E-teaching ‐ a passing fashion or a future-oriented pedagogy?

During the Covid pandemic, academic institutions were compelled to abruptly embrace e-teaching, as they were elsewhere as well. This pioneer study intends to examine the challenges of e-teaching and its shortcomings as perceived by students.The research findings indicate the need for a thorough discussion that should and must be conducted among leaders of higher education and academic institutions concerning the new and effective designation of lecturers in academia, the distinction between the virtual and the substantive in teaching, learning, and student evaluation, and the challenges and ways of dealing with the new reality.