DISTRACTORS IN REMOTE CLASSES DURING COVID-19 IN ECUADOR: AN ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTIONS

ABSTRACT

This article makes a diagnosis about distractors and problems presented by students during virtual classes in the confinement caused by the COVID-19. A non-experimental ex-post-facto methodology was used, and an ad hoc questionnaire was applied to 60 students from a higher education institution in Ecuador. Data were summarized using descriptive statistics and tests of association were performed. Subsequently, a logistic regression model was fitted to explain the number of distractors as a function of predictors. Students identified several technical problems and a myriad of distractions when receiving remote classes at home. No association was found between variables, but a high presence of distracters was determined, regardless of career, gender, age and type of device. The number of distracters to which students were exposed reflects a possible ecosystem of negative impacts on the learning process during online classes.