Digital Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research in the Transformation of Higher Education

The Covid-19 pandemic evidenced the need to carry out educational research with a vision of transformation. At the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM), a public higher education institution in Mexico, a group of professors used digital technologies to research and systematize their educational practice and that of their students and colleagues. This was relevant to identify effective educational practices and areas for improvement that could inform about the premises that must be considered to promote meaningful educational innovations within their local context. The concepts that guided this process were: change in educational practices [1] and systematization of experiences [2]. Thus, the objective of this text is to systematize the qualitative and mixed methods research processes carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic and how they informed the transformation of educational practices at UAM Cuajimalpa. Among the main results are the following: (a) The practice of qualitative and mixed research in digital environments allowed a deeper understanding of the teaching-learning process during the Covid-19 pandemic, (b) The systematization of experiences derived in the organization and reflection of professors' innovations, and (c) From the work of qualitative research and mixed methods, educational actors have become aware of the imperative for pedagogical change. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

A proposal for adapting the teaching methodology to the online context in the subject Structural Geomorphology

The exceptional situation experienced as a result of the health crisis produced by the Covid-19 pandemic has raised the need to adapt university teaching to a non-face-to-face context. Given this circumstance, virtual resources acquire high importance in reorganizing subjects in which field trips and fieldwork constitute an essential part of the teaching-learning processes. In the current health context, the difficulty of con-ducting field trips in safe conditions leads to an exploration of the usefulness of virtual resources that can mitigate or compensate for the lack of direct contact with the environ-ment. Academic geography must incorporate tools that allow students to visualize and understand the configuration of the natural environment, as a fundamental component for the knowledge of a territory and the interpretation of landscapes, where the structure of the relief acquires special relevance. © 2022, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. All rights reserved.

GRAPHICAL TOOLS TO THE RESCUE. HIGH RESOLUTION AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE LOCATION OF MISSING PERSONS

Since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the rules of the game in many work environments, adaptation has been a key factor. Restrictions such as social distance or confinement made searches for missing persons more difficult. Although mobility limitations led to a decrease in the number of disappearances, they did not stop completely and search teams had to adapt to the new scenario that prevented, for example, the participation of volunteers. For these reasons, it was decided to implement a tool that had been in development for years, based on the Collaboration Agreement signed in 2015 between the Servicio de Prevención y Extinción de Incendios de la Diputación Provincial de Zaragoza (SPEI-DPZ) and the University of Zaragoza. The tool is called Virtual Cloud Search and Rescue (VC-SAR) and is still under development by the authors of this communication. The following is a basic description of the tool and how it was applied in a real case, in which a missing person was being searched for. The device used made it possible to obtain about 5000 images of 44.7 mega-pixels, covering an area of over 2000 hectares. Thanks to the searches carried out, more than 100 pieces of evidence were found over the course of four days, which could be collected for on-site investigation by the Navarra Fire Service. All this was possible thanks to the collaboration of 5 different fire departments, belonging to three provinces, making possible the participation of a total of 53 searchers from different locations. © 2023 Authors. All rights reserved.

Clinical Features in Children and Adolescents Aged < 18 Years with Severe Covid in a Mexican Pediatric Critical Care Unit

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Overall mortality in children with severe COVID is less tan 1%. In Mexico, there are no reports regarding the epidemiology or clinical characteristics of severe covid. AIM: To describe clinical characteristics in children with severe outcomes and testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in a pediatric critical care unit. METHOD(S): This retrospective cohort study enrolled participants between April 2020 and April 2021 in a pediatric terciary unit. Participants were youths aged younger than 18 years who were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection and required hospitalization for severe COVID19. Main Outcomes and Measures: Severe outcomes, defined as intensive interventions during hospitalization (eg, inotropic support, positive pressure ventilation) or death. RESULT(S): Sixteen patients met the criteria for severe COVID according to the WHO definition4, 10 patients were men (62.5%) and 6 women (37.5%), with median age of 7.16 (0.2- 15, SD 4.95), 2 children have under 1 year (12.5%), 4 children aged 1-4 (25%), 7 children aged 5-11 (43.7%) and 3 aged 12-17 (18.7). (Table 1). A higher percentage of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in our unit had an underlying condition (75%) compared with those without an underlying condition (25%) CONCLUSION(S): In our study, we found a high mortality in patients with severe COVID compared to that reported worldwide. In most of the countries across the world the mortality is less than 2%, but we found a 56% mortality. (Figure Presented).