University social responsibility for the generation of ICT skills

Abstract

In understanding the adaptation to emerging social needs, higher education institutions must make more flexible and develop an integration of information and communication technologies in training processes. The inclusion of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in higher education institutions transforms the teacher's education and demand, their skills, and the orientation of their pedagogical practice of new knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Methodologically, documents and specialized bibliography are reviewed to assume the reflection and put forward arguments that describe some approaches for the innovation of educational practice and the transformation of the profile of the university professor in order to respond to the demands of today's society. It is concluded that it is necessary to apply a new conception of student-users, role changes in teachers, and administrative changes concerning communication systems, design, and distribution of teaching. All this implies, in turn, changes in the canons of teaching-learning towards a more flexible and technological model.