ANALYSIS OF TEACHING COMPETENCIES IN RELATION TO THE COSTS OF ADAPTATION TO THE ONLINE MODALITY

Abstract

Teaching and learning in Higher Education is constant regardless of the time or space in which we find ourselves, since there will always be something to learn. The knowledge that a teacher possesses is very valuable for the development and subsistence of life. Each one of us wishes to leave our mark in history, a positive legacy, and this can be achieved in different ways. One of them is to pass on to others the knowledge acquired in life's journey.  Teachers have been adapting their teaching methods to the technological evolution and using tools at their disposal, their main objective and goal is to provide teaching and understanding for their students. Each teacher has his or her own teaching-learning methodology depending on his or her skills, the equipment or implements he or she has and above all his or her attitude. The present research aims to investigate the knowledge, skills, and creativity that higher education teachers have in the technological field, as well as the strategies that teachers choose to stay updated, we will analyze the attitudes that teachers show in the face of this challenge and discover the drawbacks and cost benefits that teachers have to adapt to technological changes in the field of education presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.