Abstract
Due to the pandemic provoked by COVID-19 in March 2020, the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), following the Government's guidelines, changed the modality of the formal lectures from face-to-face to online non-face-to-face teaching. Professors and students had the challenge of adapting to the new model in one week to finish the semester. In this paper, the results of applying online teaching using both: synchronous and asynchronous lectures and the comparison with the traditional course are shown. The synchronous tools used were MS Teams and skype. Among the asynchronous tools used to create the screencast videos are PoliformaT (Own tool created by UPV), MS Powerpoint, MSRecorder and ODB. The platforms used to upload and public the produced videos are media UPV and YouTube. Also, professors use PoliformaT to create exams and task and to send messages and students to send works, carry out exams and access to the information shared by professors.
Highlights
Due to the state of alarm produced in Spain in March 2020, provoked by the expansion of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 disease, the entire country practically paralyzes, allowing only the operation of essential services to cover the basics needs of the whole country
Asynchronous teaching tools allow class material to be available to students so that can be consulted at any time
This paper presents the experience of using various tools that allow both synchronous and asynchronous teaching, saving time in the selection of these tools
Summary
Due to the state of alarm produced in Spain in March 2020, provoked by the expansion of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 disease, the entire country practically paralyzes, allowing only the operation of essential services to cover the basics needs of the whole country. Synchronous and asynchronous tools are not new tools, but such terminology has become known and spread in the teaching field, due to the pandemic. Synchronous tools are those virtual tools that allow direct interaction and in real time between professors and students. The subject chosen to apply the method is Thermal Renewable Energies of the Energy engineering Degree at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. The use of this methodology has particular interest due to the crises caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the change of classroom classes to non-classroom classes.
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