#TecnoEduUNLP en tiempos de aislamiento: oportunidades y tensiones

Abstract

The lockdown (locally known as ASPO: Social, Preventive and Compulsory Lockdown) that has been in place since March 2020 in Argentina led the institutions of higher education to start teaching in virtual modality in order to assure the implementation of the academic calendar. This situation has challenged us to revise the contents, teaching methodologies, communication with and between students and the digital tools used, among others changes.In this new scenario, the Chair of Educational Technology in the School of Humanities and Education of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata adjusted its approach to these new conditions mainly by using a virtual classroom and a videoconference system.In this article we analyze the tensions we have been experiencing during this year because of these new teaching conditions. These tensions have become opportunities since we were able to capitalize on our prior experience of working together: the reaffirmation of the teaching model centered on the student, the visibility of all pedagogical interventions, an increase in educational experiences using digital technologies, the irreducible tension between agents and tools (as expressed by Vigotsky), among others.First, we start this document with the description of the Educational Technology Chair, then we present the principal aspects of our teaching model in order for the readers to be able to identify the tensions and challenges in this situation.Last, we offer some preliminary ideas on the objectives achieved in the course during the first part of this year.