Analysis of Factors Subjacent to the Implementation of ICTS in Higher Education

Abstract

Nowadays, technology is pervasive in society and, therefore, in the economy and businesses. The so-called fourth industrial revolution, marked by the digital economy, has the potential to be enormously disruptive. Therefore, higher education must change and adapt, increasing the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). It is necessary to detect the needs and make proposals to higher education institutions that will also be transferred to the real economy, since today's university students are tomorrow's professionals. To this end, the authors have carried out a survey of university students of different economics and business administration subjects. The answers have been treated using a non-metric multidimensional scaling. The main results obtained indicate that the response profile is very homogeneous, with a minority rejection of ICTs, predictably caused by learning difficulties or economic inequalities, issues that should be addressed in future research.