Distance teaching: An opportunity to improve the teaching at the university?

Abstract

The teaching in undergraduate courses in physics at Lund University and LTH has mostly followed the same format over the past decades: teacher-led lectures, problem- solving exercises, where the students work on alone or in groups, and laboratory exercises, followed by a written exam. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers were forced to adapt other teaching methods more suitable for online teaching. This article will discuss the experience from online teaching at a first-year course at the Bachelor’s Physics program at Lund University, and how this can be used to improve the on-campus teaching in the future.