Comparative study of the practical teaching-learning process of network service protocols in pandemic and post-pandemic

Abstract

Introduction: This article presents the teaching process through virtual machines of the network service protocols located in the application layer of the TCP/IP model, through the use of the client-server model, so that students can carry out their practices without the need for physical machines and they can develop it from their homes or in person at the computer labs of the Software Career at the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo. Objectives: Therefore, it seeks to compare the performance of students in the teaching-learning process when it is done virtually and in person. Methodology: A mixed methodology was used for the study because data obtained from two samples of software major students were collected and analyzed in the academic periods October 2021 - March 2022, which was conducted virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 19 and the period April - August 2022 that was conducted in person, to determine the impact, advantages, and disadvantages of the different study modalities in the development of laboratory practices of subjects related to computing such as networks. Results: After analyzing the qualitative and quantitative data, it was determined that the face-to-face modality in the development of laboratory practices allows students to achieve better performance, and in what corresponds to the time of development of the practices it is similar both in virtual and face-to-face modality. Conclusions: Therefore, with the present study the two study modalities are compared and the advantages of each of the modalities are presented so that they can be considered as good practices.