Creativity has been identified as a critical competence for future engineers and is said to rely on direct contact with others and on teaching environments that allow for face-to-face phronetic experiences. Against the background of the pandemic-caused amplification of online teaching, the main objective of the European project TICON – Teaching creativity online – was to identify the barriers in engineering higher education for teaching creativity online and to upskill teachers in digital teaching with appropriate pedagogical approaches. Presented during the Conference: ICASTE 2023 – International Conference on Academic Studies in Technology and Education