RT journal article
T1 Impact of COVID-19 on Educational Sustainability. Initial Perceptions of the University Community of the University of Cadiz
A1 Alonso García, María
A1 Garrido Letrán, Tamara María
A1 Sánchez Alzola, Alberto
A2 Estadística e Investigación Operativa
A2 Ingeniería Mecánica y Diseño Industrial
A2 Matemáticas
K1 teaching quality
K1 higher education
K1 virtual classes
K1 virtual environments
K1 virtual universities
K1 skills and knowledge
AB This research analyses the impact of COVID-19 on the Spanish university system during the period of home lockdown put in place by the government of Spain between 15 March and 21 June 2020. This period did not involve a change to online teaching. Instead, it involved emergency remote teaching, wherein the content of face-to-face teaching was taught through non-classroom training using media, devices and tools available at that time. The main objective of the paper is related to the perceptions of students and teachers on emergency remote teaching regarding the face-to-face model. We applied statistical techniques of descriptive and inferential analysis over a sample of 2778 students and 221 teaching staff from the University of Cadiz. We also analysed the methodologies used, as well as the acquisition of skills, competencies and knowledge by the students in this situation, in order to detect whether this type of action can achieve sustainable education. This term refers to education that is capable of maintaining the continuous quality of the training of each student, who should acquire the required knowledge and competences regardless of unforeseen events. However, according to the results of this research, the sudden transition to e-learning, based on available technological and computer-based methods, did not guarantee sustainable education or its quality. This study establishes different possibilities for improving non-face-to-face teaching in this kind of situation. The results show greatly concerning levels of training and evaluation, as well as worse acquisition of skills. Both teachers and students declared a preference for face-to-face teaching. This perception should prompt the educational authorities to solve the existing problems in e-learning education, improving the transition and guaranteeing the sustainability of non-face-to-face education. This research highlights the areas for improvement in e-learning education in the ongoing situation, the general uncertainty in the transition, the lack of communication and the completion of a fair evaluation system. The results show that the methods used in this period must be improved to achieve sustainable teaching and learning during a pandemic. The results also emphasize the uncertainty in the educational community about the entire process. This study will help the educational authorities to improve the change of paradigm in higher education in the future.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2021
FD 2021-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25322
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25322
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026