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The incorporation of computers and data networks as educational tools, have enabled the emergence of new teaching spaces such as virtual environments on the Internet, because of this it is common to find that educational institutions in both the public and private sector, apply new technologies that are supported on the Internet to offer learning and training programs at different levels of education, both for theoretical and practical education.An example of these new virtual spaces in education are the Learning Management Systems (LMS).Learning Management System (LMS), which allow the elimination of time and space barriers bybarriers of time and space by facilitating access to educational resources in a more agile and efficient way. Currently LMS systems, in their evolutionary process are based on information and communication technologies (ICT) such as mobile devices and ubiquitous computing, which gave rise to new educational paradigms such as Mobile Learning (m-Learning) and Ubiquitous Learning (u-Learning) respectively.
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Systems Engineer Universidad Autónoma de Colombia, Specialist in telematics Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Master in Engineering Universidad Autónoma de Occidente.
