Higher Education during the health contingency COVID-19: Use of ICTs as learning tools. Case study: students of the Faculty of Accounting and Administration.

Abstract

Information and communication technologies in the educational sector have important relevance in the teaching-learning process of students and the knowledge of life skills. The objective of the research was to analyze the use of ICT as learning tools in the face of the COVID-19 contingency in the students of the Faculty of Accounting and Administration of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua in Mexico. he nature of this research was quantitative and the type of research was applied, the scope was descriptive and the field research, the design was non-experimental descriptive transectional, the technique of gathering information was through a questionnaire. The main results showed a positive correlation towards information and communication technologies, which is shown in various aspects studied: learning style, mastery of the use of ICT, social networks, educational program, level of satisfaction with having technological resources appropriate; in all of them a favorable predisposition is manifested. The advantages that students consider with the use of ICT are the availability of information and collaborative learning. Of the disadvantages that were identified were the failures in the Internet connection, they have access to many distractions during class and consider that they have less learning. One of the most important findings of this research was that students have a very good mastery of ICT to manage the technological tools used during the COVID-19 health contingency.