Due to the world health, social, economic and political crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
which started in 2020, continued into 2021 and will probably extend its effects into years to come, the
educational sector has been affected in many ways – from students’ inability to attend classes in the
classroom, to the sudden change of teaching methodology from traditional methods which used technology
sparingly and occasionally to the new methods which require the teachers’ and students’ constant reliance
on their computers, smart phones, different applications and communication platforms. Students needed
to cover materials planned in the course outlines, meet learning outcomes, and on the top of that stay
motivated and inspired to learn while the world around them did not know where it was going. This paper
will present the delivery of the course on Shakespeare conducted in the Department of English Language
and Literature at International University of Sarajevo – firstly in the classroom, then online. It will
describe the teaching methods and changes to the previous course format necessitated by the move to
online teaching; compare the new and previously used technology in the same course; describe the
teacher’s and students’ involvement; and present the final result of the students’ project titled “The
Reading Theatre”. The students’ achievements and their and the teacher’s evaluation of the course content
will be outlined at the end of this paper.
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