Depression' More Condition_symptoms Synchronous communication tools and asynchronous virtual campus

1. What is a virtual campus?
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consider a virtual campus that is not only interactive stage where any development of e-learning program but must be mounted on a technology platform that allows the proper development of all services provided, effective use of the tools offered, which can accommodate the number of users using the system.

Therefore, when we talk about Virtual Campus platform we refer to educattaxes to which the student agrees to develop their learning.

common tools available are: e-mail (via webmail), chat rooms, forums, virtual diaries, help desks, video conferencing, among others. 1

2. What is a LMS (Learning Management System)
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& amp; nbsp; A LMS, Learning Management System or Learning Management System, in English, is a computer program implemented on servers for Internet / Intranet addresses the following core activities:

- Management of users of different online courses. Users will typically three types of profiles. The role profile or administrator, the student profile and the profile of a teacher or course tutor.

&; Nbsp; - Administrative management of the courses. At this point include the use of student evaluations to determine the degree of assimilation of course content.

- Management of communication tools, such as forums, email, video conferencing, chat, etc. ..

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2.1 Types of Tools

; Today, we talk about two major areas: business tools, ie, those with a sale price and certain related aftermarket services, and second, they are all free tools and free distribution. Here, we present a selection of tools recovered from Tele-Education Cabinet GATE University of Madrid [7] as well as the work of Antonio Gutiérrez Mayoral [8].

, Table 1: List Trading Platforms

Luvit	http://www.luvit. com /
Learning Space	http://www.lotus.com/
WebCT	http://www.webct.com
Docent / SumTotal	http://www.docent.com
Saba	CHT MLXC http://www.saba.com

; Table 2: List Free Distribution Platform

Source: On a more communicative and that better expresses what can be done with networks in education we can say that there is a network when they are involved a human component that communicates, a technology component (computers, television, telecommunications) and a componentadministrative component (institution or institutions holding services.)

& nbsp; Claroline	http://www.claroline.net/
Moodle	http://moodle.com/
ILXC http://www.spaghettilearning.com/
3) How to define synchronous communications and asynchronous communications?	www.uib.es / eduro / network-intro.html
If we refer to communication networks can talk about the Internet, BITNET, USENET FIDONET or other large networks. But in the end, what really should concern us as educators is the flow and type of information that circulates in these networks. That is, the networks must be as transparent as possible, so that the end user requires no knowledge of the technology (hardware and software) used for communication (or should not, at least) 2	.

synchronous communication (or communicationtion real-time) would help to encourage communication, to simulate such situations face to face, while asynchronous communication (or delayed) offers the opportunity to participate and share information from anywhere and at any time, allowing each participant to work their own pace and take time to read, reflect, write and review before sharing information. Both types of communication are essential in any training system supported by networks.