The coronavirus outbreak compelled Higher Education (HE) institutions worldwide to cancel campus-based teaching and conduct a variety of lessons remotely. This transition was implemented in a short period because it was deemed necessary to maintain continuity of teaching and learning provision.

Even in ordinary times, i.e. in periods that do not necessitate a hurried implementation of remote learning, several challenges are associated with this form of education. These multi-faceted challenges include the robustness of the technical infrastructure, pedagogical and instructional aspects and issues of access, support and training.

With the exception of a few specialist HE institutions that have a history of online delivery, such as the different Open Universities, many institutions that made the transition were predominantly offering face-to-face teaching before the coronavirus outbreak.

Consequently, it is appropriate to consider whether the rapid transition from traditional modes of teaching and learning to online delivery has been effective or not. The ‘Art + Design: elearning lab’ (Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology), under the supervision of Dr.Nicos Souleles and Dr. Andrew Laghos, has therefore put together an online questionnaire to investigate the experiences and opinions of academic staff and evaluate the transition process.

Please contribute to the online questionnaire at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M5D2F2D