Institutional Actions Against COVID-19: An Analysis of Mexican Autonomous Public Universities’ Websites

The objective of this research was to identify and characterize actions taken by autonomous public universities in Mexico in response to COVID-19. The study is theoretically grounded in the notion of emergency education, which refers to broad prevention, mitigation, preparation, response, normalizat...

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Autors principals: Niño Carrasco, Shamaly Alhelí, Castellanos Ramírez, Juan Carlos, Bermúdez Vivas, Rubén
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Publicat: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo 2022
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spelling redie-article-44442024-05-03T19:27:48Z Institutional Actions Against COVID-19: An Analysis of Mexican Autonomous Public Universities’ Websites Acciones institucionales ante el COVID-19: análisis de sitios web de universidades mexicanas públicas autónomas Niño Carrasco, Shamaly Alhelí Castellanos Ramírez, Juan Carlos Bermúdez Vivas, Rubén cierre de escuelas educación superior estrategias educativas pandemia pertinencia de la educación school closure higher education educational strategies pandemics educational relevance The objective of this research was to identify and characterize actions taken by autonomous public universities in Mexico in response to COVID-19. The study is theoretically grounded in the notion of emergency education, which refers to broad prevention, mitigation, preparation, response, normalization, and educational recovery mechanisms for disasters. We conducted an exploratory-descriptive study, analyzing information posted on university websites from January 15 to June 30, 2020. It was found that many universities adopted reactive measures, albeit with no far-reaching prevention and mitigation strategies before they went into shutdown. We conclude there is a need to develop institutional policies that lay the foundation for an educational culture able to respond proactively to future catastrophes and for a shift from enacting guidelines for academic continuity to preparing broad education programs for emergencies. El objetivo de esta investigación fue identificar y caracterizar acciones implementadas por universidades públicas autónomas de México ante el COVID-19. Este trabajo se sustenta teóricamente en la noción de educación de emergencia, que remite a mecanismos amplios de prevención, mitigación, preparación, respuesta, normalización y recuperación educativa ante desastres. Se realizó un estudio exploratorio-descriptivo que implicó el análisis de información publicada en los sitios web de las universidades, del 15 de enero al 30 de junio de 2020. Se observó que gran parte de las universidades asumió medidas reactivas, sin evidenciar estrategias profundas de prevención y mitigación antes del cierre de instalaciones. Se concluye la necesidad de generar políticas institucionales que ayuden a cimentar una cultura educativa para responder de manera proactiva ante futuras catástrofes, y pasar de la prescripción de pautas para la continuidad académica a la elaboración de planes educativos amplios para la emergencia. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo 2022-06-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html application/pdf text/xml application/epub+zip https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/4444 10.24320/redie.2022.24.e12.4444 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 24 (2022); 1-17 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 24 (2022); 1-17 1607-4041 spa https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/4444/2217 https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/4444/2218 https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/4444/2280 https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/4444/2264 Derechos de autor 2022 Shamaly Alhelí Niño Carrasco, Juan Carlos Castellanos Ramírez, Rubén Bermúdez Vivas https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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author Niño Carrasco, Shamaly Alhelí
Castellanos Ramírez, Juan Carlos
Bermúdez Vivas, Rubén
spellingShingle Niño Carrasco, Shamaly Alhelí
Castellanos Ramírez, Juan Carlos
Bermúdez Vivas, Rubén
Institutional Actions Against COVID-19: An Analysis of Mexican Autonomous Public Universities’ Websites
author_facet Niño Carrasco, Shamaly Alhelí
Castellanos Ramírez, Juan Carlos
Bermúdez Vivas, Rubén
author_sort Niño Carrasco, Shamaly Alhelí
title Institutional Actions Against COVID-19: An Analysis of Mexican Autonomous Public Universities’ Websites
title_short Institutional Actions Against COVID-19: An Analysis of Mexican Autonomous Public Universities’ Websites
title_full Institutional Actions Against COVID-19: An Analysis of Mexican Autonomous Public Universities’ Websites
title_fullStr Institutional Actions Against COVID-19: An Analysis of Mexican Autonomous Public Universities’ Websites
title_full_unstemmed Institutional Actions Against COVID-19: An Analysis of Mexican Autonomous Public Universities’ Websites
title_sort institutional actions against covid-19: an analysis of mexican autonomous public universities’ websites
description The objective of this research was to identify and characterize actions taken by autonomous public universities in Mexico in response to COVID-19. The study is theoretically grounded in the notion of emergency education, which refers to broad prevention, mitigation, preparation, response, normalization, and educational recovery mechanisms for disasters. We conducted an exploratory-descriptive study, analyzing information posted on university websites from January 15 to June 30, 2020. It was found that many universities adopted reactive measures, albeit with no far-reaching prevention and mitigation strategies before they went into shutdown. We conclude there is a need to develop institutional policies that lay the foundation for an educational culture able to respond proactively to future catastrophes and for a shift from enacting guidelines for academic continuity to preparing broad education programs for emergencies.
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo
publishDate 2022
url https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/4444
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