2.6 COVID-19
Online teaching began at Nottingham on the 23rd March
2020 (Figure 4). This came after the poster session and before the third
team training session. There was just one lecture left which was put on
Moodle. All the remaining sessions were tutorials and happened using
video calls with each group within their Microsoft Teams. The class
viewing was to be streamed using the whole class Microsoft Team.
Unfortunately, due to stormy conditions the internet crashed halfway
through the first video which was disappointing. However all but 2
students joined the non-compulsory session (one of those students was in
a different time zone).
Aside from the unusual circumstances, and interviews needing to occur
via video call, the course continued as programmed. Students were
reminded that collaborations are often done with people in other
countries or time-zones in much the same way they were working (they
were also provided with links to YouTube videos of orchestras playing
online as a Covid-19 special treat!).