Preferencias sobre la modalidad de estudios en estudiantes de ingeniería

Berardo Di Attanasio Falconi

doi:10.62876/tekhne.v29i2.7825

Authors

Berardo Di Attanasio Falconi Universidad Simón Bolívar (Pregrado) https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0981-6645

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62876/tekhne.v29i2.7825

Keywords:

study modality, preferences, associated factors, engineering students, UCAB

Abstract

This article presents the results of a study that analyzes engineering students' preferences for different study modalities, and how these preferences influenced their performance, satisfaction, and transformation regarding their professional future. The study considered preferences for three modalities: In-Person or Presential, Virtual or Hybrid. The research was conducted using a survey and data from a representative sample of students from four engineering disciplines at the Andrés Bello Catholic University's Schools of Telecommunications, Industrial, Computer Science, and Civil Engineering, at the Caracas campus in Venezuela. The methodology used consisted of a quantitative, exploratory, and ex post facto study with a descriptive level. The survey was designed to detect preferences both qualitatively and quantitatively levels in the context of COVID-19 during the pandemic period and in the post-COVID-19 period in 2022. Different trends were identified in terms of the factors influencing preferences for each modality, as well as different underlying reasons such as flexibility, social interactions, learning quality, and resource management, among others. The article concludes with a series of reflections on the students' experiences, offering arguments that contribute a better design and guiding the academic offering in accordance with the results on the learning preferences of engineering students.

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