Abstract:In 2014, the Mexican government approved a bold energy reform that allows private energy companies to freely participate in the energy market (something prohibited during the previous eight decades). This reform is expected to significantly restructure the energy sector and boost and diversify the energy production. Moreover, changes in the energy sector and production might lead to structural changes in the rest of the economy and ultimately generate significant economic benefits for the country. Nevertheless, the fundamental role of the energy sector in this oil producing country makes the potential impacts of the reform complex to forecast. The objective of the study is to analyze the current state, evolution, and driving factors of the total primary energy use in Mexico in 2003-2012 (prior to the implementation of the reform) as a precedent for future analyses of impacts of the energy reform. The results show three driving factors of the evolution of primary energy use: final non-energy demand, direct energy intensity, and economic structure. Also, it was found that the energy sector has been in a precarious situation regarding its structure and efficiency. However, this situation had a small effect on the evolution of primary energy use.
En este trabajo se presenta un método de enseñanza/aprendizaje a través de la plataforma Moodle y la aplicación de Zoom como recursos tecnológicos para la docencia. Esta técnica se aplica al desarrollo de un Diplomado Internacional en Energías Renovables llevado a cabo entre la Universidad de Guadalajara, México y la Universidad Libre de Colombia. Se describe el diseño del diplomado, los módulos temáticos y la distribución de sesiones presenciales y no presenciales. Posteriormente se comparan y analizan las notas promedio obtenidas por los estudiantes para las sesiones no-presenciales y presenciales. Los resultados muestran que el empleo de un entorno virtual, mediante la aplicación de las tecnologías de la Información y la Computación (TIC) para gestión de cursos, en conjunto con una plataforma interactiva de videoconferencias, como lo son Moodle y Zoom, ayudan al estudiante a asimilar mejor los conceptos vistos en la asignatura.
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