At the Physiology Department of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid we have developed several innovative education projects involving the use of the Virtual Campus, with emphasis in:

a) Developing applications for a dynamic presentation of the course syllabus.

b) Virtual lectures with compressed video recordings of the lessons, available for the students registered in the course.

c) Problem solving in two phases: 1st) A Physiology problem is posted on the Virtual Campus and the students are given one week to work on it. During that time, students can ask questions through the Forums to be answered by their fellow classmates, with bibliographical references whenever possible. At the end of the week, all students must submit their answers and the teacher publishes the correct solution. 2nd) After this, a new deadline is opened for the students to self-correct, and the ones who did not come up with a correct solution can correct their mistakes and send a reasoned explanation of why they made those decisions, thus reinforcing self-learning.

d) Tutorship: undertaken by the students themselves under supervision of their Professors, who can intervene if necessary in order to correct mistakes. The basis of this support is the Forums, in which the students send their questions and their fellow classmates can solve them, always citing bibliographical sources whenever possible.

e) Self-evaluation: in theoretical True/False tests and practical EKG register examinations.

The time the Professor takes to build and design the content and activities of the Virtual Campus is quite extensive and difficult to reduce. However, our intention is that the student use doesn't require an excess of extra time from the Professors and to favour an autonomous learning experience.