Browsing by Autor "Ismar Frango Silveira"

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COVID-19, Changes in educational practices and the perception of stress by university educators in Latin America – a post-pandemic analysis
(Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2023) Ismar Frango Silveira; Renata Mendes de Araújo; Valéria Farinazzo Martins; Maria Amélia Eliseo; Cibelle Albuquerque de la Higuera Amato; Ana Casali; Diego Torres; Vladimir Costas-Jauregui; César A. Collazos; Darwin Muñoz
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about profound changes in social and professional contexts. Schools and universities all over the world were closed to curb the contamination. In a short period, many educators were forced to reinvent their classes in a non-classroom mode, mediated by technology. This scenario of overwork can lead educators to stress, favoring distress, anxiety, and depression due to the uncertainties resulting from the pandemic and the search for new knowledge acquisition. This paper shows the research results conducted by university educators in Latin America who have been exercising teaching activities during social isolation imposed by COVID-19. The results show that with just one exception, educators from all countries reported suffering from some stress-related aspects concerning some manner to remote teaching. Higher workload perception came from women, unfolding gender inequalities amplified during pandemics. There is no clear relationship between the degree of technological expertise and stress factors, although, in general, educators use more time to prepare learning material and monitor students’ progress. Technological infrastructure was not a big concern for those educators in big cities, but some fundamental infrastructure problems were reported due to each country’s economic reality or geographic conditions.
Digital Divide in Latin America and Europe: Main Characteristics in Selected Countries
(2019) Łukasz Tomczyk; Maria Amélia Eliseo; Vladimir Costas; Gloria Sanchez; Ismar Frango Silveira; Maria-Jose Barros; Héctor R. Amado-Salvatierra; Solomon Sunday Oyelere
This paper presents the characteristics of the digital divide (DD)in the Latin American countries on the example of: Bolivia, Brazil; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Finland; Guatemala; Poland. The purpose of the text is to show the scale of the phenomenon, the most vulnerable groups (including the DD determinants)and practices facilitating digital inclusion. The comparison and exchange of good practices help to understand more fully the DD characteristics (regardless of the location of the people affected by DD)and to promote good practices. The paper is part of the activities within the SELI project.
Digital Storytelling and Blockchain as Pedagogy and Technology to Support the Development of an Inclusive Smart Learning Ecosystem
(Springer Nature, 2020) Solomon Sunday Oyelere; Ismar Frango Silveira; Valéria Farinazzo Martins; Maria Amélia Eliseo; Özgür Yaşar Akyar; Vladimir Costas-Jauregui; Bernardo Caussin; Regina Motz; Jarkko Suhonen; Łukasz Tomczyk