From Synchronous Face-to-Face Group Work to Asynchronous Individual Work: Pivoting an Enterprise Modelling Course for Teaching during a COVID-19 Lockdown

Abstract

This paper outlines the challenges faced in a particular instance of an enterprise modelling (EM) course that lost the ability to have face-to-face interactions and describes a solution that proved to be at least equally effective and appreciated when moved online. The revised course design is primarily driven by exercise and assignment work, provides course content in a ‘piecemeal’ fashion, and relies almost exclusively on asynchronous interactions. This paper distils the solution into specific design features of the revised course as well as more general design principles that can be applied to other EM courses (and potentially beyond).