Bibliographic review. Existence of virtual museums for educational purposes is applied to the professional environment.

Abstract

Virtual museums are the answer a digital society, a new cultural, social, and economic system and a tool for educational innovation and digital learning. This article aims to collate all relevant evidence in virtual cultural museums with a teaching approach and detect what is published using the following question "What is published about virtual museums for educational purposes?". Its objective is to verify what can be found in the academic field about virtual museums for didactic purposes applied to the professional environment. The research analyzes two hundred and twenty-three articles, of which seventeen were selected for their didactic and professional environment characteristics. The bibliographic review presents indicators that determine a virtual museum is an effective tool both in the field of reinforcing learning, as well as in the theoretical and practical development of activities that encourage creation by students.