University Teaching Planning in Times of COVID-19: Analysis of the Catalan Context and Proposal for a Future Model from ESIC Business and Marketing School Experience

Javier Bustos Díaz, Teodor Mellen Vinagre and Ruben Nicolas-Sans
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Javier Bustos Díaz: ESIC Business and Marketing School, ESIC Campus Universitario, Passeig Santa Eulàlia, 2, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
Teodor Mellen Vinagre: ESIC Business and Marketing School, ESIC Campus Universitario, Passeig Santa Eulàlia, 2, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
Ruben Nicolas-Sans: ESIC Business and Marketing School, ESIC Campus Universitario, Passeig Santa Eulàlia, 2, 08017 Barcelona, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: On 14 March 2020, Spain came to a standstill and the movement of people was restricted with the publication of Royal Decree (RD) 463/2020 and the education sector had to reinvent itself with new rules and procedures. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of the different government regulations and their effect on university teaching planning. Since the approval of RD 555/2020, educational competences were returned to the autonomous communities and each of them implemented different public policies. We will analyse the specific impact on teaching planning and models applied in Catalonia and their development, which vary according to the evolution of the number of COVID-19 infections and which has been marking the political, economic and social agenda since the beginning of the pandemic. The university has moved from teaching in a face-to-face environment to a virtual or semi-virtual or blended learning environment. This change implies a paradigmatic transformation in communication, education, organisation, evaluation and planning, among others. At ESIC Business & Marketing School (ESIC) these pedagogical paradigm shifts have contributed to transform the learning processes in a context of pedagogical innovation.

Keywords: teaching planning; university; COVID-19; Catalonia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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