University of Regina students adjust to online learning, limited campus life

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most University of Regina courses are only being offered online except for designated labs.

kicked off its welcome week Wednesday with a drive-through breakfast in a nearby parking lot off-campus.

“To keep that mental health strong, we need to interact with students, we need to socialize them with some .”She said the biggest difference, other than online learning, is the physical distance from others in her hands-on program. “For me, as a lab instructor who teaches technology, it’s really important for students to put their hands on it and have an instructor show them — at a safe distance — how it all works and why it works,” said Layton Burton, who instructed the first broadcast lab on Wednesday.Burton’s class of 18 students is now split into two smaller groups — one in the morning, one in the afternoon. Everyone in studio must wear a mask and adhere to physical distancing as much as possible.

“During a Zoom class, students will actually see me teaching on a white board, my Powerpoint slides and a combination of both at the same time,” he said.“Whenever a student goes to speak, their zoom box will pop up and I can interact one on one with them in a question.”

 

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