Virtual education in times of pandemic the educational actors of the Dentistry Career Cuenca-Ecuador

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Liliana Soledad Encalada-Verdugo
Juan Pablo Pazmiño-Piedra
Ana Zulema Castro-Salazar

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The pandemic left virtuality as a legacy to the new generations, higher education institutions currently have platforms to teach online classes. This investigation analyzes the organizational, pedagogical and technological capacity of virtual learning teaching of the dentistry career in times of pandemic. The study group was made up of students enrolled in the academic period April September 2020 and teachers who work in the same period. It was a descriptive cross-sectional study, the instruments used obtained a Cronbach's alpha of 0.946 and 0.919 for students and teachers, respectively. The results obtained were quantified on a Likert scale where teachers indicated that the organizational, pedagogical and technological axes in times of pandemic were percentage higher on a very good and excellent scale, while students report a higher percentage for the regular and good scale. It is concluded that despite the fact that students adduce problems of the virtual teaching process in the different axes, it is necessary to emphasize the importance and usefulness of this modality in times of pandemic. Teacher training processes must be maintained and reinforced by the university with respect to digital tools and permanent advice must be provided to educational actors.

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Encalada-Verdugo, L., Pazmiño-Piedra, J., & Castro-Salazar, A. (2022). Virtual education in times of pandemic the educational actors of the Dentistry Career Cuenca-Ecuador. 593 Digital Publisher CEIT, 7(4-2), 342-354. https://doi.org/10.33386/593dp.2022.4-2.1427
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Author Biographies

Liliana Soledad Encalada-Verdugo, Universidad Católica de Cuenca - Ecuador

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-1138

Doctor of Dentistry from the University of Cuenca. Diploma in Fixed Prosthesis from the University of Chile Specialist in University Teaching from the Catholic University of Cuenca. Master in Stomatology from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Research Professor at the Universidad Católica de Cuenca (UCACUE, Ecuador). Author and co-author of several articles in indexed and refereed journals, books and book chapters.

Juan Pablo Pazmiño-Piedra, Universidad Católica de Cuenca - Ecuador

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0069-7680

Electronic Engineer, Master in Management and Educational Leadership, Visiting Postgraduate Academic, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Professor at the Catholic Uiversity of Cuenca

Ana Zulema Castro-Salazar, Universidad Católica de Cuenca - Ecuador

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3837-314X

Degree in Educational Sciences, Master in Management and Educational Leadership; Magister in Children's and Youth Literature, Professor of the Education Career at the Catholic University of Cuenca, Azogues Campus.

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