Aprendizaje significativo de la investigación cualitativa en confinamiento por Covid-19: experiencia en el posgrado.

The present research had as intentions: to know and unveil the significant learning achieved during the development of the qualitative research course in the Master's Degree in Education: Research and Higher Education at the Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán, Huánuco, Peru, which changed from face-to-face mode to virtual mode, due to the restrictions of confinement imposed by the Peruvian government given the advance of Covid-19 in the country. Using the action-research method in the classroom, the study was developed from the qualitative methodological perspective with two groups of students in the 2020-I academic period. Along with the pedagogical actions, the researcher-teachers collected information using focused written testimonies, homework records, and video conferences. Five categories emerged from the information systematization process, the most saturated being: i) reading and reflecting is the key and ii) collaborative work as a strategy for effective learning. It is concluded that in the experience of mediation and digital transformation of the qualitative research course, the preparation of teachers in connectivism and the sustenance in the educational model based on socioformation in the configuration of a personal learning environment was significant, which allowed students to demonstrate a high level of commitment, performance, and understanding of the epistemological and methodological principles implicit in this type of research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]