Abstract

ORTEGA GONZALEZ, Diosvany; ACOSTA ALVAREZ, Celio Luis; ORTEGA CABRERA, Fernando  and  DIAZ CRUZ, Yosefint. Contemporary education challenges to face virtualization and ubiquitous of the social environments. Conrado [online]. 2021, vol.17, n.78, pp. 32-39.  Epub Feb 02, 2021. ISSN 1990-8644.

The ongoing technological revolution has made it possible for social relationships to occur ubiquitously on both physically and virtually. This is radically changing the ways human beings relate and live, and it brings about significant challenges to education. This study started by characterizing education and the current scenario of virtualization and ubiquity of social relationships, through an analysis of reports from international institutions, organizations or groups of experts. The aim of the study was to identify the main challenges of education in this scenario. The challenges identified are: reduction of the triple digital split of access, use and approach; development of a ubiquitous citizenship that promotes sustainability; ethical use of data to support human development; development of critical and creative thinking in the face of the paradox of overinformation and reductionism; humanization of relationships with technologies; and generation of a developer didactics in ubiquitous environments. The challenges are presented as a totality that demands, from nations and educational systems, integrative actions which should be contextualized to the characteristics of each territory.

Keywords : Education; virtuality; information and communication technologies; educational policy.

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