@misc{10481/84019,
year = {2021},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/84019},
abstract = {Educational Technologies (EdTech) are based on the use of Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT) to improve the quality of teaching and learning. EdTech is experiencing great development at different
educational levels worldwide, especially since the appearance of Covid-19. The recent publication of a study
by the ICT Sectorial of CRUE Universidades Españolas, the Spanish University Association, is the first report on
the implementation of such technologies within Spain´s University System. This paper presents two different
maps based on the data from that report. Together, they illustrate the penetration of different types of EdTech
in our university system and shed light on the strategic interest behind their adoption. Our goal is to produce
self-explanatory maps that can be easily and directly interpreted. The first map reflects wide granularity in
terms of the global importance of technologies, while the second points to relevant conclusions given the
spatial position of Spain´s universities, and the size of the nodes that represent them (directly related with
their strategic interests on EdTech), as well as with the local relationships existing among them (identifying
similarities on those strategic interests).},
organization = {Working Group in Online Training and Educational Technologies
(FOLTE), of the ICT Sectorial of the Commission of Rectors of Spanish
Universities (the Spanish University Association},
organization = {CRUE Universidades
Españolas). Moreover, this work was supported by the Spanish
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities},
organization = {ERDF under
grant EXASOCO (PGC2018-101216-B-I00)},
publisher = {Universidad Internacional de La Rioja},
keywords = {Educational},
keywords = {Technologies},
keywords = {Information and communication},
keywords = {Technologies},
keywords = {Social Networks Analysis},
keywords = {Spanish Higher},
keywords = {Education system},
keywords = {Universities},
title = {Mapping the Situation of Educational Technologies in the Spanish University System Using Social Network Analysis and Visualization},
doi = {10.9781/ijimai.2021.09.004},
author = {Vargas Quesada, Benjamín and Zarco, Carmen and Cordón García, Óscar},
}