Virtual Classrooms and Digital Teaching: Good Practices from Experience and Teacher Training at FACYT UPNFM CURSPS

Abstract

The proper use of virtual learning spaces represents an important element in the educational process, the need for teacher training and updating has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and universities must face these challenges. In this line, this study analyzes the use of virtual classrooms and good practices in digital teaching in the Faculty of Science and Technology (FACYT) of the Francisco Morazán National Pedagogical University (UPNFM) San Pedro Sula Regional University Center (CURSPS), Honduras, from the experience and teacher training during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a mixed approach, where the variables studied are: virtual classrooms, digital teaching, and teacher experience and training. The sample contemplated in this work includes 24 teachers and 177 students from the third quarter of 2021 from FACYT, UPNFM, CURSPS, using instruments: Likert-type scale, interview and checklist, it was possible to identify the main internal and external tools that were used in virtual classrooms, describe the strengths and weaknesses in the use of these spaces and, finally, it was possible to explain the importance of experience and teacher training in improving educational quality.