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For the sixth consecutive year, BlinkLearning, an educational technology company, has released the findings of the 6th Global Survey on the use of technology in Education.
How were digital tools integrated into education during the pandemic? How much was the teaching profession affected? How did Latin American and Spanish teachers perform during this new school year? These and other questions are answered in the 6th Global Survey On the Use of Technology in Education by BlinkLearning.
Carried out among 4,926 teachers (2,909 from Latin America and 2,017 from Spain) instructing all educational levels, the sixth edition of this study offers a wide range of indicators to help understand how digital tools have been integrated into education in 2021. In addition, this year’s edition is marked by the consequences brought about by the impact Covid-19 had on education. The report is divided into different chapters offering a comprehensive analysis of the use of digital tools in the classroom, the status of the profession and teacher training, an overview of education in each country, and a chapter dedicated to education in times of pandemic. It also has standardized questions for all countries, which allows comparing the information of participating countries (Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile).
Key take-aways of post-pandemic education
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Most teachers believe that ICT has improved students’ motivation after they were forced to use technology without adequate training.
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Globally, two out of three teachers feel that society has valued their profession more after the pandemic.
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Teachers are calling for improvements in connectivity, infrastructure and training.
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For teachers, the main challenge to improve education is to encourage autonomous learning in students, and they say that the use of technology during the pandemic has provided a solution.
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One out of three teachers believes that the main advantage of using technology during the pandemic has been to create community between students and teachers, bridging isolation and bringing them closer together.
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Despite structural difficulties, teachers continue to believe in the transformative potential of technology.
Click to see the complete reports of Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
About the study
The Global Study was conducted in Spain and 19 Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Throughout the six years of the survey, both the number of participating countries and the sample sizes have increased: 4,926 teachers participated in this edition (1,658 more than last year). The teachers’ responses from various countries provide a broad vision of face-to-face and distance-education technology usage. Since the first study in 2015, the report’s objective has been to identify trends and record the evolution of students’ technological habits and the needs of teachers. For more information about the study, click here.
About BlinkLearning
BlinkLearning is a technology company specialized in developing solutions for education. The platform allows teachers and students to manage their virtual classrooms and access more than 25,000 digital books from over 100 national and international educational publishers from any device, whether online or offline. In 2015, BlinkLearning was selected by Forbes USA magazine as one of the 10 EdTech companies you should know about worldwide. And in 2018, it was included in the FT 1000 ranking, the list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies, compiled by the Financial Times. Between 2020 and 2021, BlinkLearning became the learning platform of choice for remote lessons in schools in Europe, Latin America, and the USA, with more than 3.5 million active users.
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