Author tools that support the creation of web content for educational purposes in Colombia
Abstract
The development of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has led to the use of an increasing number of authoring tools in education, therefore, this study, which is based on a bibliographic review in digital academic repositories and the subsequent application of an online survey to a group of Colombian teachers, makes it possible to identify the socio-demographic variables and digital skills of the respondents and the most used authoring tools for the creation of educational content. Within the study, it became apparent that although the teachers stated that they had digital competences for the use of computers and the Internet, and that they agreed with the importance of the use of the ICT to underpin the transformation, innovation, and improvement of traditional teaching and learning methods, this has not been adopted by most of them as didactics for permanent use in the classroom, which is demonstrated by the occasional frequency with which they design ICT-mediated teaching resources as a tool in their teaching practice. On the other hand, it was found that sensitization is necessary for teachers, aiming at promoting the creation of ICT-mediated educational material that considers the web accessibility guidelines, including a majority of students, with different learning needs and styles.