Comparative Analysis of Virtual Teaching-Learning and In-Person Teaching-Learning 2019-2022: Ricardo Palma University, Lima, Peru

Méndez M.T.; Solís I.R.; Gonzalez J.C. · CICIC 2023 - Decima Tercera Conferencia Iberoamericana de Complejidad, Informatica y Cibernetica en el contexto de the 14th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics, and Cybernetics, IMCIC 2023 - Memorias (2023) · DOI: 10.54808/cicic2023.01.72

Resumen

In 2019, Peru initiated population lockdowns for biosecurity reasons, which significantly impacted the education sector. To prevent delays in student learning, the government opted for remote teaching in various modalities, despite the technological, socioeconomic, and geographical limitations that Peru faces. Upon returning to in-person classes, deficiencies in students' educational development were observed, which were assumed to be a product of changes in the education system. It is noted that these modes of teaching and learning have social, psychological, and even physical side effects, as students and teachers are subjected to isolation, lack of physical activity, and social interaction. The objective of the study was to analyze the post-pandemic educational scenario for a group of engineering students at Ricardo Palma University in 2022. These students experienced both virtual teaching on the Blackboard Collaborate platform and later returned to in-person classes. The study aimed to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of using information technologies (IT) in virtual and in-person teaching and learning, recognize the problems, their consequences, and propose necessary adjustments. The study concludes that the most commonly used IT tools in the virtual teaching and learning process from 2019 to 2022 were the Blackboard Collaborate platform and WhatsApp. It recommends implementing a hybrid teaching approach to improve the teaching and learning process.

Instituciones: Universidad Ricardo Palma