Training projects, Virtual Education and Pandemic by COVID-19: from opportunity analysis to strategic decision making

Abstract

During the Covid-19 pandemic, higher education went from face-to-face to virtual for more than two years in Mexico. During this time, various strategies and approaches were tested, but the progress regarding the level of implementation in the training projects is unknown. That is why the purpose of this study was to determine the level of application of training projects in virtual education. The qualitative approach of documentary review was used as a methodology, observing 25 didactic plans, corresponding to the same number of university teachers. A socioformative analytical rubric was used, which allowed determining the level of performance, achievements and areas of opportunity. In this regard, it was found that the level of progress, in general, was between low and medium for the various indicators. The elements with the best advances in project work were: the identification of the curricular elements, the organization of activities in sequence and the formative evaluation, without reaching high levels. The worst addressed aspects, on the other hand, were: the organization of the students, the approach to a problem of the context and the resources. In future research, it is suggested to increase the sample and carry out extensive quantitative analyses.