An Analysis of Students' Perceptions of the Educational Use of ICTs and Educational Technologies during the Online Learning

Claudia Galarce-Miranda,Hanno Hortsch,Diego Gormaz-Lobos

doi:10.3991/ijep.v12i2.29949

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The impact of the use of ICTs in the university context has been investigated for decades, as they are not only tools in themselves, but also generate a new social space and, therefore, a new educational space known among others as virtual education or online learning (OL). Precisely, OL has been presented as an alternative in the historical context originated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has created an unexpected situation for social structures and their educational institutions. The main goals of the study was to know about the students' perceptions of the educational use of ICTs and educational technologies in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some specific objectives of the research were (i) to identify the disposition of the students towards the use of ICTs, (ii) to characterize the Interaction with others through the use of ICTs, and to (iii) identify the interaction of the students with LMS and ICTs. An in-depth theoretical review allowed the authors of this paper to construct an instrument to measure students' perceptions about the use of ICTs and educational technologies in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. This research was financially supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) as part of the project “Praxispartnerschaften zwischen Hochschulen und Unternehmen in Deutschland und in Entwicklungsländern ab 2017” (Project Nr. 57334905).

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IntroductionThe 21st century has brought a series of social and structural changes in developing countries that were barely imaginable in the last century
The Latin American continent has not been exempt from this process. This region is mainly conformed by developing countries, and in this matter, one of its major challenges has been to ensure access to technology (ITCs, for instance) and to reduce the gaps in internet access, which has been the main work of the private sector, such as large telecommunications corporations, through the supply of technology and connectivity goods [6-7]
The main goals of the study was to know about the students' perceptions of the educational use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and educational technologies in times of the COVID-19 pandemic at a Chilean university

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The 21st century has brought a series of social and structural changes in developing countries that were barely imaginable in the last century. Concerning the proper use of ICTs, the document of the third Ministerial Conference on the Information Society for Latin America and the Caribbean, entitled "ICTs for growth and equality"[10], establishes the importance of the democratic role that ICTs will play in contemporary societies. These issues have been discussed and problematized in academia and in the educational policy guidelines of international organizations for a long time, but never before has it been so urgent the correct implementation of ICTs and educational technologies (ET) as in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic that broke out in the world more than a year ago [9, 10]. Technological devices with internet access have been our “vehicle” of transport to work, studies, meetings, shopping, banking, a movie or a concert, and to any other activity that required physical movement

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