The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the search for online educational resources

  1. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Ignacio 1
  2. Pardo-Quiles, Domingo 2
  3. Rodríguez, José-Víctor 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Málaga
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    Universidad de Málaga

    Málaga, España

    ROR https://ror.org/036b2ww28

  2. 2 Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
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    Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

    Cartagena, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02k5kx966

Libro:
Conference proceedings. CIVINEDU 2022: 6th International Virtual Conference on Educational Research and Innovation

Editorial: REDINE (Red de Investigación e Innovación Educativa)

ISBN: 978-84-124511-6-0

Ano de publicación: 2022

Páxinas: 37-39

Congreso: International Virtual Conference on Educational Research and Innovation CIVINEDU (6. 2022. Madrid)

Tipo: Achega congreso

Resumo

This work aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on teaching in Spain through an analysis of Google Trends over the last two years (2020 and 2021), with a focus on the search results for the main online tools used by educational institutions to continue teaching as well as the most relevant MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platforms to which, presumably, some students had to resort in an effort to complement their learning. In view of the results obtained, it is clear that the March 2020 lockdown triggered a sudden increase in the number of searches for the online teaching tools and MOOC platforms analyzed here, with ZOOM clearly leading the former and Udemy the latter. These results confirm the crucial role played by online teaching tools in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the educational system in Spain.