%0 Journal Article %T Incorporation of international virtual teams as a complementary component to the traditional educational model Incorporaci車n de virtual teams internacionales como componente complementario al modelo educativo tradicional %A Carlos Fernando Arbel芍ez %A Antonio Andr谷s Montoya %J AD-minister %D 2012 %I Escuela de Administraci車n Universidad EAFIT %X The model of virtual teams in higher education is being increasingly recognized as a phenomenon of great value to students about learning environments in the real world (Hsieh, Jang, Hwang, & Chen, 2011). Meanwhile, today*s environment requires from educational institutions dedicated to instruction undergraduate and graduate students, a rapid evolution of their models of teaching in order to conform to the same speed with which all fields transform in knowledge. This paper discusses the inclusion of virtual teams in the top-level educational models, meaning that incorporation as an option applies to all educational institutions, and above all, to their learning traditional structures. In this sense, the document includes analysis of relevant academic literature and data collected through interviews, conducted at six higher education faculty, who work in virtual teams schemes globally. El modelo de virtual teams en la educaci車n superior est芍 siendo reconocido cada vez m芍scomo un fen車meno de gran valor que acerca a los estudiantes a ambientes de aprendizajeen el mundo real (Hsieh, Jang, Hwang, & Chen, 2011). Por su parte, el entorno de hoyexige a las instituciones educativas dedicadas a la formaci車n profesional en pregrado y posgrado, una r芍pida evoluci車n de sus modelos de ense anza a fin de ajustarlos a la mismavelocidad con la que se transforman todos los campos relacionados con el conocimiento.Este documento analiza la inclusi車n de virtual teams en los modelos educativos denivel superior, entendiendo dicha incorporaci車n como una opci車n aplicable a todas lasinstituciones educativas, y sobre todo, a sus estructuras tradicionales de aprendizaje.En ese sentido, el documento incluye an芍lisis de publicaciones acad谷micas relevantes ydatos recopilados a trav谷s de entrevistas en profundidad, realizadas a seis profesores deeducaci車n superior, quienes trabajan en esquemas de virtual teams a nivel global. %K Virtual Teams %K Learning %K Electronic learning %K Mobile learning %K Collaboration %K ICT. %U http://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/administer/article/view/1339