Overview of connection on the virtual classes in a sample of university students

Abstract

This paper is a compilation of information obtained directly from a group of students and teachers from two University Centers belonging to the University of Guadalajara. The aim is to provide an overview of the development of virtual classes during the second part of the 2020-A school year (January-June 2020), in which, unexpectedly, both students and teachers were forced to work from confinement due to the risk of COVID-19 pandemic. It was found that a high percentage (from 68 to 84%) of students and teachers in the studied sample, despite the uncertain environment, worked together to successfully complete the subjects that were started as classroom learning. Likewise, the data obtained reflects that it is a very low percentage of the students who do not have the possibility to attend to the topics that refer to each subject and reported knowing various platforms through which teachers can follow up on classes. Undoubtedly, the challenge is to improve the conditions of the teaching- learning environment in modern times and implement strategies that improve the connectivity environment, exploring, from an institutional perspective, better training opportunities for the entire university network.