Education: the challenges of online learning and educational inequalities

Abstract

The following publication analyzes the basic knowledge presented by the students of the 4th (A and B) and 3rd (A and B) courses of the Regional School of Agriculture, Livestock and Industries (ERAGIA) located in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. The objective is to know the technological equipment available to students according to their socioeconomic conditions, evaluate the knowledge they present about the basic tools of their computer, the management and use of new technologies that emerge from a virtual teaching modality. The methodology used is quantitative and exhibits a descriptive scope, where it is intended to analyze and collect information on the use and management presented by the student regarding new technologies, the technological equipment available to the class group is investigated to create a new work scheme in the future that guarantees a quality virtual teaching system that promotes the construction of useful, true, meaningful knowledge that lasts over time. It is concluded that the readjustment and adjustment of teaching in virtual environments require planning based on individual development and expansion of skills that provide an optimal setting in the teachinglearning process. Both teachers and students need technological literacy so that they can access and conduct themselves competently through culture and digital technology.