca

     Salamanca, España

     
  2. [2] University of Bolton

     University of Bolton

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías del Aprendizaje: IEEE-RITA, ISSN 1932-8540, Vol. 11, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 47-54
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1109/rita.2016.2518461
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• Resumen

  • This paper explains the Virtual Alliances for Learning Society European Project technological approach to support a virtual placements management process. Also, this paper shows the first results of the practical part of the project, the Semester of Code, explaining the detected problems, the issues, the challenges, and some actions to improve the development of these kinds of virtual placements programs. In order to allow the readers to better comprehend the approach and its results, this paper also describes three of the main virtual placements programs around the world, regarding both their organization and technological approach.

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