ICT and Education in Difficult Times

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the situation of education in Latin America at times of the coronavirus pandemic. Reflections and considerations that have been taken or should be taken into account are presented to make the changes that the current contingency has generated due to ignorance of the context and the realities of each country. A succinct description will be made of the interrelation of the different elements of the system. the changes made and the consequences that have been observed. The information was generated from informal interviews with teachers and critical review of articles. The results could not be more dissimilar. In the country there are two basic examples, going from favorable results in some universities such as the metropolitan one to other examples that are not as positive as public universities, due to the problems of connectivity and training of the educational community.

Keywords: Pandemic; Information and Communication Technologies; Education.