Overcoming Crisis: A Portrait of the Adaptation of Engineering Professors to Remote Teaching in Chile

Lately, Chile has been struck with two significant events that have made its citizens rethink and adapt their worldview and activities in various dimensions. The recent social outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted almost any institution, and public higher education is no exception. Emergency remote teaching has arrived and professors have made all the possible efforts to deliver a quality education given the limitations. In this article, we portray teachers' experience belonging to the FCFM, one of the most prestigious Chilean engineering and science schools. We implemented two surveys, one on each semester of the year 2020, to understand their main difficulties, concerns, and appreciations. Frequencies and regression analyses were conducted. Results show that teachers' experience has improved through the year. The gained experience in the first semester has made them adapt their ways of teaching, design a better course and enhance their interaction with students through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous strategies.