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Horizontes Revista de Investigación en Ciencias de la Educación
Print version ISSN 2616-7964
Abstract
PALOMINO, Roque García; MAYANAZA, Dante Vidal Coaguila and CRUZ, Jesús Miguel Ramos. Virtual classrooms in higher level learning. Horizontes Rev. Inv. Cs. Edu. [online]. 2023, vol.7, n.30, pp.2074-2088. Epub July 24, 2023. ISSN 2616-7964. https://doi.org/10.33996/revistahorizontes.v7i30.649.
The integration of virtual classrooms in education has become a necessity for the development of students' learning and capabilities. This has been visualized after the confinement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this study was to describe the reality of virtual classrooms in higher education learning. The methodology applied was the narrative review, the search was carried out in Scopus, Wos, Scielo, Dialnet, as well as in thesis databases. The search results generated were 7 scientific articles, 5 theses for a total of 11 sources to analyze. Inclusion criteria such as being directly related to the study phenomenon, information, language accessibility and antiquity were used. It is concluded that virtual classrooms in higher education offer flexibility, expanded access and opportunities for global collaboration. However, they also pose challenges related to the digital divide, motivation, interaction and assessment.
Keywords : Virtual classrooms; Higher education; Virtual tutoring.