Online education during COVID-19: University faculty experience for basic science education

Abstract

The coronavirus family has significant human and animal pathogens. Such that the rapid prevalence of the COVID-19 virus has caused an increasing number of cases in various countries by making pandemics around the world. Virtual education in Iran, like many other countries, has become one of the most principal educational methods by the outbreak of this pandemic and disruption of the process of face-to-face education. This paper aims to study the teaching challenges in corona condition and report some experiences in the teaching of practical basic science courses in Farhangian University in Iran. This paper suggests some steps to improve the teaching quality based on the lecturers’ experiences in the online teaching of the basic sciences courses as well as tries to provide a vision based on the students’ idea about the lecturers’ teaching approaches in the class.