e-learning: perspectiva histórica de um processo em curso

Abstract

This article aims to sketch a diachronic analysis of a centenary process that must not be reduced toits micro-computerized version: the e-learning. If its historical process was started by the emissionssupported by radio-broadcasters, was reinforced during World War II due to the use of educationalfilms applied to the Army training and was affirmed by the mass use of multimedia micro-computersconnected to telematic networks in the late twentieth century, then it is relevant to know the evolutionof the theoretical, technological and pedagogical means used in the e-learning process. This historicalapproach intends also to understand the role played by the the nature, mission and methods of thedistance education and educational technology in the shaping process of the e-learning's educationalrationale