Preparing Universities for Living in a Cyberspace

ABSTRACT

After the sudden shift from face-to-face to face-to-display lecturing in Czech and Slovak universities as one of side effects of COVID-19, the authors completed an online survey mapping their reactions to this unexpected transformation on the peak of the second wave in May 2021. The main aim of this study was to learn to what degree they were prepared to their fully virtual environment adaptation. 172 educators participated in the study. Obtained results indicate that the universities were not properly equipped for a broad adaptation of online education. In the time of survey, not all of these problems have been solved. It may result in negative consequences in the future. © 2021 IEEE.