Estrategia para mejorar el desempeño académico de los estudiantes de nuevo ingreso en Facultades de Ingeniería mediante el uso de plataformas de aprendizaje virtuales

One of the problems that occur most frequently in higher education institutions, specifically in engineering schools and faculties, is the high rate of failure in the basic science and mathematics subjects of their new students. Some of these educational institutions counteract this problem with a propaedeutic course and / or face-to-face counseling programs, but it is important to mention that the easy access to technology nowadays, has allowed conventional study techniques to evolve in a completely digital environment. The present project, documents and presents the results of the process carried out in the Engineering Faculty of the Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, in which a preparatory leveling course for the 285 new students was designed and implemented through the platform of virtual learning Khan Academy. This strategy not only offers a solution to this problem, but also offers students a powerful learning tool carried out in an environment in which they feel comfortable: the virtual world.