Resumen de Digital challenges during the covid-19 pandemic: A case study of teachers’ perceptions of the digital transition at the West University of Timișoara, Romania
Claudia Ioana Doroholschi, Loredana Bercuci, Madalina Chitez, Andreea Dincă, Roxana Rogobete
The present study investigates how Romanian university-level instructors preceived thed emergency transfer towards online teaching in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. A longitudinal study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with 10 faculty members at the West University of Timisoara, focusing on the experience of the participants at the beggining of the pandemic (March 2020), as well as at the end of the first online semester, after examinations. While most of the interviewees experienced some discomfort in the initial phase of the transfer, they demosntrated flexibility and adaptability and became more confident as the semester progressed, (...)
