Rapid Transition of a Technical Course from Face-to-Face to Online

• Main Authors: GOTTIPATTI, Swapna, SHANKARAMAN, Venky
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Face-to-Face; Transition; Online; Synchronous; Technical; IS Course; COVID-19; pandemic; higher education; Asian Studies; Computer Sciences; Educational Technology; Higher Education; Public Health; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5401; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6322/viewcontent/Rapid_Transition_of_a_Technical_Course_to_Online_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Just like most universities around the world, the senior management at Singapore Management University decided to move all courses to a virtual, online, synchronous mode, giving instructors a very short notice period—one week—to make this transition. In this paper, we describe the challenges, practical solutions adopted, and the lessons learnt in rapidly transitioning a face-to-face Master’s degree course in Text Analytics and Applications into a virtual, online, course format that could deliver a quality learning experience.