%0 Journal Article %1 michael2021online %A Michael, Lodi %A Marco, Sbaraglia %A Pio, Zingaro Stefano %A Simone, Martini %D 2021 %E on Information Technology for Social Good, Conference %J GoodIT ’21: Conference on Information Technology for Social Good %K Course Online face-to-Face %P 242-247 %T The Online Course Was Great: I Would Attend It Face-to-Face %X We describe how we redesigned, because of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the CS1 course for Math undergraduates to be held online yet reflecting the face-to-face (F2F) experience as much as possible. We present the course structure, the IT tools we used, and the strategies we implemented to preserve the benefits of a synchronous experience. We discuss the positive and negative aspects that emerged from the students’ opinion qualitative analysis. We use the COI framework as a lens to explain what worked, what did not, and what can be improved to strengthen the perception of a F2F experience and mitigate the “presence paradox” we found: despite students being enthusiastic about the online format, most would still prefer a F2F course.

@article{michael2021online, abstract = {We describe how we redesigned, because of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the CS1 course for Math undergraduates to be held online yet reflecting the face-to-face (F2F) experience as much as possible. We present the course structure, the IT tools we used, and the strategies we implemented to preserve the benefits of a synchronous experience. We discuss the positive and negative aspects that emerged from the students’ opinion qualitative analysis. We use the COI framework as a lens to explain what worked, what did not, and what can be improved to strengthen the perception of a F2F experience and mitigate the “presence paradox” we found: despite students being enthusiastic about the online format, most would still prefer a F2F course.}, added-at = {2023-07-01T12:17:47.000+0200}, author = {Michael, Lodi and Marco, Sbaraglia and Pio, Zingaro Stefano and Simone, Martini}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/258bc685900165e637ceeacfcdb885e2c/ammarb-24}, editor = {on Information Technology for Social Good, Conference}, interhash = {e57caa5e1e4ec0f6228d73fbcfac02f4}, intrahash = {58bc685900165e637ceeacfcdb885e2c}, journal = {GoodIT ’21: Conference on Information Technology for Social Good}, keywords = {Course Online face-to-Face}, language = {English}, month = {September}, pages = {242-247}, timestamp = {2023-07-01T12:17:47.000+0200}, title = {The Online Course Was Great: I Would Attend It Face-to-Face}, year = 2021 }