Accessibility of Digital Educational Resources in Basic Education Textbooks in Chile

Abstract

This article presents the results obtained from a Research Seedbed carried out by students of the Pedagogy in Basic Education program, with a focus on Language and Mathematics, at the University of Los Lagos. Through a qualitative methodology and content analysis, the accessibility of the digital educational resources proposed in the textbooks for basic education students was studied, in the subjects of Mathematics, Language, History, and Sciences for the year 2022.

Key aspects in the use of these resources were analyzed, such as accessibility, availability, and validity; the ways in which students can access these resources; proposed work strategies; successes and shortcomings identified in the different proposals according to subject area and resource type. The results reveal serious deficiencies in the accessibility of technological resources; little or no updating of these resources; and a lack of clear and precise guidelines regarding the efficient integration of these resources into the teaching and learning process.