Telework model in university education: Strategies to strengthen its implementation at the Catholic University of Cuenca, Ecuador

Abstract

Teleworking has become a model of service provision that necessarily requires the use of technological tools. This way of developing activities has expanded in the educational sector. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, it has implemented a greater boom in the university field facing great challenges and difficulties. The objective was to analyze the strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats of telework implemented in the context of university education, during 2020-2021 at the Catholic University of Cuenca, Campus La Troncal, Ecuador. In the methodology applied the qualitative approach of descriptive type, SWOT analysis, the technique of literature review, as well as the interpretation and description through focus groups. From the results, it is clear that teachers require specific skills and competencies to develop telework activities. The implementation of telework in university education presents significant opportunities, but also challenges, which must be addressed with effective strategies and a solid legal framework to ensure its successful implementation, prevent the violation of fundamental rights, and the emergence of occupational diseases that are linked to this form of labor organization.