  In the spring of 2020, the Department of Informatics covered a 20 ECTS
capstone course in Software Engineering, mainly focusing on developing a
complex application. The course used active learning methods, and 240 students
were working in 42 cross-functional, agile teams. The pandemic caused by the
coronavirus had a significant impact on the teaching given by the University of
Oslo, as all physical education and collaboration among the teams had to be
digital from March 12. At the end of the semester, we conducted a survey that
focused on 1) aspects of teamwork (e.g., communication and coordination in the
teams) and the relation to team performance (e.g., the application product) and
2), the students' motivation and ability to cooperate through digital
platforms. A total of 151 respondents in 41 agile student teams answered the
survey. This study aimed to investigate how the teamwork and motivation of the
students were affected by having to work virtually. The results are compared to
results from the same course in 2019 and a similar survey on 71 professional
teams published in 2016. Our results show that the teamwork was evaluated
similarly to both the evaluation of survey conducted in 2019 and on the
professional teams in 2016. The motivation among the students remained high,
even though they had to collaborate virtually.
