Remote Virtual Observatory schools

The Spanish Virtual Observatory is an initiative which main goal is to coordinate activities related with the Virtual Observatory (VO) in Spain. The SVO has large experience organizing VO schools and workshops. In the context of the pandemic situation, we have made a large effort to continue these educational activities by making them virtual. On one hand, we offered during the confinement two online “micro-workshops” showing the use and capabilities of different VO tools with real life examples, aiming at reaching the Amateur and the world wide Spanish speaking community as well. On the other hand, five remote VO schools have been carried out since November 2020 for MSc and PhD students of the main research centers of Astrophysics in Spain, the national Amateur community in collaboration with the federation of astronomic associations of Spain (FAAE), the Brazilian Astronomy Society, and european scientists under the umbrella of the ESCAPE project. We did not observe a negative impact on the follow-up of the tutorials nor the communication with the participants and we have additionally benefited from the advantages that the remote teaching presents, such as the increase in the number of attendants and the coverage of different profiles compared to the pre-pandemic routines