La educación virtual a partir de la pandemia. Estudio de caso. Estudiantes de la carrera de Comunicación Social de la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, año 2020

Abstract

The pandemic generated by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus affected many people from several countries in many aspects of their lives, one of those problems is education, which had to be interrupted in its face-to-face mode due to the impossibility of having physical contact direct with other people; In this sense, virtual education is proposed as an alternative for millions of children, youth and adults around the world to continue with their studies and the teaching-learning process is not affected. The purpose of this research has the objective of knowing how virtual education has generated changes in the teaching-learning process in the Communication Career of the Salesian Polytechnic University of Quito. Investigating the difficulties and experiences that students have had in the virtual mode. An approach was made to the pedagogical resources used by teachers to teach students during the pandemic. With this research project it has been possible to analyze and find answers about the strengths, opportunities and weaknesses that exist in this new virtual modality of studies, to propose pedagogical alternatives within the educational process, in order to guarantee better learning results in students.