From face-to-face to remote learning in times of Covid 19 crisis in Croatia

Teachers in Croatia went from face-to-face to remote learning within a week in March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers found themselves faced with many questions about how to do it, which ICT tools to use, how long it would last. Croatian Ministry of Education called for all teachers to share their examples of good practice, free lessons, but also to record video- lessons for a YouTube channel and to create lessons on TV for primary school pupils. Although teachers were introduced to many different ICT tools and platforms they could use in the remote teaching, the schools mostly chose one platform. During remote teaching many problems were detected: problems with using the Loomen platform, Google Classroom, Yammer for classroom management and teaching, different and too many ICT tools used by teachers and learners, dissatisfaction with the tools they used, pros and cons of remote learning, proposals for making things better, learning outcomes when learning face to face and when learning online. The research sample included the three most frequently used platforms, teachers and students in secondary schools. The most frequently used platforms (Loomen, Google Classroom, Yammer, MS Teams) in remote teaching were analyzed, teachers and students were questioned in the survey about their satisfaction with the platforms chosen by the schools, as well as about the usage of different ICT tools in remote teaching, and which one was the best rated by Croatian teachers and students, but also whether learning outcomes were achieved in remote learning or not. The results of the research are being used as a recommendation for choosing the best platform(s) and ICT tools according to Croatian teachers and students in remote teaching and learning, as well as a recommendation for improvement of remote learning.