Abstract:

This paper highlights some challenges for educational institutions in North Macedonia during COVID-19 pandemic and their implications for learning and assessment practices. Тhe current dominant mode of education is the traditional place-based classroom with some types of blended/ hybrid learning on some of the universities.

Teachers were confronted with needs to rapidly change their practices due to distance learning and to develop new approaches to monitor student’s learning and achievements. Online learning does not provide mechanisms for feedback and corrections from professors that in engineering disciplines are necessary. In this study, we explore the teaching problems in the areas of architecture and civil engineering, especially on the field of descriptive geometry in 2D and 3D modeling.

The acquisition of this knowledge can hardly be accomplished by self-studying or only through theoretical learning, without practical exercises. We investigated online learning methods for supporting the students to complete their course projects.

The paper includes the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis of the process of online learning during the time of pandemic. A comparison between student’s results before COVID-19 time and after is made, too.

Keywords:

Educational process, engineering education, graphic education, animations in education.