An Experience of Transition From In-Person Mode of Delivery to Online Mode In A First-Year Engineering Course

Contribution: 1. A detailed description of the transition from the in-person mode of delivery to blended mode and further to complete online mode. 2. This paper captures the tools and technologies that were helpful during the transition process 3. The paper presents the analysis of faculty and student survey data reflecting the effectiveness of the new approach through student-content interaction and student-faculty interaction during the transition process. Research question: How well does a course designed for the in-person mode of delivery translate to an online mode of delivery in the context of first-year engineering? Context of the study: This study is situated in the first-year engineering course titled Basic Electronics. There were ten faculties involved in the course delivery for student strength of approximately twelve hundred students. Findings: 1. Faculty are more satisfied in the blended mode of delivery rather than fully online or in-person mode. 2. Challenges faced by the students are mostly logistical issues like internet issues