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The health crisis caused by COVID-19 generated the application of social distancing and confinement measures for a long time, undermining participation in community activism and promoting the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for the control and prevention of the disease;however, there is a wide gap between those who have access to the internet and those who do not, and the spread of COVID-19 has only deepened this gap. A descriptive and correlational study was carried out in order to determine the relationship between the digital divide and ICTs for the control of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 119 users who attend a telecenter in the Peruvian Amazon. A questionnaire made up of 37 items related to the digital divide and ICTs, evaluated using a Likert scale, was applied. Likewise, an instrument with 15 items was applied to evaluate the search for information about COVID-19. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Differences were found between what is known and what should be known about COVID-19, generating an information gap about the disease;In addition, a correlation between the digital divide and ICT was obtained. The implementation of digital inclusion programs, policies for digital access and connectivity, establishment of other telecenters and development of adequate infrastructure are required, which reduce the digital divide and promote the control and prevention of COVID-19.
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The purpose of the study was to explain what is understood by educational quality and the philosophical considerations that should be exposed in a virtual reality context due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is based on the historical hermeneutic paradigm, with a qualitative, socio-critical approach;for this purpose, a thorough documentary information search was carried out. Among the main findings, the most accepted paradigm in the pandemic situation is the constructivist paradigm, in which the incorporation of ICT plays an important role. Likewise, in terms of philosophical considerations, the two aspects that make up the leading role that ICTs have played in virtuality are clear, according to their geographical, temporal and cultural location: engineering and humanistic. Finally, it is concluded that quality education is the main tool to combat the various social problems and achieve optimal levels of growth and development, both social and economic;however, to understand this, the philosophy involved in the same teaching-learning process, in a social or cultural reality, cannot be left aside. © 2022, Universidad del Zulia. All rights reserved.
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The general objective of the study was to determine the differences that exist in management skills in a COVID-19 health emergency context according to the perception of teachers in educational institutions of UGEL 01, Red 14 de Lima Sur-Peru. The research approach was quantitative, non-experimental design, comparative descriptive level;the sample consisted of 127 teachers from the educational institutions in which the research was conducted;the instrument used was a google form, structured by 20 items, on the Likert scale;which allowed gathering information on the perception of teachers. Through the pairwise evaluation of managerial skills, it is shown that all corroborate differences except for the pair of personal and group skills, where their prevalence levels are similar. It is concluded that there are significant differences in managerial skills in the context of a health emergency COVID-19. © 2021, Universidad del Zulia. All rights reserved.
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The general objective of this research was to describe the differences that exist in the most relevant factors that make up environmental awareness in the COVID-19 health emergency situation, according to the perception of the citizens of East Lima. The research was of quantitative approach, descriptive type, non-experimental design, comparative level, of transversal cut. The results indicated that there are significant differences in the environmental conscience in its cognitive, affective, conative and active factors;demonstrating that there is preponderance of one factor over another, in the situation of sanitary emergency COVID-19, according to the perception of East Lima’s citizens;which implies that there is scientific evidence to act and propose strategies, mainly on the affective dimension and so on the other active, conative and cognitive dimensions. © 2021, Universidad del Zulia. All rights reserved.