Information and communication technologies and their relationship with academic performance in higher education

The objective of the research was to analyze the incidence of the pedagogical use of ICT with the academic performance of the students of a Higher Education Institution. The type-related methodology is used in order to determine the interaction between the use of the collaborative work tool called Padlet and student performance. For this purpose, nonparametric tests are applied and interpreted for the analysis of correlations and variances of the main variables. The selected population was the students enrolled in the classroom modality of the: Accounting and Audit, Business Administration and Chemical Engineering degrees of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), corresponding to the academic period April - August 2018. The results showed that, the Padlet has been qualified as a good tool, regardless of the grade obtained by the students and the amount of resources they use in their learning; highlighting the importance of the use of ICT.