HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT - A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL BALKAN UNIVERSITY
Research Article
HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT - A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL BALKAN UNIVERSITY
ABSTRACT
The crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has disrupted lives, economics and education around the world rapidly and beyond a scope that one could imagine. International Balkan University (IBU) quickly adapted to the “new normal” and replaced classical classrooms with the online synchronous online mode of education with a real-time video-conferencing and interactive teaching, using Zoom platform. The university used the online management system Hello for online class sessions. The university has opened an Online Learning Centre to allow real-time lectures, but also e-conferences, webinars, defence of graduate and master's theses, etc. Exam.net platform was used by most instructors 80% in the realization of the exams, in combination with Zoom service for monitoring the students and preventing cheating. An attempt was made to relate the initial observations about the content of IBU students regarding online teaching and examination with the success of students’ cohort. The pandemic affected the internationalization of the university, however it hasn’t had any negative influence on the research activities of the academic staff. This preliminary study attempts to start further analysis directed toward the determination of the effectiveness of the online teaching and learning process at IBU.
PORJAZOSKA KUJUNDZISKI, A.,
(2020). HIGHER EDUCATION IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT - A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL BALKAN UNIVERSITY. International Journal of Technical and Natural Sciences, 1(2), 59-66. Arrival Date Posted By:https://ijtns.ibupress.com/articles/higher-education-in-an-online-environment---a-brief-overview-of-the-experience-of-international-balkan-university
