The Caper Times
October 31, 2020
online learning. It depends on the students’ needs and abilities, whether or not their learning will be successful – whether they are in an online or F2F setting. Kaur: In my opinion, online learning is pretty challenging and tiring. As easy as we first thought it would be, it comes with a great deal of drawbacks. According to me the biggest challenge that is offered is regarding the network issues. For a person like me, missing on studies gives a lot of anxiety and if during lectures my network crashes it will create a state of utter panic and anxiety for me. Though our professors record our lectures it still disrupts the flow of learning. Another issue that I feel students across the world are facing is to stay updated about the courses. There are a lot of apps we have downloaded and then we look at the outlook email which we have to check on a regular basis. Staying updated becomes more difficult when you and your professors are living in different time zones. For example, if my professor posts something on moodle @4:30pm from his end, I'm receiving it at @2am. So the first thing I do in the morning after I wake up is to check my Moodle, top hat, slate, and Outlook. Keeping this all aside, I really appreciate my Professors who are working really hard to give us a great University experience even when they themselves are facing challenges from online classes. 7. Do you think online teaching platforms should be upgraded or are you satisfied with the current state? Dr. Burrow: CBU has quite recent forms of software for online learning so I am not concerned about that. 8. How do time zones play a role in your ability to attend class, learn and/or complete assignments? Kaur: Time zones play a great role in online classes. My day is completely topsy turvy because of the classes. I attend classes till @8 and then start studying which takes more than 3 hours and have my dinner @11. Also since we are living with our families, there will be times when we have to go 17