Educational challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic: second survey of UNAM teachers
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higher education, COVID-19, educational strategies, distance education, information technologyAbstract
Objective: to identify, through a follow-up survey, the problems, faculty educational needs, digital tools, and teaching practices —interactions and evaluation—, of unam’s faculty during the first three months of confinement due to the pandemic.
Method: an exploratory and descriptive study was conducted that presents the main quantitative results of a second survey applied in June 2020 to a strategic and convenience sample of unam teachers (n= 513), about their educational experience during the transition to emergency remote education. The results presented here correspond to the questionnaire items associated with the pedagogical problems that they dealt with, as well as the type of digital tools, interactions, and assessment strategies that they used; additionally, the interests and training needs teachers identified to transition to a non-face-to-face modality of education are presented.
Results: differences were found in relation with the educational level in which faculty teach, baccalaureate (or high school), undergraduate or graduate. High school teachers were more confident, felt securer, and better equipped. ...
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