Distance education with university students quarantined by COVID-19

ABSTRACT

During the confinement period resulting from the COVID-19 virus, distance, isolation, and uncertainty were inevitable among the general population. Young university students had to face emotions such as guilt, for not attending online classes;distrust, related to the quality of classes;fear, as a result of thinking that they were not learning and could fail their subjects;as well as death, in the face of the loss and illness of family members and friends. These are the results obtained in an exploratory quantitative study on the actions and decisions of individuals in emotional contexts carried out in 5 academic programs and based on 455 student surveys, which were administered during the last week of school activities at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez in Nuevo Casas Grandes. Consequently, we affirm that the extreme situations experienced within the university community reach the resilience process as long as the problems are recognised and the difficulties faced. This should help to ensure the implementation of better-articulated learning strategies among teachers, academic authorities, and students to further friendlier educational processes with less tension between subjects that are more beneficial for everyone.