Análisis prospectivo para la incorporación de una plataforma virtual como medio de contacto para la educación a distancia en postgrado UPEL-IMPM – Extensión Académica Paraguaná

Abstract

The objective of the research was to reveal the factors that influence the incorporation of a virtual platform as a means of contact for distance education in postgraduate studies at the UPEL-IMPM–Paraguaná Academic Extension. Under a qualitative approach in a field research modality, the key informants were made up of the coordinator and professor of the postgraduate area of the UPEL-IMPM – Paraguaná Academic Extension, five teachers in the postgraduate area and doctoral students of this institution, they filled out the influence matrix with their assessments, which were subsequently entered into the MICMAC software, allowing for the prospective structural analysis of the study in question. Based on the data obtained, a proposal was executed that contains a strategic approach based on the incorporation of a virtual platform as a means of communication for the distance education modality in the postgraduate area of the organization. The four (4) fronts of attack allowed: a) Conduct a survey through the Google form, b) Conduct interviews via email, WhatsApp and informal conversations, c) Create a work team to analyze through a comparative table what virtual platform was the most appropriate for the organization, and, finally, d) Develop a Web page for the postgraduate area. The execution of the attack fronts, result vectors and tentative operations, the organization had an easily accessible technological resource that would allow the institution to be at the forefront and have a wide digital reach.