Heidemarie Köllinger, lecturer at the institute, talks in her blog post about communication channels and their changes in the field of teaching.

What makes online teaching effective? We have been asking ourselves this question not only since Covid-19 outbreak – in fact, we have been racking our brains over it at IIT for many years. Thanks to our part-time degree programmes “Mobile Software Development” and “Software Design” we are able to draw on previous experiences in online teaching. Nevertheless, every online unit is a challenge and we always find ourselves pondering on the following question: Does teaching English online make sense or not? Our answer is: YES and NO. It has some pros and cons.

Only a few weeks ago we were joking about COVID-19, but now the virus is affecting the daily lives of billions of people around the world.