Perception of university students of a public HEI, regarding the academic achievement of online classes, after a year and a half of confinement due to COVID-19

Abstract

The purpose of this article was to know the feelings of university students after a year and a half of confinement due to COVID-19, regarding the experience and use of online classes. It is a quantitative study, an online survey of 187 students was used as a data collection instrument and descriptive statistics were used for the analysis of the information. The results show the perceived advantages and disadvantages, as well as their level of academic achievement, where 41 percent state that it decreased. Regarding the preference between online or face-to-face classes, 86 percent prefer face-to-face classes, 77 percent had their first contact with their teachers through WhatsApp and 63 percent by mail. 91 percent started their virtual classes with the cell phone. 74.7 percent of students did not have the skills required for online education; 89.9 percent of students had to learn self-taught.