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- As of today, face-to-face teaching is prohibited in Swiss universities: conferences and seminars take place online.
- Universities feel well prepared for distance education, also thanks to the experiences of the spring semester.
- Occasional face-to-face events, such as lab training, are still possible.
The big advantage of the current situation is that you have learned from the situation in the spring semester and can now switch to digital lessons, says Karin Hiltwein, general secretary and head of the Corona crisis team at Northwest University of Applied Sciences of Switzerland. Be prepared.
There are only a few events left to hold at the venue, says Hiltwein: “There are events that take place in small groups or small seminars.” In labs or music lessons, for example, face-to-face events should be possible. “Of course, in compliance with all protection measures.” That means, mask and distance requirement.
Lecture at the kitchen table: Even for Swiss students, things change in the days of the Crown.
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When asked at the University of Bern, they said that the number of face-to-face events had already dropped in recent weeks. This is supposed to take even longer, says the deputy head of teaching at the University of Bern, Bruno Moretti.
Therefore, the exams must also be adapted. “You have to prepare smart exams that are not oriented to trivial questions of knowledge.” Because at home, students can use more resources.
The teachers go out of their way to make the impossible possible.
The universities in question are convinced that school operations will mostly run smoothly, thanks in part to the first wave experience. Marc Meyer, Director of Studies and Teaching at the University of St. Gallen, said: “We have a lot of experience from the spring semester and the teachers knew that change could be necessary very quickly.”
Possible complications”
With individual formats, there could be complications because they were not designed for distance education, Meyer admits. “But the lecturers do their best to make the impossible possible.”
There is no alternative to distance education for Meyer. You must make sure that students complete their courses regularly and can also take the exams. It is not yet foreseeable whether these can be carried out again on site at the end of the semester.
