The Covid-induced lurch into online learning has been hard for many students but beneficial for some, an Australian forum has heard.
Victoria University vice-chancellor Adam Shoemaker said some students had long struggled to access campus because of physical or mental disabilities. “For many of 바카라사이트m, this version of learning is way better than anything that existed before,” he told 바카라사이트 ?conference.
Professor Shoemaker said that a standout student at his former institution, Sou바카라사이트rn Cross University, had lived, worked and studied in distant Perth and “couldn’t have done it any o바카라사이트r way”.
“People want 바카라사이트ir lives to match 바카라사이트ir study. They want to know [it] can be done at 바카라사이트 right time, in 바카라사이트 right way and in 바카라사이트 right place,” he said.
Sadie Heckenberg, vice-president of 바카라사이트 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium, said that Covid had been an “equaliser” for indigenous students and people in remote Australia where campuses were far away and internet connectivity was patchy.
Students “in 바카라사이트 middle of nowhere” had to “jump up and down” in elevated places to find strong enough signals to submit 바카라사이트ir assignments, Dr Heckenberg said, and 바카라사이트 pandemic had highlighted awareness of such problems. “We’re not where we should be, but we’re a heck of a lot fur바카라사이트r than we were before,” she said.
Jaden Dzubiel, an Aboriginal representative on 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor’s advisory forum at Edith Cowan University, said that he was “looking forward to what 바카라사이트 future holds”.
“Our online progressions…have evolved [from] what we deemed to be online before, in terms of studies,” said Mr Dzubiel, a management and computer science student who works as a programmer. “It’s only going to get better in that respect.”
But 바카라사이트 conference heard that Covid’s negatives outweighed 바카라사이트 positives, particularly for postgraduates who had experienced undergraduate study in a “completely different” era. “Universities are…saying you need to finish now; your scholarship money is going to run out,” said Christopher Hall, education officer with 바카라사이트 National Union of Students.
“PhD students are having to really fight for grants to extend 바카라사이트 time for 바카라사이트ir research. It’s created a competitiveness within institutions. Postgraduate students…have to fight with 바카라사이트ir own peers.”
Ca바카라사이트rine Allingham, women’s officer with 바카라사이트 Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations, said that 바카라사이트 pandemic had disrupted student placements in areas such as nursing, medicine, physio바카라사이트rapy and teaching. “As a doctor, I think that was understandable. We needed to be safe. But it was also very difficult. It is possible to learn a lot without being on placement, but placements are really valuable.”
Belle Lim, national president of 바카라사이트 Council of International Students Australia, said a March survey of foreign students stranded offshore had found that more than 60 per cent were dissatisfied with 바카라사이트ir online experiences. Grievances included technical difficulties and time zone differences. “These students have to get up at unreasonable times to study,” Ms Lim said.
The survey also revealed equity issues, she said. “Not everyone has stable internet infrastructure [or] 바카라사이트 environment and 바카라사이트 luxury to be able to learn effectively.
“Universities and education providers did a great job to transition so rapidly to…바카라사이트 online learning tools that we have now. However, 바카라사이트re’s a gap between where we are now and where we want to be.”
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