Impact of ICTs: Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education in the face of COVID-19

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35290/rcui.v8n2.2021.448

Keywords:

educational technologies, higher education, digital skills, academic processes, COVID-19

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze the impact on the use of ICT for the development of their academic activities in the modality of online classes at the University of Guayaquil, in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, a global health crisis that includes Ecuador. This research was in the field and its design was not cross-sectional. The information was collected through a questionnaire of different types of questions, the reliability of this instrument was made through Cronbach's Alpha coefficient, the results of the surveys were processed with the Excel program and presented in frequency tables. The population used was 2,138 teachers and 57,567 students from the 17 faculties of the University of Guayaquil. The sample was non-probabilistic or directed, with a total of 246 teachers and 276 students. The results indicate that, for the teachers who participated in the study, the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is of utmost importance for the development of teaching, especially in virtual classes. However, they consider that training processes in the use of these technologies should be improved. It is concluded that both teachers and students recognize that they cannot separate technologies from the teaching - learning process, but adequate training of digital skills is essential for their use and maximum use.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Asamblea Nacional Constituyente de Ecuador. (2008). Constitución de la República del Ecuador.

Contreras, J. L. R., Pabón, J. C. R., & Ríos, G. M. V. (2017). Importancia de las Tic en enseñanza de las matemáticas. Revista MATUA ISSN: 2389-7422, 4(2).

García, M., Reyes, J., & Godínez, G. (2018). Las TIC en la educación superior, innovaciones y retos / The ICT in higher education, innovations and challenges. RICSH Revista Iberoamericana de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas, 6(12), párr.17. https://doi.org/10.23913/ricsh.v6i12.135

Hernández-Sampieri, R. y Mendoza-Torres, C. (2018). Metodología de la Investigación. Editorial Mc Graw-Hill: México.

Levano, L., Sanchez, S., Guillén, P., Tello, S., Herrera, N., & Collantes, Z. (2019). Competencias digitales y educación. La Scientific Electronic Library Online, 7(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.20511/pyr2019.v7n2.329

Ley Orgánica de Educación Intercultural. (2011).

Ley Orgánica de Educación Intercultural. (2017).

López, D., González Orellana, M., García, E., Ramirez de Bello Suazo, A. L., Urrutia, J., Escobar Salmerón, J. E., & Saz, C. (2020). COVID-19: Una mirada interdisciplinaria a la pandemia.

Mosquera, I. (2018). El necesario desarrollo de la competencia digital del profesorado. UNIR Revista. https://www.unir.net/educacion/revista/el-necesario-desarrollo-de-la-competencia-digital-del-profesorado/

Reglamento general a la Ley Orgánica de Educación superior. 2019. Decreto Ejecutivo 742.

UNESCO. (2020). Coalición Mundial para la Educación COVID-19. https://es.unesco.org/covid19/globaleducationcoalition

Universidad de Guayaquil. (2020a, mayo). Memorando Nro. UG-CFAP-2020-0980-M.

Published

2021-05-10

How to Cite

Díaz Vera, J. P., Ruiz Ramírez, A. K. ., & Egüez Cevallos, C. . (2021). Impact of ICTs: Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education in the face of COVID-19. UISRAEL SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL, 8(2), 113–134. https://doi.org/10.35290/rcui.v8n2.2021.448

Issue

Section

Articles

Similar Articles

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.