=== EXCEPTIONAL PLANNING ===
Given the uncertain and unpredictable evolution of the health alert caused by COVID-19, the University of Vigo establishes an extraordinary planning that will be activated when the administrations and the institution itself determine it, considering safety, health and responsibility criteria both in distance and blended learning. These already planned measures guarantee, at the required time, the development of teaching in a more agile and effective way, as it is known in advance (or well in advance) by the students and teachers through the standardized tool.
In case of extraordinary circumstances that involve blended learning for part of the students, and the following changes will be carried out:
=== ADAPTATION OF CONTENTS ===
6.1 Theoretical content
The course curriculum should not be affected by the change to online teaching. However, if the number of teaching hours is significantly reduced, the course contents must be adapted in order to ensure that the students gain the sought capabilities and that the course learning goals are achieved.
6.2. Practical content
Since it will be impossible to work with lab instrumentation, the affected lab sessions will be replaced by equivalent activities that can be carried out in a virtual environment. Namely, the following changes will be made:
Lab session 2: Antennas
This session will be replaced by a simulation in a virtual laboratory. The student will characterize the radiation pattern of several types of antenna, following a procedure analogous to that of the Lucas-Nülle training set.
Lab session 4: Satellite
This session will be replaced by a simulation in a virtual laboratory. The student will establish a link with a virtual satellite using virtual equipment, but following the same procedure as with the real instrumentation.
Lab session 5: Radiopropagation
To adapt this session to online teaching, the physical equipment will be replaced by simulators or video tutorials that explain the functioning of each piece of equipment. The field measurements will be carried out in a virtual environment, that will illustrate the phenomena presented in the theory sessions.
=== ADAPTATION OF METHODOLOGIES ===
A new methodology will be added:
Real time master class and/or virtual laboratory sesión:
These sessions will be held in virtual classroom, accesible via a web. Said classroom will count with a number of visualization panels and components, that can be arranged by the lecturer to better suit the needs of the course. In the virtual classroom, any presenter can share screen, files, use the blackboard, chat, send audio and video feeds, or participate in interactive online activities (tests, questions, etc.).
=== ADAPTATION OF ASSESSMENT ===
During online teaching, the assessment of the student capabilities will remain unaltered, in terms of contents, weights, minimum requirements, and number of tests.
The only difference will be in the format that said tests will take, that will combine the online learning platform Moovi with the Virtual Campus of the University of Vigo (and/or other similar platforms).
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