Changes in the pattern of digital uses due to Covid-19. Application of Learning Analytics to a case study among university students

Abstract

The exceptional situation generated by the global pandemic COVID-19 has forced the massive use of digital tools at all educational levels, evidencing both mismatches in the teaching load for teachers and students in their adaptation, as well as the need to observe in more detail the learning process that students follow. This work makes a first exploration of the changes in the digital uses of students as they move from face-to-face teaching with the support of the virtual campus to the online one, according to the records or traces that remain when accessing virtual resources. The case study is contextualized in the subject Industrial 0rganization of the second semester of the 2020 academic year, and describes typologies and patterns of different uses before and after the declaration of the state of national alarm, with a differentiated effect, being the students in quartile Q1 of the distribution who more reactivate their digital activity, they see an opportunity to re-engage in online teaching, elements that serve as a guide for a future eventuality.