The time of the pandemic brought significant changes in the education system, and therefore, on Saturday, December 5, 2020, the TPO Foundation held a one-day seminar on the challenges of value transfer in hybrid and online teaching. Teaching professor Nezir Halilović was a lecturer and seminar leader, while the participants were professors from Sarajevo high schools. The high schools participating in the seminar were the High School of Metal Professions, High School Center “Nedžad Ibrišimović” Ilijaš, Second Gymnasium Sarajevo, Third Gymnasium Sarajevo, Catholic School Center “Sveti Josip” Sarajevo, International Gymnasium Sedef and High School for Textiles, Leather and Design and Professional Associate for the development and implementation of educational programs at the Agency for Prevention of Corruption.
Some of the topics that teaching professor Nezir Halilović imposed for discussion with professors were the laws of online teaching, the challenges of the educational part of the class and the development of spirituality in the online environment, methodical organization of teaching in hybrid and online teaching, and workshop preparation of hybrid teaching models.
The professors had a unified position on the challenges of the new situation in school system and, in addition to the multitude of paperwork and preparations they have to realize, they pointed out that they worked over ten hours a day to acomplish all digital tools needed for proper teaching. Also, it was concluded that the students managed well and immediately the new situation and that they know digital tools better than the professors themselves, and that this fact significantly impairs the quality of teaching. The common position was agreed that the teaching process must be approached systematically and the existing paradigm in which professors revolve around enormous paperwork instead of expressing the capacity in teaching and the quality of the teaching process itself must be completely changed. Such a teaching process would imply a greater partnership with students, and there would be enough space for professors to dedicate themselves to talented students, but also to those who need more time to master the teaching unit.
