ABSTRACT
With the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, mandatory changes occurred in the way of educating students, initiating the global heyday of ICT with its virtual envi-ronments;achieving in a short time the virtualization of the teaching and learning process. The objective of carrying out a systematic review of articles on aca-demic performance in a virtual learning environment in higher educational institutions under the context of a pandemic. The method used is a systematic review, with a methodology based on the PRISMA 2020 Declaration, analyzing the articles found in the SciELO database, with a final sample of 12 articles in a period of time from 2020 to 2022;Obtaining the following results: a) the essence of learning in a vir-tual environment is based on self-management in the construction of learning, b) academic performance in a virtual environment is 90% subjective and 95% of students consider access as an obstacle. to tech-nological means, c) the teaching commitment was up to the 4th objective of sustainable development. Concluding that the student must self-manage the construction of their learning to obtain a positive educational performance in a virtual environment, the teacher's role is essential in the construction of learning.