Online Engineering Education in Times of Pandemic - A Case Study

In this paper we present, as a case study, how the authors conducted online educational activities in some of the study programs followed by students of the Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics (F.A.C.E.) at University of Craiova (UCV), what were the academic results of students, and what were their opinions (expressed by answers to specific questionnaires). With this paper we want to present the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education and engineering skills acquired by students for the subjects taught by the three authors of this paper. We are also questioning whether important lessons can be learned from this crisis. We addressed some relevant topics: issues related to the transition from face-to-face teaching to online teaching; problems related to the online examination activity; problems related to the acquisition of practical skills by students. These issues were addressed from both the teachers' and the students' point of view, and the paper presents both the authors' and students' opinions (acquired during online classes or obtained through questionnaires).