COMMUNICATE AND LEARN. SOCIAL NETWORKS VS LEARNING MANAGE SYSTEMS J.A. Galindo Cuesta Universidad de la Salle (COLOMBIA) jairogalindo@unisalle.edu.co Abstract Forms of writing and reading in educational institutions are increasingly moving away from the ways students communicate and learn from their environment. Schools and educational institutions at all levels (elementary, high school, college), have started to digitalize the contents of their lectures and courses with the idea that in this way, they are “virtualizing” their contents or even better, "virtualizing" their educational scenarios. At best, they use computer platforms (LMS) as a way of improving their teaching and learning environment. Although the use of LMS is a solution to the needs of virtualization or development of educational methodologies and the updating of education, the use of these LMS is still far from what the student needs and uses to communicate and learn. The purpose of this paper is to present a methodological approach between ICT’s and Education, based on the subject’s own patterns of behavior (communication) in the network, acknowledging a new gap between the use of ICT applications within and outside the learning process. Key words: ICT, didactics, communication, learning process, learning management system. 1. COMMUNICATING AND LEARNING Marcos is an average student from any career or grade, in any school or university, from almost any place in Latin America. His context allows him to find and meet with peers or neighborhood friends even if he is locked in his room during hours; his parents think he is a distant boy with very few friends. He has a girlfriend, and even though he has no plans on getting married, the relationship has been going on for almost three years, in a virtual way; he meets with her every day, before class, each and every time he connects to the internet. Of the 600 friends Marcos has in his social network, at least 500 of them recognize him as the best car racer organizer; in that context, he is known as M4S “Marc for speed”. Without having any certification or studies in languages, this NFSW leader communicates with friends in English, Mandarin and Na’vi. He meets with his classmates every night, without leaving his house, to organize the “copy and paste” of that long work that is due for the next day, and when the tournament ends early, he starts the discussion on the points for next week’s workshop. He almost always arrives late to class, because of the entertaining chats and conversations with his girlfriend in the internet-café around the corner, that usually lengthen more than expected. Once he is at the institution, the atmosphere is quite different. Marcos studies in an average institution, with enough computers endowed by the most recent educational administration. With good professors and without any pretensions, the institution has been ranked among the first places of the quality listings prepared by diverse programs evaluating