Title
Peruvian undergraduate students' usage of digital technology in academic context
Date Issued
01 March 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
This paper presents the results of an interview of first-year university students at a private face-to-face university in Lima city on how they use digital technologies in their social and academic lives. This study was positioned in the interpretive paradigm with qualitative research design. Semi-structured interview with 13 open-ended questions was selected as the means of data. Atlas.ti. were used to analysed and coded all the interviews. To provide a well-structured approach to handling a large data set, thematic analysis was employed to analyse the verbatim transcription as outlined by Braun and Clarke. Contrary to the assumption that young learners are seen as highly adept technology users, the findings show that social networks (Facebook and Instagram) and WhatsApp are the most important applications for the participants.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Otras ingenierías y tecnologías
Educación general (incluye capacitación, pedadogía)
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85091115944
ISBN
9781728166384
Resource of which it is part
EDUNINE 2020 - 4th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference: The Challenges of Education in Engineering, Computing and Technology without Exclusions: Innovation in the Era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Proceedings
ISBN of the container
978-172816638-4
Sponsor(s)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors would like to thank the students who participate in this study that has been supported by the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) through the UPC Research Incentive Fund (2019).
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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