Virtual education. A review of the pedagogical structure at the Technical University of Manabi (Educator)

Within higher education, the development of new teaching-learning modalities has been innovating with the evolution of ICTs, so that higher education institutions in Ecuador have undergone pedagogical changes. The research presents a non-experimental design, with a qualitative and descriptive approach, because a comparative study was made on the perspectives of 8 vice-deans of the virtual careers offered by UTM, regarding various important aspects within the online modality, some of them: the incorporation of digital tools in their teaching activities, state of digital skills, modalities adopted within the virtuality and certain characteristics within the teaching practice. The results obtained indicate that new teaching-learning methodologies have been adopted within the virtuality, in addition, the use of software or digital tools for the development of activities in each of the careers has increased, which has had an impact on obtaining good professional competencies in both teachers and students. It is concluded that it is necessary to continue strengthening the teaching-learning process in virtuality, through the incorporation of new tools, teacher training and student academic follow-up.