The design of pedagogical technology and the staff formation as central elements in education, mediated by ICT

Abstract

It is unquestionable that during the last decades the use of ICT has increased in the education field, this driven by the dictated policies through organizations such as UNESCO, that promote the importance of innovating the teaching process, improve learning, to democratize education and for students to acquire the skills that the actual and future workforce will demand from them; Nevertheless the health contingency caused by COVID-19 that forced schools to transition from in person instruction and a hybrid to an online model, it demonstrated several shortages and problems. For example, the lack of technological equipment, the limited connectivity to the internet, the training of faculty for the design and administration of virtual classrooms. With that said, the following article covers the design of pedagogical technology and staff formation, as central elements that allow the interests of an institution that decides to incorporate the use of technology to the education process and the results it obtains; Therefore, so looking for the vivid experience during the last two years, let it be the starting point to take advantage of a better manner the implicit potential that technology has to optimize the educational process.