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The Covid-19 health crisis led to the adaptation of teaching staff to fully online training, which meant that many teachers had to undertake accelerated online teaching training courses. This research focuses on the evaluation of self-perceived effectiveness of a course on online teaching digital tools for university professors in Latin America. A field study was carried out based on the perception of the participants. Three aspects were considered: changes in knowledge (α= 0.962), how able participants felt to use the tools (α=0.873) and satisfaction with various aspects of the course (α= 0.942). A pre-post e-survey was applied. Significant favourable differences were found in self-reported knowledge of tools for content management, collaboration, assessment and online tutoring at the end of the course, with a medium effect size. They perceived themselves to be able to use the tools (mean: 3.68, scale 1-4). Overall satisfaction was also high (3.8, scale 1-4). The results point to the effectiveness of the teacher refresher course for online teaching. Follow-up is recommended to assess the implementation of what has been learned. © 2022 Authors. All rights reserved.
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Introduction: In Spain, COVID-19 infection in the health and socialhealth workers is considered as an occupational accident (OA) if the Occupational Risk Prevention Services (ORPS) certificate it.The aim of our study was to verify it in our area and to correct deficiencies. Material and Method: Descriptive study from May 28, 2020 to January 27, 2021.The health Inspection Unit of our area required OA certificate to the ORPS, and the assessment by the National Institute of Social Security (NISS) when the private insurance fund denied OA. Results: Total of 204 cases (55.4% healthcare workers, 52.5% from public centres (33.3% in our area). ORPS OA certificate: 61.8%. NISS recognised OA: 41.2%. OA recognition was greater in socio-health and private workers than in sanitary and public workers.The medical inspection Unit intervention partially improve the results. Conclusions: Despite complying with legal requirements there were no OA recognition in all cases of COVID-19 infection in these workers. The medical inspection Unit was not guarantor enough.
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ABSTRACT This article has reviewed the consequences of the Covid-19 health crisis in the field of education, focusing in particular on the need to strengthen online teaching, which had to be implemented forcibly at all levels of education during the house arrest that took place over several months in 2020. The views of various authors are provided, several experiences and good practices on online teaching are highlighted and the major challenges that the literature review on the subject has shown about post-pandemic online teaching are presented, to conclude by relating these challenges with proposals for the future to improve this online teaching. The main conclusions are the need for greater teacher training in the didactic and technological use of ICT, the strengthening of Digital Competence in all members of the educational community, greater investment in ICT resources and materials, a shift towards active methodologies and formative and continuous assessment. KEYWORDS: online teaching, pandemic, Covid-19, digital divide, continuous training. 1 INTRODUCCIÓN Los diversos cambios sociales producidos en las últimas décadas han llevado asociados, a su vez, cambios en la educación, que siempre ha sido motor de cambio social.