Teaching at tertiary level in the time of COVID-19 - an experience report

Teaching under COVID-19 conditions is even more challenging than before. Students have a strong wish to finish their studies in time, regardless of the uneasy circumstances. This contribution describes the actions that had been done within a study program at the bachelor's degree to deal with the changed conditions under the current pandemic. Since the theme of the study program is in the field of information technology, a benefit is students' and teachers' affinity to digitization. The retention of the timetable originally designed for face-to-face lectures has proved successful, even during phases of pure distance teaching. Synchronous (dislocated but simultaneous) forms of teaching were used for the vast majority of lectures. Because of low acceptance by students, asynchronous forms were used only sparingly. Various scenarios for conducting exams were also devised. Some conversions caused by the pandemic will be maintained in the post-COVID-19 era. In this respect, the pandemic has accelerated the digitization of teaching.