CResDET

Crisis-Resistant Digital Education and Training

The main objective of CResDET is to develop a framework, a knowledge hub and practice-oriented crisis-resistant guidelines that provide the educational tools and methods necessary for the rapid adaptation and digitization of lectures in case of a crisis.

There is no doubt that the Covid-19 crisis has major impacts on higher education. Fast paced changes with respect to the health situation of countries and regions requires institutions to constantly adjust their teaching strategies. As a consequence, educators are confronted with the problem that the way they can safely offer courses often changes within days or weeks. In many cases the necessity of fast changes hampers structured transitions, instead immediate adaptations based on current restrictions are required. This is particularly challenging for educators who have no or only little experience with digital technologies. In the absence of generally accepted guidelines on how to digitize the different lecture types in higher education, educators must rely on their own knowledge and skills rather than on scientifically based and proven approaches.

Project coordinator is Prof. Stanko Škec.