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Two More Generations to Take Advantage of Technology One Hundred Percent
March 10, 2008
According to Academic Secretary of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Universidad Aútonoma Metropolitana de México (Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico), Jorge Alsina Valdés y Capote, it is necessary to wait for two new generations to be born for changes in predisposition with regard to technology to be seen.
The specialist asserted that when the theme of
technology is confronted by the educational sector, it is done so in relation to technological advancement and innovative apparatuses, without reflecting upon how to integrate these tools within the classroom, and thus, how to create a teaching logic that permits students and educators to benefit from the resources at their disposition.
technology is confronted by the educational sector, it is done so in relation to technological advancement and innovative apparatuses, without reflecting upon how to integrate these tools within the classroom, and thus, how to create a teaching logic that permits students and educators to benefit from the resources at their disposition.
The Head of UAM, Unidad Xochimileo, pointed out that the problem is “cultural,”
due to the resistance to change characteristic of present generations. He argued that it is necessary to wait two generations more to fully witness the benefit of new technologies.
due to the resistance to change characteristic of present generations. He argued that it is necessary to wait two generations more to fully witness the benefit of new technologies.
Valdés y Capote boasts vast experience in the field of education, which has transcended the borders of his country of origin, Mexico. Furthermore, he has published countless essays, amongst them, “Utopías digitales y los
entornos digitales de aprendizaje” (“Digital Utopias and Digital Learning Environments”), which argues that if education has remained essentially without change for more than a century, it has been in part due to the fact that technologies used for educational instruction, until not long ago, did not permit the flexibility, connectivity, interactivity and synchronization that we find today.
entornos digitales de aprendizaje” (“Digital Utopias and Digital Learning Environments”), which argues that if education has remained essentially without change for more than a century, it has been in part due to the fact that technologies used for educational instruction, until not long ago, did not permit the flexibility, connectivity, interactivity and synchronization that we find today.
The Academic
Secretary considers that the existing challenge is to use technology to produce quality results in teaching and learning, while simultaneously expanding the accessibility of higher and continuing education.
Secretary considers that the existing challenge is to use technology to produce quality results in teaching and learning, while simultaneously expanding the accessibility of higher and continuing education.
This presentation formed part of Virtual Educa Caribe, an initiative of Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), launched in Santo Domingo during the
Inter-American Forum on New Technologies that took place April, 2007.
Inter-American Forum on New Technologies that took place April, 2007.
The forum seeks to promote discussion and foster the use of new technologies in education, capacity building and training. In this sense, Virtual Educa Caribe seeks to contribute to elevating labor efficiency and ultimately economic growth and competitiveness in the country.
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