Academic Continuity Plan in Light of the Covid-19 Contingency A comparative study between Mexico and Spain

Authors

  • Andrea Donaji Silva Solís Universidad de Monterrey. Escuela de Educación
  • Paola Saucedo Rodríguez Universidad de Monterrey. Escuela de Educación
  • Carolina Tapia Cortes Universidad de Monterrey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8012-3961

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/reec.42.2023.31318

Keywords:

Plan, university, compared education, professor, COVID-19, España-México

Abstract

Faced with the Covid-19 contingency, many public and private universities worldwide had to suspend all face-to-face activities and develop academic continuity plans with the objective of assuring the permanence of university formation.  It is in this sense that this paper submits the results of a comparative study regarding the academic continuity plans developed by private institutions of higher learning originating from the Covid-19 pandemic.  A qualitative design was used in a series of semi-structured online interviews of university professors from the University of Monterrey (Mexico) and the Francisco de Vitoria University (Spain). The analysis was carried out from a comparative point of view to determine convergences and divergences in four categories: access, availability, use and shaping of Information and Communication Technologies; academic activities; teaching-learning processes; face-to-face academic continuity. The results revealed that there are convergences in the four categories analyzed in both university contexts. It is evident that the academic continuity plans of the University of Monterrey and the Francisco de Vitoria universities share equivalent characteristics and strategies. Similarly, it is shown that both private universities developed actions within the administration departments in order to offer prompt and pertinent answers in coordination with other departments. Likewise, it became evident that both universities had continuous improvement projects prior to the contingency that allowed them an immediate response for the continuance of academic activities. Finally, this paper seeks to contribute to the literature on the effectiveness of private sector university academic continuity plans.

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Author Biographies

Andrea Donaji Silva Solís, Universidad de Monterrey. Escuela de Educación

Bachelor of Educational Sciences and Bachelor of School Psychology from the Universidad de Monterrey.  Instructional Designer at Lernit.  Professor at Una Ventana al Mundo.  She was part of the 13th generation of Leaders Plus creating a non-formal education project.  Academic course on children's learning difficulties at the Universidad Conolutence of Madrid. Certification in Interdisciplinary Global Conversation Series by DePaul University.  Speaker at national and international conferences.  Member of the teachers' council of Paplote museo del Niño- Mexico. 

Contact information andrea.silvas@udem.edu

Paola Saucedo Rodríguez, Universidad de Monterrey. Escuela de Educación

Bachelor of Educational Sciences and Bachelor of School Psychology from the Universidad de Monterrey. Student of the Speciality in Early and Preschool Education at the Universidad de Monterrey. Diploma in Education for the Peace from the Universidad de Monterrey. Diploma in Positive Discipline by Positive Discipline Association. Teacher at Maternal Le Petit. Teacher at Una Ventana al Mundo. Speaker at national and international conferences.

Contact information: paola.saucedor@udem.edu

 

Carolina Tapia Cortes, Universidad de Monterrey

Professor at the Universidad de Monterrey-México school of education. Master of Higher Education. PhD in education. Postdoctorate in Educatonal Systems and Environments. Research stay at the University of Montreal, Canadá. Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI-1). Member of the Mexican Council for Educational Research A.C. She is the 2021 winner of Americas Higher Education Awards. Speaker at national and international  conferences.

Contact information: carolina.tapia@udem.edu

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Published

2022-12-30

How to Cite

Donaji Silva Solís, A., Saucedo Rodríguez, P., & Tapia Cortes, C. (2022). Academic Continuity Plan in Light of the Covid-19 Contingency A comparative study between Mexico and Spain. Revista Española de Educación Comparada, (42), 337–358. https://doi.org/10.5944/reec.42.2023.31318