Revista Brasileira de Política e Administração da Educação
Print version ISSN 1678-166XOn-line version ISSN 2447-4193
Abstract
SANTOS BRAGA, DANIEL; TOLOMELLI BRESCIA, AMANDA and PINHEIRO DANTAS, DINA MARA. Access and use of technological devices and internet in higher education in Minas Gerais. Revista Brasileira de Política e Administração da Educação [online]. 2023, vol.39, n.1, e122539. Epub Sep 25, 2023. ISSN 2447-4193. https://doi.org/10.21573/vol39n12023.122539.
The aim of this study is to identify the access and use of devices and the internet by professors and undergraduate students of the State University of Minas Gerais, during the covid-19 pandemic. A questionnaire was applied, to which 229 teachers and 669 students answered. It was identified that Remote Education required pedagogical adaptations, as well as acquisitions or improvements of technological devices and internet networks. It was also possible to trace the socio-economic profile of the students and demonstrated the inequalities of educational opportunities experienced.
Keywords : access to digital technology; inequalities of educational opportunities; emergency remote education; higher education.