Description
Communication Technologies are used in Higher Education Institutions worldwide, producing changes
in the design of teaching and learning practices, giving rise to learning paradigms such as e-learning,
b-learning, m-learning and cloud learning. Research embraces different perspectives, emphasizing
that Internet and Communication Technologies use is not potentiating innovation or disruptiveness of
more traditional forms of education, while another perspective argues that there is disruptiveness that
is becoming ever more powerful, promoting changes in the roles and way teachers and students work.
The present review suggests that web 2.0 technologies has promoted new forms of communication,
interaction and sharing between users and content in formal education settings. Furthermore, the
realization of how vast and disperse the body of literature is, concerning the use of Communication
Technologies in HE, revealed as significant the main goals of the project “Portuguese Public Higher
Education Use of Communication Technologies”, that aims to characterize Portuguese higher
education institutions according to their use and best practices, disseminating the information obtained
through an online visualization information tool. The ultimate goal of the project is to contribute
towards making valuable and up-to-date information available to Higher Education Institutions and
users, facilitating and potentiating research in the area.
; Souza, Francislê 
