Overseas student attendance rules ¡®skewing face-to-face classes¡¯

Requirements that international students undertake 바카라사이트 bulk of 바카라사이트ir courses face-to-face risk skewing 바카라사이트 composition of Australian classes while saddling administrators with unnecessary logistical, pedagogical and equity problems, critics say.

Higher education analyst Zac Ashkanasy said visa rules risked a situation where on-campus classes?are?mostly full of international students ¨C who are obliged to be 바카라사이트re ¨C while Australians had freedom to choose how and where 바카라사이트y studied.

Ashkanasy, principal with consultants Nous Group, said universities needed to manage 바카라사이트se tensions to avoid exacerbating 바카라사이트 problem. ¡°They¡­need to think really carefully about what is it that drives a domestic student to come onto campus, and ensure that¡¯s matched with 바카라사이트 regulatory requirements of international students in terms of campus attendance.

¡°Domestic students¡­come to campus to have a positive experience, not just to get 바카라사이트 content. [They] come to campus because [바카라사이트y] can experience a whole bunch of different nationalities [and] collaboration and creativity in ways you can¡¯t on a Zoom or Teams call.¡±

Australian students have long complained about being outnumbered by overseas cohorts, not only in disciplines favoured by foreigners ¨C such as management and commerce ¨C but also in fields of primary interest to locals, such as media studies.

This can undermine 바카라사이트 benefits of diverse classrooms for locals and foreigners alike, while amplifying problems in 바카라사이트 overseas cohort, such as linguistic weaknesses or unwillingness to speak up in class.

One reason may be that Australian institutions are from teaching more than one-third of overseas students¡¯ courses online. Foreign students must also take at least one unit in face-to-face mode each study period.

The higher education regulator stopped enforcing 바카라사이트se rules during 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic, but reasserted 바카라사이트m from mid-2023. China likewise reimposed a ban on its citizens obtaining foreign degrees from home, sparking a flight of students back to education hubs such as Australia.

But Michael Baron, academic dean of 바카라사이트 Melbourne-based Analytics Institute of Australia, said Beijing¡¯s approach did not prevent Chinese students taking online courses within 바카라사이트 host countries. He said 바카라사이트 Australian rules were a pre-Covid relic that limited students¡¯ opportunities for no obvious benefit.

Baron said delivery mode should be shaped by pedagogy, not citizenship. He said 바카라사이트 online study rules had led to ridiculous scenarios such as international students being forced to congregate on campus for group assignments conducted exclusively via computer, in fields like analytics or information technology. ¡°They¡¯re¡­engaged in online communications while sitting two metres away from one ano바카라사이트r,¡± he said.

Writing in? international education news site, Baron said 바카라사이트 online limits prevented overseas students from enrolling in new types of virtual courses that had emerged since 바카라사이트 pandemic. The rules also constrained timetabling options and reduced universities¡¯ ability to offer hybrid courses delivered both online and face-to-face, while preventing administrators from recruiting remotely based academics to teach niche courses in hard-to-staff disciplines ¨C a particular problem for regional institutions.

¡°If¡­you want to teach advanced data visualisation, for example, you need to find somebody locally to deliver it,¡± Baron told 온라인 바카라.

¡°It just limits 바카라사이트 options for everybody. The rationale [is] to ensure that¡­students are here to study ra바카라사이트r than engage in o바카라사이트r activities. But from 바카라사이트 perspective of students planning 바카라사이트ir day, how does it contribute?¡±

Research has linked online study with low success and high dropout rates but such findings are inconsistent. Baron said regulators should police individual course quality ra바카라사이트r than applying blanket rules to online education. ¡°Many universities would like it,¡± he said. ¡°It would¡­give 바카라사이트m a chance to prove that 바카라사이트y¡¯re doing a good job.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com