Presentation

Jaime Iván Ullauri Ullauri, Paulina Mejía Cajamarca, Carol Ivone Ullauri Ullauri
National University of Education (UNAE)

Abstract

The educational context experienced in the COVID-19 pandemic led teachers, in our case university professors, to experiment with the use of educational platforms to work on teaching-learning processes from virtuality, such as the Microsoft Teams ® platform. The objective of this work is to know, in depth, the perceptions of university students - from four third-semester class groups of the UNAE Basic Education career - about the use and interactivity of the Microsoft Teams ® platform in their education . The study relied on a case study methodology. The analysis involved focus groups; and data collection through an analysis of thematic content, which included three main categories, with different thematic areas. The results of the deductive thematic analysis in each case are similar, and highlight the versatility and effectiveness of the Microsoft Teams ® platform. In conclusion, the students report that the versatility of the platform has allowed them to work in a single virtual environment on many of the activities necessary for the development of learning processes, fostering collaborative work.

Keywords:teacher training, collaborative work, Microsoft Teams ®, COVID-19