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COVID-19 Impact: A Case Study at the School of Agricultural Engineering and Environment of the Universitat Politècnica de València

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  • Gabriela Clemente

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Alberto Garcia-Prats

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Purificación Lisón

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Constanza Rubio

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Santiago Vidal-Puig

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Beatriz Ricarte

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Vicente Estruch-Guitart

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Loreto Fenollosa

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Juan Manzano

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Francisco Rovira-Más

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Maria Vargas

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Alberto San Bautista

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

Abstract

To study the first impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the results obtained by students belonging to the School of Agricultural Engineering and Environment at the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), the average of the marks corresponding to three academic years (2016–2019) was compared to those obtained in 2019–2020 for a total of four bachelor’s degrees and two semesters. Our results suggest a positive effect on the marks obtained during the activation of emergency remote teaching during the spring semester of 2019–2020 in three out of the four degrees, with these differences being significant for the whole study. Moreover, just at the end of that period, instructors and students were surveyed regarding teaching methodologies, evaluation modalities, and difficulties found throughout the process of adapting to distance teaching. Our results allow us to sensibly think about that exceptional situation in order to propose a set of counterweighting measures which could improve the implementation of distance learning in engineering colleges.

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  • Gabriela Clemente & Alberto Garcia-Prats & Purificación Lisón & Constanza Rubio & Santiago Vidal-Puig & Beatriz Ricarte & Vicente Estruch-Guitart & Loreto Fenollosa & Juan Manzano & Francisco Rovira-M, 2022. "COVID-19 Impact: A Case Study at the School of Agricultural Engineering and Environment of the Universitat Politècnica de València," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-14, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:17:p:10607-:d:897670
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