Influence of Technological Factors in Teaching and Communication in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Health Crisis

Jessie Bravo, Giuliana Lecca-Orrego, Roger Alarcón

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Abstract

Due to COVID-19, the way we use digital tools and the way we communicate with students have changed in higher education, it is so that the present investigation of mixed type carried out through: bibliographic review, interview with ICT managers, application of a virtual survey to teachers, and processing of the academic database, aimed to determine the degree of influence of technological factors in the form of communication and teaching in higher education, finding that the pandemic had positive effects, mastery of digital skills in teachers increased, digitization and updating of online courses, synchronous and asynchronous modalities were integrated, the use of digital tools was diversified and in terms of communication, and institutional mail was used massively for administrative and academic purposes. Nevertheless, in the negative effects noted, that feedback and motivation were not adequate.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCommunication and Applied Technologies - Proceedings of ICOMTA 2022
EditorsPaulo Carlos López-López, Ángel Torres-Toukoumidis, Andrea De-Santis, Óscar Avilés, Daniel Barredo
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages289-299
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9789811963469
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
EventInternational Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies, ICOMTA 2022 - Cuenca, Ecuador
Duration: 7 Sep 20229 Sep 2022

Publication series

NameSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume318
ISSN (Print)2190-3018
ISSN (Electronic)2190-3026

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Communication and Applied Technologies, ICOMTA 2022
Country/TerritoryEcuador
CityCuenca
Period7/09/229/09/22

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Communication
  • Teaching–learning
  • Technological factors
  • Virtual education

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