The spread of Covid-19 pandemic upturned higher education routines, inducing a shift to online learning whichsometimes translated into a huge leap towards didactic experimentation. While exposing critical issues in existingteaching methodologies and assessment processes, such emergency distance education condition could spark meaningfuleducational innovation. This paper describes an international study engaging teachers of professionalizing courses inthe educational area across the world (N=120). The aim was to investigate their perception of the induced distanceeducation in terms of teaching methodology and assessment practices. Emerging findings indicate a silver lining in themidst 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
Valentina Grion
2020-01-01
Abstract
The spread of Covid-19 pandemic upturned higher education routines, inducing a shift to online learning whichsometimes translated into a huge leap towards didactic experimentation. While exposing critical issues in existingteaching methodologies and assessment processes, such emergency distance education condition could spark meaningfuleducational innovation. This paper describes an international study engaging teachers of professionalizing courses inthe educational area across the world (N=120). The aim was to investigate their perception of the induced distanceeducation in terms of teaching methodology and assessment practices. Emerging findings indicate a silver lining in themidst of the pandemic storm, as teaching practices gear more towards being student-centred.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
