This research studied the educational context of a Mexican private secondary school to determine the requirements that open learning environments and Learning Objects Repositories must fulfill to contribute to the Mathematics curriculum. A qualitative methodology was used with a case study design. For data recollection, semi-structured interviews were administrated to the students and teachers of a private secondary school to recollect information about their experiences with the virtual repository. The implementation of digital contents repository was initially a pilot project for the subject of Mathematics, and with the results it is expected to provide a wider panorama of the students’ needs and to reach the school’s vision to implement the repository to other subjects. The results show that students feel motivated to learn with interactive digital resources, and they feel safety, tranquility and reassurance because the repository provides a space that contributes to their learning process; meanwhile, teachers showed evidence of their experience to plan, design, implement and monitor the activities of Mathematics.

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This study was carried out in order to improve the understanding and learning of participants enrolled in face-to-face training programs, and to enhance their learning and retention of content through multimedia materials. A qualitative study was conducted to inquire about the perception of the participants and instructors of an Administrative training program. Through observation, interviews and a survey, the data was collected to analyze and interpret; it provided the knowledge to identify five perceived influencing aspects on the acceptance of multimedia in training programs, relating to comprehension, perspective of educational technology, beliefs and requirements of multimedia materials and academic performance. Such diagnosis provides a way to improve the instructional design of training courses; also designing multimedia materials that meet the expectations of future users and create competitive advantage by implementing multimedia materials, these would make a big difference from other courses.