Effects of COVID-19 on the Perception of Virtual Education in University Students in Ecuador; Technical and Methodological Principles at the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. The Role of ICT in Today’s Educational Process
1.2. Virtuality. Different Perceptions of the Actors of the Higher Education System
1.3. Methodological Principles and Didactic Techniques to Complement Virtuality
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Population and Sample
2.2. Instrument and Procedure
3. Results
3.1. Ranking Based on the Assessment of Subjects
3.2. Classification Based on ICT Assessment
3.3. Classification Based on the Evaluation of Didactic Techniques
3.4. Classification Based on the Assessment of Methodological Principles
- Low rating, 4% of the students assign a low rating to all variables.
- Average valuation, 18% of students assign an average valuation to all the variables analyzed.
- High rating, 78% of the students assign the highest ratings to the different methodological principles.
3.5. Relations
3.5.1. Age and Sex
3.5.2. Importance of ICT and Methodological Principles
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Questionnaire Questions | Number of Items |
---|---|
Identification data | 4 |
Use of ICT | 11 |
Assessment of subjects | 5 |
Evaluate activities | 13 |
Training activities | 7 |
Materials for the development of the subjects | 6 |
Weight of the activities in the subject | 7 |
Methodological principles | 7 |
Teaching techniques | 9 |
Development of the subject | 30 |
Developing the course in virtual, hybrid, or distance mode | 7 |
Importance of the subjects | 6 |
Overall assessment of the subjects | 6 |
Range | Percentage |
---|---|
17–20 | 10.8% |
21–24 | 19.4% |
25–28 | 15.7% |
29–31 | 13.4% |
32–35 | 16.4% |
36–39 | 9.0% |
40–43 | 7.8% |
44–47 | 4.5% |
48–51 | 1.5% |
44–47 | 1.5% |
Components | |||
---|---|---|---|
Variables | Advantages of ICT | ICT Results | Facilitate Teamwork |
Create Modify New Attitudes | 0.773 | 0.46 | 0.288 |
Facilitate Transfer Knowledge | 0.723 | 0.371 | 0.514 |
Best Presentation Contents | 0.709 | 0.462 | 0.441 |
Propitiate Relationships Student–Professor | 0.709 | 0.376 | 0.49 |
Clarify Abstract Concepts | 0.702 | 0.555 | 0.302 |
Demonstrate Simulated Experiences | 0.641 | 0.571 | 0.375 |
Access More Information | 0.609 | 0.466 | 0.544 |
Easier To Remember Information | 0.478 | 0.774 | 0.351 |
Facilitates Self-study Individualizes Teaching | 0.444 | 0.686 | 0.494 |
Motivate Learning | 0.475 | 0.683 | 0.478 |
Facilitate Teamwork | 0.368 | 0.385 | 0.813 |
B | Typical Error | Wald | gl | Sig. | Exp (B) | 95% Interval for Exp (B) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower Limit | Upper Limit | ||||||||
Intersection | 1.748 | 0.195 | 80.652 | 1 | 0.000 | ||||
[ICTRating = 1] [ICTR Rating = 1 | 2.441 | 1.240 | 3.874 | 1 | 0.049 | 11.484 | 1.010 | 130.519 | |
Under | [ICTRating = 2] [ICTR Rating = 2 | 1.214 | 0.362 | 11.229 | 1 | 0.001 | 3.366 | 1.655 | 6.846 |
[ICTRating = 3] [ICTR Rating = 3 | 0 b | 0 | |||||||
Intersection | 5.182 | 1.003 | 26.701 | 1 | 0.000 | ||||
Medium | [ICTRating = 1] [ICTR Rating = 1] | 5.182 | 1.734 | 8.934 | 1 | 0.003 | 178.000 | 5.953 | 5322.604 |
[ICTRating = 2] [ICTR Rating = 2 | 3.894 | 1.079 | 13.014 | 1 | 0.000 | 49.103 | 5.920 | 407.284 | |
[ICTRating = 3] [ICTR Rating = 3 | 0 b | 0 |
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Torres-Díaz, J.C.; Rivera-Rogel, D.; Beltrán-Flandoli, A.M.; Andrade-Vargas, L. Effects of COVID-19 on the Perception of Virtual Education in University Students in Ecuador; Technical and Methodological Principles at the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. Sustainability 2022, 14, 3204. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063204
Torres-Díaz JC, Rivera-Rogel D, Beltrán-Flandoli AM, Andrade-Vargas L. Effects of COVID-19 on the Perception of Virtual Education in University Students in Ecuador; Technical and Methodological Principles at the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. Sustainability. 2022; 14(6):3204. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063204
Chicago/Turabian StyleTorres-Díaz, Juan Carlos, Diana Rivera-Rogel, Ana María Beltrán-Flandoli, and Lucy Andrade-Vargas. 2022. "Effects of COVID-19 on the Perception of Virtual Education in University Students in Ecuador; Technical and Methodological Principles at the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja" Sustainability 14, no. 6: 3204. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063204