Propuesta de un Modelo Teórico de Gestión del Conocimiento para el Fortalecimiento de la Educación Rural Media Desde la Brecha Digital de Uso y Cognitiva en Santander.

Abstract

The theoretical foundation of this doctoral thesis is the proposal of the Knowledge Management Model (MGCER) to contribute to mitigating the digital and cognitive gap in educational institutions in Colombia. Since in rural areas of the country, there is a notable shortage of technological resources in schools, which has generated the need to address various realities that go beyond the lack of infrastructure, connectivity and devices. The main objective of this research: To generate theoretical foundations of a knowledge management model for the strengthening of Secondary Rural Education from the Digital Use Gap and the Cognitive Digital Gap in five (5) educational institutions in the Department of Santander. This study is framed in a socio-critical research paradigm, with a qualitative approach developed through the phenomenological method, where there was the participation of managers, teachers and students, to whom a series of instruments validated by experts were administered. The findings revealed the difficulties in digital skills that limit the integration and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Rural Education. Likewise, the opinions of teachers and students about the educational experience with ICT, together with the epistemic support, led to the development of the Knowledge Management model, from which a series of guidelines are deployed for its future operationalization.