Univeristy teachers’s experience of emergency remote teaching due to the COVID-19
Keywords:
Emergency remote teaching, Experience, Learning, Methodologies, Higher educationAbstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in human history, affecting more than 1,500 millones students in more than 200 countries. Closures of learning centers have impacted more than 94% of the world’s student population. Physical distancing and restrictive movement policies have significantly disturbed traditional educational practices. In this context, this study analyzes univeristy teachers’s experience of emergency remote teaching due to the COVID-19 crisis, a Chilean private university. From a qualitative approach, a structured online questionnaire is constructed and a thematic analysis is performed. The sample corresponds to teachers from various programs (n = 35). According to the results, the most common environment and method of conducting classes were their own homes and personal computers. Among the complaints are the instability of their students' network, work overload and the videoconferencing system imposed by their university. It is concluded that emergency remote education requires the participation of the entire teaching staff.
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