Factores que influyen en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje por medio de plataformas digitales, de los estudiantes de la carrera de Odontología, Universidad de Guayaquil, 2021

Abstract

Abstract: In view of the confinement applied in most countries to avoid contagion and saturation of the health system due to the COVID-19 pandemic, online education was implemented as an option to avoid the delay of academic activities in educational institutions. The research objective was to describe the factors that influence the teaching-learning process through digital platforms of the students of the Dentistry career, University of Guayaquil, 2021. The present work has a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional approach. It had a sample of 571 students enrolled in the Dentistry course at the University of Guayaquil, with a confidence level of 99% and a margin of error of +/-1%. An electronic questionnaire was applied to this group in Google Forms with 20 questions validated by experts and divided to measure 5 dimensions. It was concluded that the teaching-learning process has undergonean important transformation due to the pandemic, since the educational institution, teachers and students had to adapt to a new virtual study modality for the development of academic activities both in the theoretical and practical components, despite theexistence of factors that directly influence the fulfillment or not of these activities.