STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN PANDEMIC BY COVID19

Abstract

As a result of the COVID19 pandemic, which imposed virtuality, the implementation of virtual education is accelerated and has an impact on the process of change that has been taking place in terms of the training of engineers by competencies focused on the
student. For this reason, the students' perceptions regarding their experience in this situation are investigated. A mixed sample of students who took the 2020 Human Resources Administration subject in the first and second semester is taken. The resulting data on the self-perceptions of students about the development of their skills, their experience in virtuality and impact on pedagogical mediations through different theoretical perspectives. It is of a quantitative and exploratory nature using a virtual survey that allows establishing and understanding which are the most outstanding variables in relation to the phenomenon under study. As results we can express that the outstanding competencies in relation to learning were autonomous learning, time management and teamwork, for both groups, coinciding in the order of importance but not in the percentage of responses. Regarding the experience in virtuality, the second group has a more positive perception of their achievements when comparing virtuality with face-to-face in terms of their learning, the result of their previous journey. Finally, it is concluded that the transit through an imposed virtual education stage caused both students and teachers to develop and improve skills that positively impact the teaching-learning process.