The B-Learning modality implemented for learning an Engraving Workshop during confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic: advantages and disadvantages

Abstract

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 16, 2020, the Ministry of Health of the Government of Mexico implemented the National Day of Healthy Distance, which resulted in the closure of public spaces, the suspension of activities, the rethinking of the academic calendar and school activities. To prevent and stop the level of contagion in educational settings, the Ministry of Public Education considered implementing the virtual modality at the national level for basic and secondary education and higher education centers, such is the case of the Institute of Arts (IA) from the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo (UAEH). Within this framework, the objective of this document is to analyze, through a qualitative approach, the advantages and disadvantages of the B-Learning modality for the teaching-learning technique of linocut and xylography —wooden engraving— to the students of the second semester of the degree in Visual Arts of that house of studies; likewise, they will reflect on the learning strategies and methods that the students applied to complement their professional training during confinement. The research is also descriptive in nature and points out cultural, economic and social aspects, and their implications for the engraving workshop, where these techniques are taught, and the vicissitudes that occurred in the context of the pandemic. The collection of information was carried out by observing the teacher during the virtual sessions. The work is divided into five parts, which are: 1) Methodology, 2) B-Learning Model, 3) Application of the method, 4) Advantages and disadvantages, 5) Discussion.