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Adapting to Remote Learning during COVID-19: An Engineering Education Approach
Adaptación para el aprendizaje a distancia durante el COVID-19: un enfoque de educación en ingeniería
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https://doi.org/10.15446/ing.investig.101349Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2, Engineering education, Latin America, learning during the pandemic (en)SARS-CoV-2, Educación en ingeniería, América Latina, aprendizaje en pandemia (es)
With a focus on the problems faced by the education sector, this article shows the main technological tools used by teachers for remote teaching in an engineering education program during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a case study in a Latin American university positioned in the QS World University Ranking, the tools most frequently used for communication, storing information, messaging, and sharing learning videos are described. This study examines engineering’s areas of knowledge, considering that learning them poses a challenge for teaching in virtual environments due to the need to carry out laboratory practices. Using statistical methods, the relationships between the areas of the education program, the teachers’ sociodemographic variables, and the technological tools used to offer online classes during the lockdown are described. The results show that, from the perspective of the teacher and for the field of engineering, the tools with the most significant effect, in sometimes essential for teaching during the pandemic, were those related to the Google platforms, which were used in 75% of the cases for video communication and storage. Meanwhile, with 44 and 56% WhatsApp and Moodle, were the most used for messaging and sharing contents and learning materials.
Con énfasis en las problemáticas que enfrentó el sector educativo, en este artículo se muestran las principales herramientas tecnológicas utilizadas por los docentes para la enseñanza remota en un programa educativo de ingeniería durante el primer año de la pandemia del COVID-19. A través de un caso de estudio en una universidad latinoamericana posicionada en el QS World University Ranking, se describen las herramientas que se utilizaron con mayor frecuencia para la comunicación, el almacenamiento de información, la mensajería y el envío de materiales de aprendizaje y videos. Este estudio examina las áreas de conocimiento de la ingeniería, considerando que el aprendizaje de estas representa un reto para la enseñanza en entornos virtuales debido a la necesidad de realizar prácticas de laboratorio. Utilizando métodos estadísticos, se describen las relaciones entre las áreas del programa educativo, las variables sociodemográficas del docente y las herramientas tecnológicas utilizadas para dar clases en línea durante el confinamiento. Los resultados muestran que, desde la perspectiva del docente y para el campo de la ingeniería, las herramientas con el efecto más significativo y que incluso resultan esenciales para la enseñanza en pandemia fueron aquellas relacionadas con las plataformas de Google, siendo utilizadas en un 75 % de los casos para la comunicación y el almacenamiento. Entretanto, con 44 y 56 %, WhatsApp y Moodle fueron las de mayor uso para enviar mensajes y compartir contenido y materiales de aprendizaje.
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