Challenges and advantages of online teaching during covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

In this work we were interested in how lecturers at the department of Graphic engineering and design perceived online teaching during Covid-19 pandemic, what they think are the main problems, advantages and disadvantages of online approach, and what were the biggest challenges they were facing in their work so far. Our colleagues filled a survey to answer all these questions, and to give us a better insight on how to improve the teaching process. The responses make it clear that the biggest challenge was to engage students and maintain their attention, as well as the lack of feedback during online classes. The problems our colleagues were facing were to adequately present practical processes, distractions from the members of their households, and technical issues mostly on the sides of students. In their opinion, the advantages of online teaching are the possibility to connect from any location and to adapt the environment to their own needs, as well as easier sharing of the material, while the biggest reported disadvantages were: difficulty to monitor students’ progress and reactions, lack of socialization, too much screen time and prolonged class preparation time.