nueva educación universitaria en línea: de lo emocional a la espectacularización

Introduction: Educommunication and online education, increase their presence in the university stage, but the risks of digital gaps and failure are significant. Through this study, it is proposed whether virtual education, through screens and technological tools, puts at risk emotional aspects, considered fundamental for students' learning, and a reflection on the use of methodologies linked to edutainment is initiated. Methodology: This is an exploratory and descriptive research, after a bibliographic review to know the development of the impact of the generalized use of ICT, online education, questioning which skills have remained undeveloped and a study of the use of new methodologies especially those linked to edutaiment in the development of educommunication. Emotional aspects are analyzed and a validation questionnaire of virtual teaching is generated. Results: based on the surveys elaborated in the questionnaires on emotional skills of teachers and students that have been lost and should be developed, satisfaction, evaluation of education on screens, and the incidence of edutainment. Dangers linked to the loss of the emotional sphere and the spectacularization of education are noted. Discussion: It has been found that teachers and students, after the evolution of the massive use of screens and new tools, value short-term advantages of ICT, such as the development of new methodologies, but feel the loss of emotions, such as empathy, and the relationship and exchange with others and it is perceived that the risk of spectacularization opens through edutainment with the use and abuse of ICT. Conclusions: In order to reduce in the educational field the risks of the spectacularization of communication, interdisciplinary research in education and communication should be encouraged to give rise to a deep and critical debate regarding new tools, technologies and methodologies in the educational field.