Higher Technological Institute Research Articles

La tecnología a nuestro servicio: 4 aplicaciones móviles para optimizar la gestión de necesidades cotidianas

Nowadays, mobile devices have undoubtedly become the most immediate means of accessing information. Their portability and increasingly large processing and storage capacities have been key to the expansion of mobile applications running on these devices.This article reviews the utility of these mobile applications, based on the experience gained from developing and implementing mobile applications for four real cases. In these cases, second-semester students of the Software Development program at the 'Quito Metropolitano' Higher Technological Institute, as part of their training, developed fully functional mobile applications to make them available to society. Their work was showcased at the '5 Minutes Pitch' and 'Quito Metro Tech' events organized by the institution in March 2024.The development process utilized tools included in the institution's curricular planning, such as Java programming language and frameworks like TypeScript and React Native. Additionally, databases like MySQL were used for desktop applications, and Firebase was used for cloud persistence.

Impact of a YouTube Channel on ESL Students' Oral Skills in a Peruvian Higher Institute

According to experts and stakeholders, speaking English language skills are the most complex to learn and teach. Likewise, these skills are necessary and mandatory in this globalized world. One common strategy to overcome these difficulties is outside classroom activities such as recording videos and then comment them. In this way, the present paper presents the results of a YouTube channel project on Peruvian ESL students’ speaking skills in a higher technological institute. In addition, the perception and views of making and commenting on videos on a YouTube channel were researched bearing in mind three factors: oral skills, psychological aspects, and time availability. Therefore, a mixed-methods approach was applied to achieve these goals, and the data was gathered from 51 accounting students. A pre-experimental design was carried out to establish the YouTube project’s effects on oral skills, for this reason, a pre and post-test were carried out, moreover, a survey with 5-point Likert-type and open-ended questions was completed by the mentioned students and conducted immediately after the project. Among the highlights of the results were the meaningful improvement in these students’ oral skills on one hand, and on the other, positive perceptions about the completed project were noticeable.

Challenges and Strengths of Transitioning to Online Learning during COVID19 University Lockdown: Case Studies from Egypt and Saudi Arabia

The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of under graduate and post-graduate level students who recently and abruptly transitioned from regular classroom learning to an online learning environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Study participants were 30 undergraduate engineering students at the Higher Technological Institute in Egypt, and 20 graduate students enrolled in a Masters TESOL program at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. All participants completed a 10-item questionnaire regarding their opinions and experiences. Data was analyzed using a six-step thematic approach and was interpreted through the lens of the Community of Inquiry theoretical framework. Findings indicated that online courses strengths included increased student engagement and flexibility, prior familiarity with technology, increased personal time, and the use of multiple learning modalities. Challenges included problems with technology, reduced engagement due to family interruptions, and lack of visual cues. One limitation of this study was the small sample size, which may limit the ability to generalize the findings to other students. These findings provide insight into the issues which can promote or hinder success in online programs.

Evaluation of post-harvest tomato practices (lycopersicum sculentum)

Despite the fact that tomato is the most cultivated vegetable in Portoviejo, there is still a need for change in the production farms with respect to the post-harvest handling of the product. The work shows an analysis of the results of inadequate post-harvest management of tomatoes, which was carried out as part of a research teaching work at the Paulo Emilio Macías Higher Technological Institute. The problem is centered on the lack of good post-harvest management practices for tomatoes on farms in the Portoviejo canton. The study was applied to 20 producers from 5 populations of rural Portovejenses, whose objective was to determine and quantify post-harvest losses, in the harvest-marketing phase, analyzing the decrease in the quality of the vegetable, due to handling factors, packaging, and transport conditions between farms and the commercialization center. The results obtained show that good post-harvest practices are not carried out and that the producers are unaware of the importance of proper management during collection, transport, and marketing, concluding that it is necessary to create a post-harvest management guide for the cultivation of tomato, to be applied in farms of the Portoviejo canton.

Competencias para el uso de las TIC en estudiantes de educación superior: un estudio de caso

En este trabajo se presenta un estudio llevado a cabo en el Instituto Tecnológico José Mario Molina Pasquel y Henríquez (TECMM), campus Puerto Vallarta, en el que se analizan las competencias para el uso de las TIC de estudiantes. Para tal fin, se diseñó un cuestionario tomando en cuenta los dominios e indicadores de los estándares de la International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE, 2007). El estudio se llevó a cabo con una muestra estratificada de 310 estudiantes (de una población de 1605 alumnos). Los resultados más significativos se consiguieron en el uso de las TIC en el TECMM y ciudadanía digital, mientras que los más bajos se obtuvieron en comunicación y colaboración, y creatividad e innovación. Por carrera, los hallazgos más consistentes se encontraron en ingeniería en Sistemas Computacionales, mientras que los más bajos fueron para Gastronomía e ingeniería en Electromecánica. Con estos datos se espera diseñar estrategias que permitan mejorar las capacidades de los alumnos en las áreas con menor desarrollo de competencias.

Rendimiento forrajero de Pennisetum spp en la Huasteca Veracruzana.

La diversidad de especies de pasto que existen llevo a ésta investigación con siete Pennisetum que se adaptan a condiciones de la huasteca veracruzana, a determinar su potencial productivo en referencia a la materia seca, relación hoja–tallo, índice de área foliar y altura. La investigación se realizó en Tantoyuca, Veracruz en las instalaciones del Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Tantoyuca durante la época de lluvias del año 2012, se establecieron bajo un sistema de temporal siete variedades de Pennisetum; Elefante Merkeron, Roxo, Taiwán, King grass, CT- 115 y Maralfalfa, en parcelas de 25 m2 en un diseño experimental completamente al azar con cuatro repeticiones. De una sola planta se separaron tallos y hojas para determinar su contenido de materia seca y se midió el largo y ancho de las hojas para calcular el índice de área foliar; para la determinación de la relación hoja–tallo se tomaron tres plantas y por separado, tallo y hoja se secaron hasta peso constante. Los resultados obtenidos mostraron diferencias entre los distintos tratamientos logrando identificar que la variedad CT 115 sobresalió en el rendimiento de materia seca e índice de área foliar pudiendo deducir que las variedades Elefante y Roxo se consideran como los mejores para las condiciones de la región por mostrar los mejores resultados en términos de relación hoja–tallo, toda vez que la mayor cantidad y disponibilidad de nutrientes se encuentran en la parte foliar y no en el tallo.

The gap between perceptions and expectations for measuring the quality of services provided by the Higher Technological Institute in Matrouh

The gap between perceptions and expectations for measuring the quality of services provided by the Higher Technological Institute in Matrouh

Calidad del servicio educativo utilizando los estándares del SINEACE, caso de la carrera Administración de Negocios Internacionales de un ISTP

This descriptive research aims to assess the quality of educational service of the career ofInternational Business Management provided at a Higher Technological Institute. This study wascarried out on the basis of the SINEACE standards (National System of Evaluation, Accreditationand Certification of Higher Education); for this purpose, various techniques were used such assurveys, interviews, documentary analysis, in situ observation.The research concludes that the educational service of the career under study has a low qualitylevel; therefore, it is not ready to obtain the accreditation.Finally, some recommendations are provided to increase such quality level and achieve the requiredaccreditation.