Educacion 3.0 en Iberoamerica: principales objetos de analisis cientifico y beneficios sociopedagogicos Education 3.0 in Latin America: main objects of scientific analysis and their social pedagogical benefits
This article analyzes the progressive impact of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) on Latin American education; as a consequence of the world process of cultural, technological and media globalization, and the needs this generates in educational research. Its main objective is to determine what will be, via means of theoretical research methodology, the main objects and scope of educational technology study in the context of Education 3.0 and their relevant importance in the future. This new stage of historicalpedagogical development which new school and higher education structures are establishing will enhance the advantages that this new digital society. We argue, as main results, that the prime need should be to prioritize the scientific analysis of (a) the use of ICT and its student motivation ability; (b) new pedagogical models; and (c) the need for media education to create critical attitudes to the powerful influence of these technologies on society. These research