Quality education monitoring (SDG 4) In Ecuador: Digital Gap, attitudes, digital competence and uses of information and communication technology (ICT) in teachers and postpandemics students.

Covid-19 pandemic affected the entire world, at the educational level, the student body and teachers of all levels were confined in their homes for several months and the medium of work-at least for those who could-was an electronic artifact and depended on the Internet connection; Pandemia enhanced the use of ICT and currently the use of artificial intelligence in education is already discussed. The purpose of the research will be to monitor SDG 4 on quality education in Ecuador regarding the digital divide, attitudes, use and digital competences of teachers and students in postpandemics. The investigation will follow a multimetod approach, it will be a concurrent design of the dominant model, with weight in quantitative. Study participants will be students and teachers of Basic General Education (EGB) and Unified General Baccalaureate (BGU) belonging to zone 6 of Ecuador. At the quantitative level, information will be collected through questionnaires, and at the qualitative level documentary analysis, interviews and focal groups will be used. It is expected to report on the digital gap in the country's education, attitudes, uses and digital competition of teachers and students in relation to different sociodemographic variables. The results will contribute to the development of a systematic teacher training plan in ICT management to enhance learning development.

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