Desires and Possibilities in Virtual Education

The sudden migration towards virtual classes caused by the Covid-19 crisis has demanded the application and development of different resources. Both students and teachers had to be flexible enough to face this change. Two annual university courses in Design Education will be examined: 2019 and 2020, shifting from face-toface to online teaching. The information compared derives mainly from surveys and the final evaluation scores. The main benefits and drawbacks will be discussed, concerning the outcomes of the course and the experiences of teachers and students. The advantages of reformulating the course and the possibilities of online teaching were considered and exploited as far as possible, in the limited context of a public university in a developing country. Many positive strategies derived from this transformation should be retained when classroom meetings are allowed. Future courses should incorporate blended, hybrid methods of instruction that regard the specific requirements of design education.