Abstract

DIAZ VERA, Janeth Pilar; RUIZ RAMIREZ, Alicia Karina  and  EGUEZ CEVALLOS, Carolina. Impact of ICTs: Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education in the face of COVID-19. RCUISRAEL [online]. 2021, vol.8, n.2, pp.113-134. ISSN 2631-2786.  https://doi.org/10.35290/rcui.v8n2.2021.448.

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.

Keywords : educational technologies; higher education; digital skills; academic processes; COVID-19.

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