Higher education in Ecuador in times of COVID 19 within the framework of the TPACK model

Resumen

Covid-19 has disrupted educational systems, so the objective of the research was to describe the current situation of teachers in Ecuador who carry out tele-education under the lens of the TPACK model (Technological Pedagogical Knowledge of Content) in the context of the confinement due to the pandemic, the study included a specific analysis of technological knowledge (TK) and pedagogical technology (TPK) explained by the model First, a survey was carried out to know the teacher's perception about the domain of the types of knowledge proposed by TPACK, then a comparative analysis was carried out between the teacher perceptions obtained in the TK and TPK knowledge;and the results of evaluative tests that measured these types of knowledge The important findings were: The teacher has the necessary TK knowledge for the development of their work, but there is a deficiency in the TPK knowledge