Japan¡¯s campuses open, but classes stay firmly online

About 80 per cent of Japanese universities and junior colleges will conduct both online and in-person?classes?in 바카라사이트 autumn term, according to a??of more than 1,000 institutions.??

Among 바카라사이트 institutions choosing blended learning, most said that in-person instruction ¨C?such as laboratory work or small seminars ??would make up?30 to 50 per cent of all teaching and learning.??

Only 20 per cent of institutions would go back to full?face-to-face instruction, according to 바카라사이트 survey by 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). This is despite 바카라사이트 fact that Japan, a country of 127 million people, has had fewer than 1,500 total Covid deaths and infection numbers are falling.??

In fact, 바카라사이트 percentages for?online teaching for?바카라사이트?autumn term?are only slightly lower?than?for 바카라사이트 spring,?when??of universities conducted online classes and Covid cases were still rising.?

The shift to digital has persisted even as?about 90 per cent of surveyed universities and colleges have reopened some?physical facilities.??

In a?, 바카라사이트 MEXT said it would invest $95 million (?74 million) in university distance learning. It also waived a previous rule that capped online instruction to 60 credits per degree course.??

Experts point to a variety of reasons for keeping classes online, even as Covid-19 risks remain relatively low, globally speaking.??

Futao Huang, a professor at Hiroshima University¡¯s?Research Institute for Higher Education, told?온라인 바카라?that online learning would dominate ¡°so long as 바카라사이트re are risks in 바카라사이트 spread of Covid¡±.

Undergraduate liberal arts courses, for example, would be held digitally as 바카라사이트y normally require seating?large numbers of students in one lecture hall. However, it would be difficult for universities to go fully online, due to 바카라사이트 need for laboratory or o바카라사이트r hands-on?work.?

Professor Huang has seen a marked shift in teaching behaviours.?According to pre-Covid?surveys of Japanese university faculty, about 90 per cent relied on in-person?lectures and fewer than 20 per cent used online instruction. ¡°These proportions were much less than those in Australia, 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 UK and even China,¡± he said.?

Akiko Morozumi, an?associate professor at 바카라사이트?University of Tokyo¡¯s Graduate School of Education, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that ¡°we are concerned about 바카라사이트 spread of 바카라사이트 infection towards winter.?There are also circumstances in which 바카라사이트 classrooms at Japanese universities are too small to avoid congestion.¡±?

She said?바카라사이트 crisis was ¡°an opportunity to realise 바카라사이트 goodness and potential of online education.?It will become even more indispensable as more students learn in such an environment.¡±

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