XXIII Congreso Internacional sobre Diversidad en Organizaciones, Comunidades y Naciones

Resumen

This study analyzes the effectiveness of the online versus blended method in teaching undergraduate courses to engineering students from the seventh to the tenth semester in developing the following cross-curricular skills that determine a professional engineering profile: deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, leadership, teamwork, meticulousness, and multidisciplinarity. 587 students took the selected courses in the online method and 635 with the blended method from 11 Latin American universities. In addition, a Likert test was applied to 38 professors who taught classes online and 43 via blended between the seventh and tenth semesters to contrast the students´ perceptions. A normality test and homogenous variances of surveys of students and professors were conducted to determine the proper statistical test. A Mann-Whitney statistical test was applied to verify the study hypothesis. The blended method is most effective in developing the selected skills that contribute to the engineering profession. This study contributes to delving into the suitability of the observed teaching methods in developing cross-curricular skills in three Latin American countries.