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In March 2020, face-to-face classes in Mexico were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From that moment on, virtuality was the means that allowed the continuation of teaching and learning activities in higher education. Today, almost a year and a half after the beginning of this scheme of work, the educational authorities are preparing for the return to face-to-face teaching. However, it is not yet known when the necessary conditions will exist for this to fully occur. This article addresses various possible scenarios in the post-confinement era, as well as the acceptance that these would have in the university student community. Its objectives were to characterize student perceptions of classes after COVID-19 lockdown and to compare them according to educational program, academic period, and employment status. The research design was quantitative cross-sectional, non-experimental, exploratory-descriptive in scope. A total of 1395 students from five university programs (Administration, International Trade, Public Accountant, Law, Information Technology) participated and answered an online questionnaire. They were asked about their willingness to continue taking online or hybrid classes in different scenarios, as well as about the continued use of collaborative tools and the need to promote technological and information security skills, given the digital nature of remote education. Data analysis was performed with the SPSS package. Descriptive values were obtained and nonparametric statistical tests of differences between groups were performed. The results show that students value positively the power to decide to take a subject online or face-to-face. In either mode of post-pandemic work, students would agree to continue using MSTEAMS. On the other hand, the recording of sessions was well valued, as well as the possibility of reducing the cost of enrollment if the education were hybrid or online. Also, students would be willing to take their theoretical courses online. It was found that law students are less in agreement about continuing to take their theoretical subjects online and administration students are more in agreement. Also, administration students were more in agreement to continue using MSTEAMS. On the other hand, students in the last semesters are more in agreement to continue with online classes and resources compared to students in the first semesters. In the analysis by employment status, no differences were found. This paper provides an overview of the acceptability of various hypothetical post-pandemic scenarios and allows reflection on the learnings obtained with online education in the COVID-19 times and how these could enhance academic activities after confinement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information and knowledge are the new drivers of productivity and economic growth in modern economies, with a new creation of value for organizations through knowledge management. Bibliometric analysis has been applied to the field of knowledge management, between 1999 and 2019, related to knowledge management and knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). This paper presents the evolution of publication growth, citation analysis, international collaboration, author productivity, and emerging topics, using the Elsevier Scopus database, Microsoft Excel 2016, VOSviewer, and word cloud maps. The results provide evidence of the formation of 7 clusters by bibliographic coupling, where the publications with more significant similarity in cited references, allow to identify the related researches, as well as the different approaches, from which the topic has been approached. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the findings of a study whose object was to describe the experience and results of an online training program for professors in Mexican business schools, aimed at developing information and communication technologies skills. The training program was developed using the CUDI network for Internet 2 videoconferencing, and the SAKAI learning platform for the management of educational interventions. The results show the opportunities and difficulties encountered in the development of a teacher training program of this type and identify the characteristics of the profile of a teacher who did effectively benefit from this experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This report of the pilot study of the Habilidades Digitales para Todos program (HDTP) in 5th and 6th grades is supported on the wide experience of the authors in the study and assessment of information and communication technologies (ICT) applied in Mexican elementary school classrooms, first with the Enciclomedia program, currently with the Explora software. Through the analysis of questionnaires and observation statements, the paper describes the profiles, opinions, experiences and expectations of Explora users (students, teachers and principals), as well as school infrastructure conditions. The article concludes with a series of advices for the improvement of the implementation of the HDTP in the country's elementary schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This presentation represents a bibliographical and experiential analysis on Knowledge Management within institutions of higher learning (IHL), considering the activities that must be developed in the programs of study and in general in the curriculum so as to be able to cope with the learning -- teaching process. The object of this paper is Knowledge Management; its direct objective is curriculum and the operational method proposed for achieving it is the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). During the development of this article the necessary interest of the academic community of the IHL will be considered so as to develop Knowledge Management throughout the institution. IHL must recognize that the most important element in any institution, be it administrative or educational, is its intellectual capital. This must be identified, taken care of, organized, registered and promoted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes the main results of the design, development and implementation of a technology platform to record, organize and distribute information on the knowledge production at the Technological Institute of Sonora (ITSON). With that in mind we formed an interdisciplinary team and hired an outside firm to develop a knowledge management system (KMS). The platform counts with modules for electronic administration of content, applications, management of the knowledge pieces and interaction with other institutional systems. Tools to generate, access, store and transfer knowledge in the University. As an added value for the school it was used to promote a culture of sharing intellectual resources and the creation of learning communities. The successful implementation of a technological tool depends on human factors, organizational processes and culture. We need technology as a means to manage the assets and keep the organization together. Knowledge management is not only the creation of a centralized data base but also it encompasses a variety of sources that contribute to the development of knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper distinguishes between two models of online learning: transmission and the generation of knowledge. The first model includes access to exhibitions, readings, tutorials, exercises, and tests, and is associated with superficial results of learning. The second model offers resources and functions of active, constructive, cumulative, and self-regulated learning. The proposal is made to operate a model of generating knowledge through a setting of learning called meta-tutor, which offers a variety of resources and high interactivity, and promotes the construction of knowledge and self-regulatory skills. The model was evaluated empirically in a psychology course. The results indicate that students who learn in this setting show significantly higher achievement in pre-test and post-test comparisons and in comparisons with a control group. The implications for designing online instruction are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nanotechnology, which is the manipulation of matter at a scale of one billionth of a meter, is poised to be one of the main technological developments of the twenty-first century. Although great uncertainty still surrounds it, the advances in nanotechnology have been impressive, and, given its potential, capitalist competition in the field is becoming increasingly intense. This paper addresses nanotechnology from a socio- political and geo-economic perspective in order to highlight the dynamics and interests at stake, the social networks and power relations involved, and the existing tensions due to capitalist competition and contradiction, among other aspects. This case study of nanotechnology in the Western hemisphere allows us to show and discuss some of the principal ways high technology is fomented in the metropolis (the United States in this case) and how this research agenda is adopted in the periphery (in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Changes in quality in information technology products provoke that compilation of their price indexes represent a major challenge. In this respect, this paper has three goals. In first place, to build price indexes for personal computers during 1990-2004. In second place, to compare our price indexes with those compiled by Mexican Central Bank, Spanish National Institute of Statistics, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. In third place, to make an exploration about the viability of hedonic functions transfer between countries. Our results show a 21% average decline of the PC price index during the analyzed period. In consequence, official price index related to computers has a measurement bias. The adjusted CPI implies that the inflation rate was 4.425%, and not 4.463% as established by the Central Bank between July 2003 and December 2004. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shows an abstract of the Mexican technical norms of the "National Geodetic System" and "Positional Accuracy Standards"; the procedures to collect data, to process, to adjust, to accept, and to integrate the geodetic information to the Geodetic Data Base and to build the Geodetic Information System for each Federal State (SIGEF). Also, show how is constituted the National geodetic System and its reference frame. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]