Integración de las TIC en la Unidad Educativa Particular Terranova. Resultados de la primera fase de investigación

Abstract

This research paper aims to diagnose the state of integration of ICT in the teaching and learning processes and focuses on the state of integration of new information and communications technology (ICT) in the Special Education Unit Terranova located in Quito, Ecuador. The theoretical framework focuses on ICT in education, its possibilities and obstacles, some integration experiences and the latest trends, challenges and progress; and of digital competence of both teachers and students.A part of an interpretive paradigm is used and it focuses towards an exploratory empirical research whose methodology is mixed and in which both quantitative and qualitative approach has great weight during the investigation process.The results obtained in the first phase of research are presented especially, the questionnaire and documentary review. They showed the existence of a certain level of integration of ICT in the teaching and learning process while an institutional need to provide a considerable number of teachers with more training or even an integral training program in ICT was noted.