Necesidad de unificar criterios de calidad para la mediación pedagógica de cursos en línea de la Universidad Estatal a DistanciaNeed for unification of Pedagogical mediation's quality criteria in online courses at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia. Costa Rica. Necesidad de unificar criterios de calidad para la mediación pedagógica de cursos en línea de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia AbstractIn the last years, higher education has experienced among its strongest tendencies; the incorporation of ICT in educational processes. In response to this interest, in the III University Congress of the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (2006) was adopted as a motion the progressive incorporation of online learning in all curricula; situation that has generated a significant increase in courses that make use of learning management systems. Foregoing, it adds a series of efforts aimed at improving the design and implementation of on-line courses; including the latest which translates the Development Plan 2011-2015.Although the institution requires technological resources to deal with the incursion of the ICT in learning processes, this task requires further focus the interest in the proper planning and structuring the contents of the course; in order that the methodology and the integration of resources should be geared to the achievement of learning objectives. In this regard, it's important to point out, that at the time, in the Universidad Estatal a Distancia there are a significant number of online courses, without unified quality criteria to guide teaching mediation of them. So, the purpose of this writing is raise the need to establish quality criteria which should be considered in the pedagogic mediation of on-line courses in the Universidad Estatal a Distancia-Costa Rica. Necesidad de unificar criterios de calidad para la mediación pedagógica de cursos en línea de la Universidad Estatal a DistanciaNecesidad de unificar criterios de calidad para la mediación pedagógica de cursos en línea de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia

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