Use of E-Learning Platforms in High Education: Effects on Academic Results with the Influence of Covid-19

Silvia Casado Yusta, Santiago Porras, Julio Puche and Joaquín Pacheco
Facultad De Ciencias Economicas Y Empresariales. Plaza Infanta Elena S/N 09001 Burgos

Abstract

The new virus COVID-19 has required most of the higher education systems to operate through the e-learning platforms. The objective of this work is to review the effect of the use of these platforms on the student’s academic outcomes in the university environment. In addition, it is intended to study the influence of COVID-19 on this objective, reviewing this effect with face-to-face and virtual learning. In this work, statistical analysis methods are used in order to analyze the influence of both learning approaches on the academic results in the subject of financial operations of the first course of Business Management degree at University of Burgos (Spain). The data set is formed by the logs that contain the interactions of the students with the online resources of the subject through the platform of this university (UBUVirtual), based on Moodle 3.0 technology. Then a process of cleaning, filtering, ordering and coding of the data has been performed. With the results obtained, we intend to analyze the effect of an intensive use of e-learning platforms in the possible scenarios derived from the situation regarding COVID-19 in order to improve learning processes and resources for students.

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