Innovative educational practices through the use of ICT in the teaching-learning process: A diagnostic study

Abstract

The article presents the main results of the diagnosis carried out by students and teachers of the Digital Educational Competences program of the Instituto Superior Espíritu Santo, on the teaching-learning process in relation to innovative educational practices and the creative and efficient use of ICT. The research was based on the theoretical references related to educational innovation and technological resources, and on the data obtained from the research instruments applied to teachers, students and directors of Basic Education; which allowed the analysis and understanding of the problem and to establish as a study objective to determine the current state of the teaching-learning process in relation to the creative and efficient use of ICT and innovation in educational institutions in the city of Guayaquil. A qualitative methodology is used and an exploratory and hermeneutic type of research is developed based on the emergent paradigm, which allows the subjects of the study to actively participate in the research process; the theoretical methods used are analysis-synthesis and inductive-deductive; within the empirical methods, observation, interview and survey are used; and in the processing of the survey results, the percentage analysis is used. The main results are related to the lack of adequate technological resources and insufficient access to the Internet, which exacerbates the existing disparities in education; the low development of digital competencies of teachers and the resistance to change that hinders the adoption of new digital tools and innovative practices in the classroom.