Impact of training programs oriented to the competence development of teachers and students: continuity of higher education in virtual contexts due to COVID-19 health emergency

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to present the impact results of training programs oriented to the development of teacher and student competencies in 13 public universities in Peru. These programs have been designed, developed and evaluated by the UNESCO-IESALC's team in the emergency context due to COVID-19 pandemic, in order to guarantee the continuity of higher education. All this from the analysis of the digital and didactic competencies of teachers and the learning capacity of students in virtual contexts, as well as from the study of the new roles of teachers and university students. The methodological approach is based on the development of competencies and presents an impact study from the educational digital competencies and the digital competencies of citizens that require new digital contexts. For this purpose, the study analysed the results obtained in the pre-diagnosis phase of the universities, as well as the indicators obtained in the pre and post phases of the sample participating in the program. The conclusions point out the importance of raising the digital transformation from a competence development model based on the relevance of the proposed practices the reflection and the decision making, and methodologies based on projects and challenges.