Abstract

SANCHEZ LEYVA, José Luis; CLARA ZAFRA, Miguel Ángel; ZAPATA LARA, Helena del Carmen  and  BOZAS GOMEZ, Vanessa. Empirical evidence of the attitude of university students towards online education in times of Covid-19. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2023, vol.14, n.27, e569.  Epub May 06, 2024. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v14i27.1705.

In this research, a descriptive analysis is carried out on the attitude of the students of the Faculty of Accounting and Administration of the Universidad Veracruzana, Coatzacoalcos campus, towards online education during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic. Regarding the processing of information, quantitative data collected with a survey that was applied to 425 students through Google Forms was used. With the data collected, a methodological sequence was applied to analyze the perception of the sample, the study is quantitative with a descriptive and cross-sectional scope. The results show empirical evidence that students have an unfavorable attitude towards online education, this is due to the lack of infrastructure, little social interaction, difficulties in teamwork, stress and anxiety. These results provide guidelines for the design of Educational Programs (EP) of this type at the UV and any other university.

Keywords : Online education; student attitude; university.