doi:10.3390/su141912003engBustamante, Juan CarlosSegura Berges, ManuelLizalde Gil, ManuelPeñarrubia Lozano, CarlosQualitative analyses of e-learning implementation and hybrid teaching during the covid-19 pandemic at Spanish universitiesART-2022-129907During 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.2022http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/12010710.3390/su141912003http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/120107oai:zaguan.unizar.es:120107info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/JIUZ-2020-SOC-15Sustainability (Switzerland) 14, 19 (2022), 12003 [19 pp.]byhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess