Equal access to quality higher education: consolidation of the sustainable development goals, case of virtual software engineering of the Manuela Beltrán University

Abstract

The Manuela Beltran University, located in Cajica, Colombia, is a national example for academic accessibility support, and its virtual modality in educational programs offer support in sustainable development goals (SDGs) under the parameters of UNESCO. This document is a description of its virtual unity trained in the design, creation, administration, and advisement of virtual programs, in new technologies, in this case of the software engineering program. The investigation is done under multimethod and mixed methods research case study descriptive methodology. To define the phenomenon and the real-life context reviewing the framework and national conception of 'software engineering' within the context of quality education in Colombia, justification of teaching-learning processes of software engineering, need of the program under the virtual modality at the national level, and achievements of the Virtual Software Engineering Program of the UMB.