Competencies in university teaching staff derived from the impact of COVID-19

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged the ways of working, living and producing in the world. It is a recurring theme in HEIs in order to maintain quality, and at the same time, it has produced essential transformations of innovation, in search of greater effectiveness and efficiency. The objective is to determine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the key competences tested in HEIs by university lecturers and their current state on the basis of a scientific diagnosis of the methodological preparation of university lecturers. The methodology used is mixed, combining theoretical and empirical methods. The results reveal the current state of the competencies of university teachers to face the challenges of the pandemic and the fundamental impacts that the pandemic has had on the competencies of university teachers, which constitute the starting points for working in conditions of social isolation, confinement and lack of personal contact between teacher-student. The theoretical, methodological and practical importance of the research lies in these results. Finally, the discussion and conclusions are presented with a synthesis of important knowledge for dealing with far-reaching changes and methodological and technical innovations in higher education.