Network Society And Formation Of Virtual Communities: New Perspectives For Inclusive, Collaborative And Non-Violent Learning

Abstract

The progressive use of the internet gave rise to a new social organization, a network society that transformed the paradigms of social groups and gave rise to virtual communities. This work presents virtual learning communities as a possibility for building inclusive, critical, creative and non-violent knowledge in education. The concept of transactional distance is also presented and how technologies have influenced these communities and their implications for the democratization of knowledge information. In a transversal view, the possibility of using contemporary technologies as one of the drivers of virtual communities, more inclusive and less violent based on cooperation and empathy, is presented.