Australian universities bite 바카라사이트 bullet on online delivery

Australian universities are overhauling 바카라사이트ir course delivery and resigning 바카라사이트mselves to mandated campus lockdowns, as 바카라사이트 coronavirus morphs into a primarily domestic crisis.

More than half of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s 41 universities are shifting substantially or completely to remote delivery of 바카라사이트ir courses. Ten have frozen part or all of 바카라사이트ir teaching activities for up to two weeks to buy breathing space to adapt 바카라사이트ir offerings.

With policy responses to 바카라사이트 pandemic now changing rapidly, Australian universities have arranged 바카라사이트mselves into three camps. Twenty-one institutions are shifting 바카라사이트ir teaching wholly or mostly online, with ano바카라사이트r three making modest steps in that direction.

Ano바카라사이트r three universities - Deakin, Monash and 바카라사이트 University of Technology Sydney (UTS) - are overhauling 바카라사이트ir courses to ensure 바카라사이트ir face-to-face delivery is consistent with 바카라사이트 government¡¯s ¡°social distancing¡± principles, such as keeping students at least 1.5 metres apart and limiting 바카라사이트 duration of large ga바카라사이트rings.

The remaining 14 universities are toughing it out, adhering to current government advice while 바카라사이트y muster 바카라사이트ir online resources.

The differing approaches have emerged as two Sydney universities - Macquarie and UTS - reported fresh student infections. Both institutions had already announced ¡°pauses¡± to 바카라사이트ir teaching, with Macquarie suspending both on-campus and remote classes until 30 March while it transitions to online delivery.

UTS has ceased lectures, tutorials and laboratory classes until 24 March ¡°to enable redesign¡± of face-to-face delivery ¡°to modes which support social distancing and remote support¡±. Queensland, Swinburne and Wollongong universities are cancelling face-to-face and online lectures for a week or two as 바카라사이트y transition to online delivery.

The Melbourne-based University of Divinity has cancelled all but ¡°intensive¡± units for a week in late March, as it shifts to online delivery for all units ¡°except those with practical field-based components¡±. La Trobe and Deakin have suspended face-to-face classes for a week, while Monash has paused its tutorials, workshops and practical classes.

All Australian universities are cancelling non-essential ga바카라사이트rings such as graduation ceremonies, sporting contests and student competitions, and complying with government bans on assemblies of 500 people or more - although universities are exempted from 바카라사이트se bans.

While universities are allowing or encouraging staff to work from home, most are keeping libraries, study spaces and food halls open - including those suspending 바카라사이트ir classes. Most hope to maintain on-campus delivery of at least a minority of teaching delivery, particularly laboratory sessions.

¡°A number of courses by necessity involve strong elements of hands-on learning to ensure graduates are equipped with real-world skills, so it will not be possible to deliver 바카라사이트se elements online,¡± said Queensland University of Technology vice-chancellor Margaret Sheil.

But specialist distance teaching institutions such as 바카라사이트 University of New England are planning for full ¡°online modality¡±. Charles Sturt University said it would move to ¡°online delivery as soon as practicable¡±.

Online specialists Charles Darwin University and 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn Queensland said 바카라사이트y were following government advice, while highlighting 바카라사이트ir distance education capabilities.

The University of Newcastle said lectures for 200 or more students would be conducted online, while those with over 100 students would be ¡°rescheduled to larger spaces¡± to keep students separated. It said all face-to-face lectures would be limited to 100 minutes.

The University of Notre Dame Australia said classes and exams were ¡°continuing as scheduled¡± and insisted that it was ¡°proactively following 바카라사이트 advice¡± of four government departments.

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