Transculturación digital: reflexión de un cambio permanente en la educación superior

Abstract

As part of a series of reflections from a postdoctoral project, this essay presents the notion of digital transculturation among educators in higher education, addressing the evolution from computational and informational culture towards a digital culture. It starts from the emergence of personal computers with graphical user interfaces to the explosion of software packages, a condition that transformed computer usage and its integration into higher education institutions, leading to the production and consumption of digital content, thereby giving rise to a permanent acculturation in the use of ICT. From this backdrop, a reflection is made on the transformation of digital culture in higher education, considering technological evolution, the appropriation of computational knowledge, and digital skills as cultural elements from a digital dimension. The concept of digital transculturation is used as a theoretical framework to comprehend this constantly evolving process. Approaching digital transculturation as a continuous process of change, influenced by the adoption of new technologies and the digitization of culture, the essay analyzes the adaptation of teachers to this transition, highlighting stages of resistance, adaptation, and appropriation of digital culture in educational practice.