El autor hace un repaso del impacto que han tenido las TIC en la educación a distancia y como ese impacto ha convertido la educación a distancia en educación virtual. Finalmente señala algunos retos para la educación virtual en la universidad iberoamericana
There are many established theories and models we could use to explain learning and a few specialised theories about how learning can be enhanced and extended through electronic media. But many are theories that were relevant to education in the last century. Time has moved us on. We need to go further than a mere exploration of established learning theories if we want to gain a better understanding of learning within various e-learning contexts
connectivism
digital natives and immigrants, residents and visitors,
And yet the literature suggests that there are no significant differences between traditional and online forms of learning. e-Pedagogy is not an easy field to understand, but it is on the increase, and we need new theories to help us understand.