Incorporando Educación a Distancia en la Licenciatura en Computación: de la necesidad a oportunidades / Incorporating Distance Education in the Computing Degree: from the need to opportunities / Incorporando educação à distância na Licenciatura em Computa

Incorporando Educación a Distancia en la Licenciatura en Computación: de la necesidad a oportunidades / Incorporating Distance Education in the Computing Degree: from the need to opportunities / Incorporando educação à distância na Licenciatura em Computa

Various social, economic and political situations in Venezuela have impacted negatively, as a growing migration of professionals and students, while remaining in the country face difficulties in accessing basic services. This article analyzes how the incorporation of mixed education can help students and teachers remain linked to the education system. Using the Research-Action methodology, a cyclic process of interaction, observation and dialogue between students and teachers was developed in the subject Computer-Assisted Teaching in 2017 and 2018. Initial results have identified some limitations that students have for their face-to-face courses , explored the use of alternative modalities, selected strategies in mixed modality and adapted their curricular design, some resulting from incorporating improvements from the observations made by the students in the evaluations applied in each semester. Regarding the preference of the students, the selection of activities in mixed modality increased, going from 86% in May 2017 to 100% in July 2018. Motivated initially by the need to incorporate strategies to reduce dropout and withdrawal, the incorporation of the mixed or blended modality has allowed offering new opportunities for students and teachers.