The instructional means, their development and importance in the education of the 21st century

Abstract

In the teaching and learning processes in any modality of the system, whether face-to-face, mixed or distance; one of the primary elements are the means and instructional resources that offer to the student the opportunity to have knowledge in a varied, dynamic and accessible way. These media have the information and are used to measure it for educational purposes so it must be contextualized, focusing on the characteristics of the students. This article is a documentary study that was based on the selection and compilation of information from documents that allowed us to reflect and compile theoretical and empirical realities where it is investigated, and interpret findings. The objective is to develop the state of the art in relation to the instructional means, a bit of history, concepts, classification, the design and production of them in different formats and their use in the education of the citizen that the 21st century requires.

Keywords: Instructional means; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); Learning and Knowledge Technologies (TAC).