Social responsibility of the Peruvian university in the context of virtual education

Tuesta Panduro J.A.; Maribel D.E.; Nicolás C.S.R.; Virginia C.H. · Revista de Ciencias Sociales (2022) · DOI: 10.31876/rcs.v28i.38849

Resumen

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the implementation of measures that impacted the normal functioning of Peruvian universities, leading to the immediate closure of face-to-face activities and, in the midst of the contingency, implementing emergency actions that would allow the continuity of service delivery. to their students, adopting distance education mediated by Information and Communication Technologies. The objective of the article is to analyze the social responsibility of the Peruvian university in the framework of the implementation of virtual education in the context of the pandemic. The methodology used is a qualitative, documentary approach, using content analysis. The results reveal that there is limited social responsibility in the university sector, due to its scarce participation in the construction and design of classes through the available technological platforms, to implement virtual education. It is concluded that universities in Peru face demands to assume in a more efficient and responsible way the different processes that they develop in the virtual modality (teaching, research, extension), with the purpose of honoring the norms and procedures exposed in the normative context that regulates their performance in the context of pandemic

Instituciones: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú; Universidad César Vallejo; Universidad Privada del Norte