Entornos emergentes de aprendizaje: redes sociales: estudio en Unidad Educativa Particular CEBA de la parroquia Tarqui en la ciudad de Guayaquil a estudiantes de II Bachillerato, año lectivo 2020-21

Abstract

In the context of the pandemic caused by covid-19, schools and other educational institutions suffered one of the biggest transformations during the confinement period. The following paper explores the use of social media as a rising environment for learning on Unidad Educativa CEBA during the 2020-2021 year, with the objetctive to describe their frequency and explore the levels of satisfaction on both students and teachers. Among the most important findigs, WhatsApp and Facebook were described as the most used social media platforms for sharing information between students, and YouTube as the most used platform to consult online information. Regarding the levels of satisfaction, both students and teachers alike showed a positive attitude towards online learning, which although forced them to change the way regular classed were developed, also caused a further development and expertise of their habilities in computer science.