Rescheduling Senior University for a blended teaching-learning model

ABSTRACT

This article explains how Senior University at the University of A Coruna (NW Spain) was adapted to the blended learning model in the 2020/2021 academic year, as a result of the emergency situation brought about by COVID-19. The reorganization had to take into account the needs of both teaching staff and participants. The students had to overcome obstacles to embrace new technologies and follow what was being taught. The results of the surveys handed out to teachers and students at the start of the year are summarized here. A brief description of the new Specific Training Program “Current Events, Science, Health and Life” is also provided, as well as the outcomes of the study carried out to know to what extent the key players -teaching staff, students and Senior University management team- felt satisfied with the new program. All in all, both teachers and students replied that they were very satisfied with the blended learning model, which will continue running into the following academic years as a complement to face-to-face teaching. Copyright © 2021 for this paper by its authors. Use permitted under Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).