The Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching in Statistics and Operations Research in Higher Education

Abstract

[EN]This work explores the adaptation of the learning process during the COVID-19 pandemic, while students and teachers kept con ned at home and classes were online. For this task, a survey among teachers in Statistics and Operations Research departments at Spanish universities was conducted. 131 teachers from 25 universities answered a 28-item questionnaire, structured according to ve thematic blocks. This survey fi nds a preference for synchronous learning, sometimes combined with asynchronous support. Their answers also show that in most cases the participants were satis ed with the fast technological adaptation to learning, although they point out the assessment as the main challenge, due to suspicion of unethical behaviors.