TY - GEN
T1 - The Impact of the COVID-19 Epidemic on University Students Mental Workload
AU - Corrales, Cesar
AU - Rojas, Jonatán
AU - Atoche, Wilmer
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The present article aims the study was to examine the mental load in the academic performance of engineering students in times of COVID-19. The problem of mental load increases in students, because in addition to studies, they must carry out pre-professional internships in companies. However, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the characteristics of the study have changed; now they do them virtually from their homes. Pre-professional practices are carried out in companies, being of two types: 1) the student works in the company premises, complying with all biosafety protocols, and 2) the student works from home in the telework model. The study analyzed the new study and work characteristics of students, where they remain seated in front of the computer for several hours a day, without physical contact with their teachers and their classmates. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on students’ mental load and compare it with the mental load they had in pre-pandemic times. The result was that now the students, for different reasons, including confinement, have a greater mental load than in normal times.
AB - The present article aims the study was to examine the mental load in the academic performance of engineering students in times of COVID-19. The problem of mental load increases in students, because in addition to studies, they must carry out pre-professional internships in companies. However, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the characteristics of the study have changed; now they do them virtually from their homes. Pre-professional practices are carried out in companies, being of two types: 1) the student works in the company premises, complying with all biosafety protocols, and 2) the student works from home in the telework model. The study analyzed the new study and work characteristics of students, where they remain seated in front of the computer for several hours a day, without physical contact with their teachers and their classmates. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on students’ mental load and compare it with the mental load they had in pre-pandemic times. The result was that now the students, for different reasons, including confinement, have a greater mental load than in normal times.
KW - Human factors
KW - Mental workload
KW - Stress
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85112153847
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_97
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-80744-3_97
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85112153847
SN - 9783030807436
T3 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
SP - 779
EP - 788
BT - Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices - Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 2021
A2 - Kalra, Jay
A2 - Lightner, Nancy J.
A2 - Taiar, Redha
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - AHFE Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 2021
Y2 - 25 July 2021 through 29 July 2021
ER -