The results of an investigation that investigated the perceptions and experiences of university students in urban and rural contexts are presented, in order to know how they live their education in a virtual mode under a pandemic context, considering three categories: pedagogical, material and emotional It was a qualitative study based on the phenomenological method, in-depth interviews and documentary analysis were applied. Twelve university students from rural areas and 15 from urban areas in the State of Chihuahua participated. The results indicate that in both contexts a deficient education was perceived, with traditional and boring teaching practices, with lower than expected learning and ineffective feedback and communication; low motivation and recurrent feelings of fear, sadness and hopelessness were presented. The greatest concern in urban contexts was the risk of contagion and ...

La aparición de la era digitalizada, las comunicaciones, las nuevas tecnologías informáticas y el marco globalizado en la época actual, han demandado cambios en diversos aspectos de la sociedad, sin dejar de lado uno de los principales pilares en todo grupo humano: la educación. Hoy más que en cualquier otra época, es muy común escuchar cómo el fenómeno de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) invade los debates políticos sobre la educación en los gobiernos de cada nación y cómo se promueve la inversión en este tema que va cobrando relevancia mundial con el pasar de los años. Prueba de ello fue el surgimiento de la primera política a nivel mundial en favor de la integración de las TIC al desarrollo, plasmada en el año 2000 en los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM), según se expresa en la Meta 8.F, la cual contempla: “En cooperación con...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is considered a neurodevelopmental disorder, whose prevalence has increased in recent years, showing in some cases deficits in the cognitive area, with processing speed (PS) being one of the affected variables. Therefore, the present study aims to: 1) compare the scores obtained in relation to the PS variable between students aged 6 to 11 with ASD and their peers with neurotypical development in Metropolitan Lima; and 2) establish the PS profile of the included students with ASD. For this, 30 children aged 6 to 11 attending to regular basic education institutions (RBE) in Metropolitan Lima were sampled, 15 with neurotypical development and 15 included with ASD. For the first objective, a case-control design (CCD) was used, while the second objective was a selective non-probabilistic cross-sectional design. Results showed a lower performance by the group wit...