TY  - CHAP
A1  - Vladova, Gergana
A1  - Ullrich, André
A1  - Bender, Benedict
A1  - Gronau, Norbert
ED  - Reis, Arsénio
ED  - Barroso, João
ED  - Lopes, J. Bernardino
ED  - Mikropoulos, Tassos
ED  - Fan, Chih-Wen
T1  - Yes, we can (?)
BT  - a critical review of the COVID-19 semester
T2  - Technology and innovation in learning, teaching and education : second international conference, TECH-EDU 2020, Vila Real, Portugal, December 2-4, 2020 : proceedings
N2  - The COVID-19 crisis has caused an extreme situation for higher education institutions around the world, where exclusively virtual teaching and learning has become obligatory rather than an additional supporting feature. This has created opportunities to explore the potential and limitations of virtual learning formats. This paper presents four theses on virtual classroom teaching and learning that are discussed critically. We use existing theoretical insights extended by empirical evidence from a survey of more than 850 students on acceptance, expectations, and attitudes regarding the positive and negative aspects of virtual teaching. The survey responses were gathered from students at different universities during the first completely digital semester (Spring-Summer 2020) in Germany. We discuss similarities and differences between the subjects being studied and highlight the advantages and disadvantages of virtual teaching and learning. Against the background of existing theory and the gathered data, we emphasize the importance of social interaction, the combination of different learning formats, and thus context-sensitive hybrid learning as the learning form of the future.
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - higher education
KW  - virtual learning
KW  - digital learning
KW  - subject differences
Y1  - 2021
SN  - 978-3-030-73987-4
SN  - 978-3-030-73988-1
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73988-1_17
SP  - 225
EP  - 235
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  -