Abstract:

In Mexico, despite a global decrease in exclusion from education, marked inequalities still persist, especially in schooling in states such as Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca where rural or "indigenous" poverty still has high rates, with respect to the rest of the country. This background becomes important because the study context of this research is subscribed in the System of State Universities of the State of Oaxaca (SUNEO), in particular in the Technological University of the Mixteca (UTM), located in the Lower Mixtec Region, one of the regions with the highest rate of migration, poverty and educational backwardness. Another relevant factor is found in the languages spoken by the ethnic groups existing in the Oaxacan entity, in which 16 indigenous languages belonging to and outside the entity are spoken, coming from the 68 ethnic groups or nations that survived the civilization of ancient Mexico. Under this scenario, where ancestral culture is combined with technological advancement, factors have generated that impact the learning process in young people entering higher education again. According to their age, they are presumed to have technological and communication skills for the development of their academic activities, since they have interacted with digital media since childhood. However, given the low-performance indices that have been detected in the first semesters of their undergraduate degree, it is necessary to analyze the technological perspective of new entrants to the undergraduate level at the Technological University of the Mixteca, allowing students to identify their technological competences with which they can propose and/or develop strategies in the teaching process in order to contribute to meaningful learning. In this research, a quantitative methodology is applied under a prospective study and a descriptive analysis, through which the technological profile of the new student is defined, under a multicultural context where groups of ethnolinguistic students from communities considered to be highly marginalized converge. The analysis of the information generated in this research shows the importance and expectations that students attach to the use of educational technology in their university learning and training activities. Likewise, it has been identified that students have availability and adaptability to adapt the full-time face-to-face teaching model of the UTM, despite the deficient technological skills and the low level of achievement in their academic history. The information provided by students has identified the need for teachers to use and implement technological tools in their teaching activities, in such a way that the interaction of students with various devices in the handling of the didactic contents is promoted, with the main objective that the student becomes the protagonist of his own learning, regardless of his previous experience.

Keywords:

Technological Competences, Mixtec Region, Technological foresight