Políticas públicas de educación con integración de TIC en Colombia (2000-2015)

Este estudio presenta un análisis del estado de las políticas públicas de educación y TIC en Colombia, igualmente, expone los retos existentes para la formulación de políticas de educación digital, haciendo una diferenciación entre las acciones conducentes a la dotación de tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones en el sector educativo y la educación TIC o educación digital. La primera acción, dotación, ha buscado cubrir la deuda tecnológica en el ámbito educativo y la segunda, la educación digital, busca transformar las formas de aprender en las instituciones educativas. Los hallazgos aquí presentados son el resultado de un recorrido por el corpus normativo existente en el país, por las tendencias descritas por los organismos multilaterales en el tema y por la percepción de secretarios de educación municipales y departamentales así como funcionarios de los Ministerios de Educación y de TIC

Estudio cualitativo sobre decisión vocacional

El estudio cualitativo sobre decisión vocacional reúne los resultados del análisis realizado a estudiantes que participaron de la estrategia Monitores Líderes del Plan Digital Itagüí y que están cerca de finalizar los estudios de secundaria. La exploración buscó identificar los factores incidentes en la decisión sobre los planes de estudio, además de las posibles tendencias y áreas de profundización frente al tema de decisión vocacional

Estudio cualitativo sobre cultura de innovación

El estudio cualitativo sobre cultura de innovación plantea un análisis sobre el desarrollo del tema en el municipio de Itagüí, Antioquia; y el nivel de innovación que presentan las instituciones educativas que han pasado por el Plan Digital Itagüí al incorporar prácticas mediadas con tecnología

Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)

From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated how much change in mean body mass index (BMI) explains changes in the prevalence of underweight, obesity, and severe obesity in different regions using data from 2896 population-based studies with 187 million participants. Changes in the prevalence of underweight and total obesity, and to a lesser extent severe obesity, are largely driven by shifts in the distribution of BMI, with smaller contributions from changes in the shape of the distribution. In East and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the underweight tail of the BMI distribution was left behind as the distribution shifted. There is a need for policies that address all forms of malnutrition by making healthy foods accessible and affordable, while restricting unhealthy foods through fiscal and regulatory restrictions

De la bodega a una política pública: implementación mediante instrumentos de la política pública para la innovación educativa con uso de TIC

La política pública de innovación educativa con uso de TIC: en el Plan Digital Itagüí, tipifica un caso de intervención exitoso y eficaz, en un ámbito local caracterizado por el bajo uso de tecnologías en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje y por la escasa gestión técnica y cultural para integrar tecnologías a los ambientes de aprendizaje escolar, de manera planeada, sistemática e incluyente

Recomendaciones para políticas públicas en educación digital

El componente de políticas de aprendizaje del proyecto Forjando Futuros para la Educación en Colombia asume la educación como un eje convergente en la construcción de ciudadanías del siglo XXI. Para ello, el documento recopila lecciones aprendidas, preguntas y recomendaciones planteadas desde la evidencia recogida entre 2015 y 2016 en la intervención del Plan Digital Itagüí

Medición del uso y apropiación de las tecnologías digitales por parte de los docentes colombianos

Este estudio propone y valida una escala multivariada para medir el uso y apropiación de las tecnologías digitales en docentes. Considerando que el instrumento empleado no sigue un marco teórico específico, para su validación se emplearon las metodologías de análisis factorial exploratorio y análisis factorial exploratorio multinivel y a partir de encuestas de percepción diligenciadas por 5919 docentes pertenecientes a 121 instituciones educativas públicas de Colombia entre los años 2013 y 2015. Una vez verificadas las propiedades psicométricas de la encuesta, a nivel individual se estimó un índice compuesto por las dimensiones de beneficios de la tecnología, disponibilidad de recursos tecnológicos en la institución educativa, conocimiento en aspectos relacionados con las tecnologías digitales, uso de recursos tecnológicos en la práctica docente, intencionalidad del uso de tecnología en el aula de clase e institucionalización de la tecnología en la planeación escolar. A nivel grupal y considerando que un menor porcentaje de preguntas de la encuesta se asociaban directamente a la institución educativa, la metodología multinivel permitió establecer validez de las dimensiones de disponibilidad de recursos tecnológicos e institucionalización de la tecnología en la planeación escolar

Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development

Optimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence is crucial for lifelong health and well-being1–6. Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight from 71 million participants, to report the height and body-mass index (BMI) of children and adolescents aged 5–19 years on the basis of rural and urban place of residence in 200 countries and territories from 1990 to 2020. In 1990, children and adolescents residing in cities were taller than their rural counterparts in all but a few high-income countries. By 2020, the urban height advantage became smaller in most countries, and in many high-income western countries it reversed into a small urban-based disadvantage. The exception was for boys in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in some countries in Oceania, south Asia and the region of central Asia, Middle East and north Africa. In these countries, successive cohorts of boys from rural places either did not gain height or possibly became shorter, and hence fell further behind their urban peers. The difference between the age-standardized mean BMI of children in urban and rural areas was <1.1 kg m–2 in the vast majority of countries. Within this small range, BMI increased slightly more in cities than in rural areas, except in south Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and some countries in central and eastern Europe. Our results show that in much of the world, the growth and developmental advantages of living in cities have diminished in the twenty-first century, whereas in much of sub-Saharan Africa they have amplified

Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

Background: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. Methods: We used data from 3663 population-based studies with 222 million participants that measured height and weight in representative samples of the general population. We used a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate trends in the prevalence of different BMI categories, separately for adults (age ≥20 years) and school-aged children and adolescents (age 5-19 years), from 1990 to 2022 for 200 countries and territories. For adults, we report the individual and combined prevalence of underweight (BMI &lt;18·5 kg/m2) and obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI &lt;2 SD below the median of the WHO growth reference) and obesity (BMI &gt;2 SD above the median). Findings: From 1990 to 2022, the combined prevalence of underweight and obesity in adults decreased in 11 countries (6%) for women and 17 (9%) for men with a posterior probability of at least 0·80 that the observed changes were true decreases. The combined prevalence increased in 162 countries (81%) for women and 140 countries (70%) for men with a posterior probability of at least 0·80. In 2022, the combined prevalence of underweight and obesity was highest in island nations in the Caribbean and Polynesia and Micronesia, and countries in the Middle East and north Africa. Obesity prevalence was higher than underweight with posterior probability of at least 0·80 in 177 countries (89%) for women and 145 (73%) for men in 2022, whereas the converse was true in 16 countries (8%) for women, and 39 (20%) for men. From 1990 to 2022, the combined prevalence of thinness and obesity decreased among girls in five countries (3%) and among boys in 15 countries (8%) with a posterior probability of at least 0·80, and increased among girls in 140 countries (70%) and boys in 137 countries (69%) with a posterior probability of at least 0·80. The countries with highest combined prevalence of thinness and obesity in school-aged children and adolescents in 2022 were in Polynesia and Micronesia and the Caribbean for both sexes, and Chile and Qatar for boys. Combined prevalence was also high in some countries in south Asia, such as India and Pakistan, where thinness remained prevalent despite having declined. In 2022, obesity in school-aged children and adolescents was more prevalent than thinness with a posterior probability of at least 0·80 among girls in 133 countries (67%) and boys in 125 countries (63%), whereas the converse was true in 35 countries (18%) and 42 countries (21%), respectively. In almost all countries for both adults and school-aged children and adolescents, the increases in double burden were driven by increases in obesity, and decreases in double burden by declining underweight or thinness. Interpretation: The combined burden of underweight and obesity has increased in most countries, driven by an increase in obesity, while underweight and thinness remain prevalent in south Asia and parts of Africa. A healthy nutrition transition that enhances access to nutritious foods is needed to address the remaining burden of underweight while curbing and reversing the increase in obesity. Funding: UK Medical Research Council, UK Research and Innovation (Research England), UK Research and Innovation (Innovate UK), and European Union