La influencia del contexto en los usos de las herramientas virtuales

Abstract

This article is the product of an investigation that has pursued the following objectives: To know the uses of virtual tools by a representative population in age, profession, gender and formation. To identify the difficulties they encounter and to look for their causes. To assess the advantages of every tool in professional life, in leisure time and in teaching work.A sampling by quota has been chosen, basically for its rigor. The data acquisition tools -questionnaire protocol, interview script, and discussion group- than have been developed and applied make it possible to go beyond the frontier of quantitative vs qualitative analysis and to advance into a mixed methodology.  A quick, sure, selective, pertinent use of the studied virtual tools represents a principle of innovation, access to knowledge and development of professional performance. The qualifying in basic competences for building, transferring and processing general and specialized knowledge that can be found on the net and that is useful throughout one's life.