Information and communication technologies as a tool of social inclusion in Higher Education

Abstract

The research aims to analyze Information and Communication Technologies as a tool for social inclusion in higher education, being applied to ten courses of the Higher Technological Institute Babahoyo in the period 2017, where there are students with some type of disability. At the convenience of the researchers, a sample of 10 people with disabilities is taken with whom they interacted twice a week with the use of the internet on their mobile devices and laptops. Then, through the survey applied to the sample, it reflects the importance of technological use as a fundamental part in the education process, where all the elements show 93% as feasible the use of TIC. One of the most relevant findings was to identify the TIC resources that students with disabilities have in the household and it was visible that the cell phone is one of the main resources they have, followed by the television, personal computer and the Internet, with The minimum result was the Tablet and laptop. These data show with certainty that the impact of ICT in the integral development of students with disabilities could be transcendental if it were taught on a daily and frequent basis, both in family contexts and in educational and social contexts. However, the research leads to emphasis on the use of ICT in the classroom without distinction, or discrimination, rather in an inclusive manner