T-learning in Telecommunication Engineering: The Value of Interactive Digital TV in the European Higher Education Area

The implantation of the European Higher Education Area pursues a profound renewal of the teaching methodologies, emphasizing the role of ICTs to enable possibilities of continuous, lifelong learning. We describe a pioneering project in the application of Interactive Digital TV technologies to higher education, as a means to facilitate the understanding of concepts taught at the Telecommunication Engineering School of the University of Vigo. Preliminary experiences with volunteer students reveal the pedagogical and motivating value of the proposed approach, yielding useful observations for the application of the t-learning paradigm in other areas.