La pandemia mundial de la COVID-19 ha llevado a la suspensión de la actividad docente en muchos países. En el ámbito universitario la transformación urgente de las clases presenciales a un formato online se ha llevado a cabo de una forma que se puede calificar como aceptable en términos generales, si bien las medidas tomadas se han ajustado a la urgencia y no a una planificación pensada a priori para impartir una asignatura con una metodología completamente online. Afrontar una evaluación online masiva es algo a lo que las universidades de corte presencial no se habían enfrentado nunca desde una perspectiva institucional. El profesorado y el estudiantado, por tanto, tienen que colaborar para dar una respuesta que integre decisiones metodológicas y tecnológicas, a la vez que garantice la equidad, la seguridad jurídica y la transparencia para todos los actores, internos y externos. El Grupo de Responsables de Docencia Online de las Universidades Públicas de Castilla y León ha elaborado una guía de recomendaciones para ayudar al profesorado y a las universidades en este proceso. La esencia de esta guía se presenta en este artículo para hacer llegar estas recomendaciones al gran número de docentes que comparten este problema en este momento excepcional en todo el planeta.

La evaluación online en la educación superior en tiempos de la COVID-19

The ICTs are simultaneously an important tool and subject in teacher training. It, therefore, follows that digital competence is fundamental and constitutes a significant educational challenge, particularly the digital divide or gap by gender. The aim is to identify and analyze self-perceptions of digital skills, and the possible relationship of these to gender, in first-year university students taking a degree in primary education teacher training at a Spanish faculty of education. This is a descriptive study using ex-post-facto method and collecting data from a questionnaire administered for four consecutive years to the above-mentioned subjects. The results revealed gender differences in the students’ reported perceptions. Men were more likely to perceive themselves as competent in the use of ICTs, reporting better information management and online collaboration skills using digital media. Besides, they made more use of computers as their sole device for browsing, downloading, and streaming and felt more confident about solving problems with devices. In contrast, women reported making more use of mobile phones and were more familiar with social media and aspects related to image and text processing and graphic design.

Escape Rooms are cooperative games in which players must find clues, solve puzzles, and perform a variety of tasks within a limited time. The goal is usually to escape or leave a room, place, or environment. When the Escape Rooms have a pedagogical purpose, they are usually called Edu-Escape Rooms and can be related to gamification and Game-Based Learning. The potential for student engagement and motivation is one of the main advantages of Edu-Escape Rooms.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every area of our lives. It meant a break from our lifestyles, transforming everything from face-to-face to online. Among the places where this situation has become more evident are primary schools, secondary schools, and universities, which have had to adopt online teaching in its entirety. Faced with this situation, the work of the educational counsellors was essential to coordinate the centre with the families and to enable students to follow the classes in the best way possible. The objective of this study is to analyse the scientific literature about online educational guidance, with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve this, a scoping review inspired by the PRISMA model was done. A total of 42 articles were studied. The main results show that many counsellors were at a disadvantage and in a very stressful situation, as they did not have the necessary digital training. On the other hand, this situation has been the first contact for many counsellors with the use of ICT within their profession and in an unexpected situation, without time for training or enough preparation.