Redes sociales como espacio de aprendizaje: codiseño de estrategias de enseñanza para abordar la Pandemia - [Social media as a learning space: co-design of teaching strategies to address the Pandemic]

Abstract

- The paper presents a mixed methods research, focused on the analysis of two editions of an undergraduate course of Nursing Degree from Universidad de la República, Uruguay, periods 2020 and 2021. The course was co-designed within the global health crisis context, focused on education as a human right to maintain. The pandemic scenario has turned people into social media as a place for social interaction. They became an environment for learning and cooperation for both college students and the community. The study highlights the specific skills of the nursing profession as its professional essence: soft skills and care. The students show solvency to develop collaborative activities focused on their professional role, in a context of crisis. The results obtained confirm the possibilities of applying computer supported collaborative learning as a valid approach to evaluate