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<p>The spread of Covid-19 pandemic upturned higher education routines, inducing a shift to online learning which sometimes translated into a huge leap towards didactic experimentation. While exposing critical issues in existing teaching methodologies and assessment processes, such emergency distance education condition could spark meaningful educational innovation. This paper describes an international study engaging teachers of professionalizing courses in the educational area across the world (N=120). The aim was to investigate their perception of the induced distance education in terms of teaching methodology and assessment practices. Emerging findings indicate a silver lining in the midst of the pandemic storm, as teaching practices gear more towards being student-centred.</p>
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The spread of Covid-19 pandemic upturned higher education routines, inducing a shift to online learning which sometimes translated into a huge leap towards didactic experimentation. While exposing critical issues in existing teaching methodologies and assessment processes, such emergency distance education condition could spark meaningful educational innovation. This paper describes an international study engaging teachers of professionalizing courses in the educational area across the world (N=120). The aim was to investigate their perception of the induced distance education in terms of teaching methodology and assessment practices. Emerging findings indicate a silver lining in the midst of the pandemic storm, as teaching practices gear more towards being student-centred.

The positive in the tragic: Covid pandemic as an impetus for change in teaching and assessment in higher education

Research on Education and Media

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The spread of Covid-19 pandemic upturned higher education routines, inducing a shift to online learning which sometimes translated into a huge leap towards...

The positive in the tragic: Covid pandemic as an impetus for change in teaching and assessment in higher education

Published Online: Jul 16, 2021

Page range: 69 - 76

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rem-2020-0008

Keywords
higher education faculty, ICT integration in higher education, distance education

© 2021 Ottavia Trevisan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The positive in the tragic: Covid pandemic as an impetus for change in teaching and assessment in higher education

Published Online: Jul 16, 2021

Page range: 69 - 76

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rem-2020-0008

Keywordshigher education faculty, ICT integration in higher education, distance education

© 2021 Ottavia Trevisan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
higher education faculty, ICT integration in higher education, distance education