Higher Education in Times of Pandemic. Experiences at the Orellana de la ESPOCH Headquarters

Abstract Education worldwide has been modified and led to new teaching canons due to the presence of the pandemic caused by COVID 19. Therefore, the objective of this research is to study the impact of COVID 19 on higher education, in this special case in the Higher Polytechnic School of Chimborazo,...

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Main Authors: J. Santillán-Lima*, D. Caichug-Rivera, C. López Paredes
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Knowledge E 2022-09-01
Series:ESPOCH Congresses
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18502/espoch.v2i5.11730
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Summary:Abstract Education worldwide has been modified and led to new teaching canons due to the presence of the pandemic caused by COVID 19. Therefore, the objective of this research is to study the impact of COVID 19 on higher education, in this special case in the Higher Polytechnic School of Chimborazo, Sede Orellana. For this, the enrollments were analyzed from 2019 to the present, 30 students and 3 teachers from the different careers were interviewed. The main result is that the campus has been gradually increasing its students, reaching 911 students today, more than double that of 2019. This has increased more strongly in the pandemic. The teachers, in agreement with the students, affirm that careers should be created that allow not only face-to-face education, but also virtual education that allows education to be more widespread. So also that hybrid education be considered that combines virtuality with face-to-face to promote careers that require face-to-face practices, such as zootechnics, tourism, agronomy, among others.
ISSN:2789-5009