Virtual university education and the challenges in time of pandemic

Abstract

The World Health Organization, as of January 2020, identifies the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for COVID-19 that, due to its rapid spread, brings with it a confinement that changed the lives of individuals and within these to the An education that, being disabled in the training process of its students, establishes the option of resorting to virtuality, an aspect that brought many challenges not only for students, but also for teachers. Through this article, the methodological changes in the pedagogical process were evidenced by replacing face-to-face classrooms with virtual ones, where the teacher directs his students in the formation of their academic competencies with the use of digital platforms (synchronous), and the development of their own learning process (asynchronous). The research was carried out on both teachers and students of the Initial Education career of the Metropolitan University study population, and a quantitative methodology was used for data collection through the application of a survey that led to determine the difficulties and limitations related to virtual education, and based on these results, seek the strategies that best suit the teaching-learning process. As a result, knowledge of the management of the platforms is necessary for both teachers and students, to carry out virtual classes and in this way comply with the proposed work guide and the execution of other substantive processes, aspects that minimized the inconveniences, without harm educational quality in times of pandemic.