Use of ICT and Autonomous Learning of University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 social distancing measures accelerated the digital transformation in education and presented challenges in both technological and methodological aspects in universities and schools. The main objective of this research was to determine the correlation between ICT use and students' autonomous learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research used a basic, quantitative approach and was descriptive and correlational with a non-experimental and cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 152 engineering students in North Lima private universities. The data collection technique was a survey employing a questionnaire as the instrument. The results showed that the students scored at the average level for the ICT usage variable (52%). They scored at medium-level for the autonomous learning variable (48.0%). The results indicated a moderately significant correlation (0.530) at a significance level of 0.00
$(\mathbf{p} < 0.05)$
between the students' ICT use and their autonomous learning.