ICTs after COVID-19 a perspective from university professors

Abstract

Institutions of higher education have had the need to address the COVID-19 pandemic by investing in technology to enable their faculty to maintain and continue with the study modalities offered. The Universidad Politécnica Salesiana in Ecuador, since 2010 began a digital transformation that specifically supported the face-to-face mode of study. This paper aims to contribute as input to the body of work that shows the perspectives of university teachers who use ICT tools for their teaching and learning processes after the pandemic from the perspective of a polytechnic university in Ecuador. Longitudinal research with an empirical-analytical and quantitative approach was carried out.

Student tracking data is collected through the learning management system. An analysis is carried out contrasting with the information from a survey addressed to 77 university professors. 82% of teachers say that ICT learning management platforms are an opportunity for the development of current learning processes.
The academic management developed by the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana in Guayaquil has made it possible to overcome the effects of the pandemic thanks to the existing technological ecosystem. The outlook of the professors is positive after the confinement, facing the new normality as a current opportunity.