Planning the “New Normality” to Address the Pandemic in Higher Education: Blended Scenarios at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Since the early spring 2020, universities had to accept the impact of the first wave of Covid-19 disease and manage the emergency: students and teachers experienced a massive shift from traditional face-to-face education to online education. This new situation has been more properly defined “emergency remote teaching”. Catholic University of Sacred Heart has guaranteed the regular course of study to all the students. The contribution intends to present the #eCatt plan for the academic year 2020/21: it provides for a blended solution which moves on four scenarios, two in synchronous and two in asynchronous modes of learning (Dual mode, Online interactive lecture, Talking head, Voice-over presentation). To accompany the faculty to lesson design, self-training modules have been developed. In addition, weekly webinars have been planned and proposed, focusing on the scenarios, available technological solutions and educational tools. Data collection aims to provide a quantitative overview of the access to the online courses, participation in training sessions, adoption of synchronous and asynchronous solutions, focusing on teaching practices in synchronous sessions.