Qualitative analyses of e-learning implementation and hybrid teaching during the covid-19 pandemic at Spanish universities

Bustamante, Juan Carlos (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Segura Berges, Manuel ; Lizalde Gil, Manuel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Peñarrubia Lozano, Carlos (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: During the COVID-19 pandemic over the academic year 2020–2021, many universities and faculties had to deal with hybrid teaching by combining face-to-face and virtual teaching approaches. The main objective herein considered was to analyze the perceptions of students and teachers from Spanish universities regarding how e-learning has actually been adopted before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown. We also wished to know their opinions about the usefulness and applicability of the e-learning and hybrid teaching methodologies regarding their impacts on the teaching–learning process in the university context. A thematic analysis was performed using three discussion groups (two made up of four teachers each, and another comprising five teachers with university management posts). Seventy-nine open questionnaires completed by students were also analyzed. The participants were from eight different Spanish universities: six public and two private. The obtained results revealed a preference for face-to-face teaching over virtual teaching, and the advantages offered by closer interpersonal relationships were stressed. However, the participants also indicated the potential of the e-learning and hybrid teaching methodologies, which they believed complemented one another and reinforced learning personalization. Thus, a specific need for training in the e-learning methodology and hybrid teaching format was apparent.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/su141912003

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Sustainability (Switzerland) 14, 19 (2022), 12003 [19 pp.]
ISSN: 2071-1050

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Factor impacto CITESCORE: 5.8 - Engineering (Q1) - Energy (Q2) - Social Sciences (Q1) - Environmental Science (Q1)

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Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/JIUZ-2020-SOC-15

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Didáctica Expres.Corporal (Dpto. Expres.Music.Plást.Corp.)
Área (Departamento): Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)