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The objective was to describe emergency distance education due to the COVID-19 pandemic, innovation or improvisation, at the Universidad Politécnica Territorial from Zulia, Venezuela. It was based on the approaches of Hodges, Moore, Lockee, Trust and Bond (2020), and Chaparro and Franco (2020). The methodology corresponded to a descriptive study with a field design. An online questionnaire was applied to 34 teachers from the institution. The results reveal that teachers use technological tools: Email, WhatsApp, text messages, Google Classroom, and Google Drive as support instruments for problems of physical access, psycho-affective and financial limitations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is part of a documentary review of research seedbeds as a practice for the scientific development of nations; experience that has been adopted in Latin America, as scenarios of academic and research discussion within the university context. A total of 50 magazine articles from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and Venezuela were consulted; available in various databases with national and international significance from 2005 to 2019. The findings show the implementation of the Research Seedbeds, especially in Colombia where groups capable of producing and disseminating knowledge have been consolidated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]