Technlogical Affinity of University Faculty
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https://doi.org/10.15359/rep.9-2.5Keywords:
technological affinity, perceptions, teachers, higher education, ICTAbstract
Technological affinity of faculty members of Higher Education (HE) is a determinant factor for ICT integration in HE institutions. This paper presents a first approach to technological affinity of faculty members of computer science at “Universidad Veracruzana,” which is part of a project called Digital Divide into Universidad Veracruzana (UV), and we found common perceptions among the academic community -that we can understand as a collective habitus, in terms of Bourdieu-. This habitus, in the case of faculty members of computer science is characterized by positive beliefs about the use of ICT in the academic functions such as research, teaching, management; perceptions about computer, laptop and Internet as key resources into their academic context; however, some perceptions of teachers fragment the habitus, as the lack of consideration on the use of mobile devices and other reservations about the use of ICT’s in the academic context.
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