Many current first and second year students have had little face-to-face contact and on-campus experience, writes Erica Cervini. | OPINION
But who is going into bat for university students, particularly undergraduates, who want to return to campus?
But I fear that many politicians and vice-chancellors think online learning is the answer to problems in higher education. If universities want to cut staff budgets, they can employ one lecturer to teach hundreds in cyberspace. If students aren’t happy with face-to-face lectures, online versions will be superior.
I wonder how many first-year students are dropping out of their degrees because they cannot cope with online learning and all the technical problems associated with it. It is also a huge mental burden on these students to do so much of their study online. They are missing out from making new friends, joining clubs and societies, and travelling to new parts of Melbourne and Victoria.
A lot of this research was based on student surveys. So, universities need to survey students now to find out how they want the universities to connect with them in this world of increasing online learning.
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