Research Article | Open Access
Virtual university education in the context of the health emergency due to COVID-19: Challenges in the evaluation processes
Jacinto Joaquín Vértiz Osores Robert Richard Cucho Flores Ricardo Iván Vértiz-Osores Guillermo Lorenzo Vílchez Ochoa4 Adolfo Angulo Romero
Pages: 467-477
Abstract
The declaration of national sanitary emergency due to the irrepressible advance of
COVID-19 generated government responses of obligatory social isolation,
suspending activities that involve the gathering of people from March 2020. In order
not to truncate educational activities, the use of virtual platforms and electronic media
was arranged as a remote alternative of teaching-learning interaction. Universities
were tasked with implementing technology supports and training teaching staff in the
use of such tools. This process made it possible to visualize the deficiencies of the
public university system that warn of potential problems in the execution period, and
may lead to a future questioning of the quality of vocational training due to the fact
that the evaluation competencies have not been debated and neither have they been
defined. those that will be prioritized in the training phase. This research aims to
reflect on this process, framed in the current context, pointing out the evaluation
challenges that should be implemented as the final stage of evaluating the
achievement indicators proposed in the curricular plans of a professional training
multidisciplinarity.
Keywords
University education; student evaluation; COVID-19.