Abstract:

This study examines the perception that postgraduate students of civil engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València have about the virtual and face-to-face sessions. For this purpose, a nine-question Likert-scale questionnaire was used. The survey was answered by 51 students, which represents more than 77% of those enrolled. They correspond to students of two master's degrees related to civil engineering in blended learning (virtual and face-to-face teaching at the same time). The main result shows that more than 78% of the respondents strongly agree or somewhat agree with the following statement: "With the information I have at the moment, I would enroll again in this master's degree in blended mode". Only slightly more than 23% would strongly disagree or somewhat disagree with the following statement: "In the absence of a pandemic, I would like this master's degree to be offered in blended mode in the future". From the multivariate analysis of the survey, it is clear that blended learning is here to stay even after the pandemic problem is resolved. Contributing to this is the fact that a large proportion of the students are of Latin American origin and this mixed modality facilitates their access to graduate studies. These results imply a future in-depth review of the way in which master's education is delivered.

Keywords:

e-learning, postgraduate teaching, COVID-19, civil engineering, blended learning, virtual teaching.