Past Digital Uses of University Instructors: Their Impact on the Implementation of Compulsory Distance Education During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
This article presents the first results of a survey conducted by means of a questionnaire addressed to further education teachers that was put online on April 14, 2020, almost four weeks after the closure of the universities. It is part of an interdisciplinary research project, associating educational sciences and information and communication sciences, dedicated to the work of teachers and students, from kindergarten to university during this unprecedented period. In this contribution, the 1,040 responses to the questionnaire document the way in which out-of-school teachers have endeavoured to implement distance education as a matter of urgency. The article highlights the impact of pre-existing (formal and informal) and heterogeneous digital uses on teaching practices during the “moment of confinement”.