>> UNF STUDENTS ARE BACK ON CAMPUS IN CLASSES, START MONDAY J YOU STUDENTS STILL ALREADY
BACK
IN CLASS. BUT THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC HAS FORCED BOTH
UNIVERSITIES TO MAKE
MAJOR CHANGES AND NEWS FOR JAX
VIC MICOLUCCI SPOKE WITH AN
EXPERT IN
REMOTE LEARNING ABOUT SOME OF
THE CHANGES THE PANDEMIC HAS
ALREADY CREATED AND WHAT COULD
BE THE NEXT WAVE.
>> THE SURGE IN COVID-19 CASES
HAS MANY PARENTS CONCERNED
ABOUT SENDING THEIR CHILDREN
BACK ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES,
ESPECIALLY SINCE MORE YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE TESTING POSITIVE NOW
MORE THAN EVER
THE PANDEMIC HAS FORCED SCHOOLS
TO MAKE A NUMBER
OF CHANGES. JOINING ME NOW TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT THE COLLEGE
EXPERIENCE COULD LOOK LIKE NOT
JUST THIS YEAR, BUT FOR THE
NEXT
SEVERAL YEARS IS RYAN LUFKIN A
SENIOR MANAGER FOR CANVAS
THAT’S A COMPANY THAT
SPECIALIZES IN REMOTE LEARNING
TECHNOLOGIES, GOOD MORNING.
SO THE IMPACT
CERTAINLY IS CHANGING THE WAY
THAT WE LIVE OUR LIVES AND
THAT’S NO EXCEPTION AT COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES.
>> IT IS THAT WE SAW YOU KNOW A
>> IT’S A LIBERATION IN TECHNOLOGY ON CAMPUSES AND JUST THE YEARS,
YOUR SIDE AND SO I THINK WE
WILL SEE IN THE FUTURE IS A LOT
MORE BLENDED LEARNING THAT’S
USING A LEARNING MANAGEMENT
SUFFERED THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE
CLASSROOM BOTH FOR
IN PERSON AS WELL AS ONLINE AND
WITH A LOT TO DO IS ACTUALLY
SHIFT OF FULLY ONLINE IF YOU
KNOW THERE’S A SURGEON
IN THE DELTA VARIANT OR
SOMETHING
LIKE THAT. BUT WE’RE ALSO SEE A
LOT OF THE VERY LARGE HORSES
NOT RETURN TO CAMPUS AND ALL I
THINK I THINK THE LEVEL OF
ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN EDUCATORS
AND STUDENTS IN VERY LARGE 300%
OR IN CLASSES CAN BE ACHIEVED
IN AN ONLINE COURSE MUCH
MORE EFFICIENTLY.
>> YEAH I REMEMBER WHEN ONLINE
CLASSES WERE BEGINNING, I TOOK
ONE
IN STATISTICS. NOT MY SUBJECT
NOT MY FORTE BUT WHEN I SAW THE
PROFESSOR ON CAMPUS. IT WAS
LIKE SEEING A CELEBRITY
OUT THERE HAVE THAT INTERACTION
SHE GOT CORD, THE VIDEOS WE
WATCH IT THEN WE’D SEND IN OUR
FEEDBACK. THAT’S NOT THE
CASE ANYMORE.
>> NO THERE’S A BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WHAT WE CALL REMOTE
LEARNING WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT
HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE PANDEMIC WHEN PEOPLE
WERE JUST RUSHING TO PUSH THEIR
COURSES ONLINE AND
INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED ONLINE
COURSES AND THOSE INCLUDE A LOT
MORE INTERACTION BETWEEN
EDUCATOR AND YOU KNOW SHORTER
VIDEOS WITH QUIZZES
BUILT IN INTERACTIVE VIDEOS
WHERE US YOU KNOW STUDENTS AND
IT’S A VIDEO IN RESPONSE TO AN
EDUCATOR’S VIDEO LITTLE THE GAUGE WHEN IT JUST COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS YOU KNOW
IN THE EARLY FORMS OF THAT
REMOTE
LEARNING PROCESS FULLY ONLINE
LEARNING IS YOU KNOW WHEN IT’S
FULLY EMBRACE THE EDUCATOR
IS REALLY POWERFUL AND TO GET
IT REALLY COULD CHANGE THE
LANDSCAPE OF WHAT WE’LL SEE NOW
AND IN
THE FUTURE.
>> YEAH RIGHT I WANT TO ASK YOU
ABOUT THIS HAVE YOU SEEN ANY
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ONLINE LEARNING AND LEARNING IN
PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO HIGHER
EDUCATION DO YOU THINK THAT’S
GOING TO AFFECT THE ACTUAL
LESSONS THAT THE STUDENTS LEARN
IN THEIR FUTURE CAREERS.
>> A LOT OF CASES IT DEPENDS ON
HOW THAT HOW WELL THE EDUCATOR
ADOPTED THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE
PROFESSOR
REALLY EMBRACES THE TECHNOLOGY
IS DOING INCREDIBLY WELL WE
SEEM VERY SOUL OF RESPONSE
RATES FROM STUDENTS AND
STUDENTS YOU KNOW ACTUALLY WAS
PANDEMIC ARE REALLY
APPRECIATING THE FLEXIBILITY
WHAT’S LIKE US WORKING FROM
HOME. YOU KNOW STUDENTS WANT
THE ABILITY TO WORK
FROM ANYWHERE AND YOUR FORCES
FROM ANYWHERE AND SO
THE DEMAND FOR ONLINE COURSES
IS MUCH HIGHER THAN IT WAS
PRE PANDEMIC AND I THINK WE’LL
CONTINUE TO SEE THAT GROW BUT
IT REALLY DOES DEPEND A LOT ON
THE EDGE TO THEMSELVES AND THE
STUDENT THEMSELVES AND LIKE
YOU SAID, NOT EVERY STUDENT IS
IS YOU KNOW DOES WELL IN THE
ONLINE ENVIRONMENT, SOME REALLY
STRUGGLE IN THAT AND THEY NEED
THAT IN PERSON ONE
TO ONE.
>> YEAH, MAYBE YOU’RE IN THE
MARKET FOR A CLASS TEDDY FIND
WHAT’S GOOD WHO’S ACTUALLY
DOING
THIS RIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW THERE’S A NUMBER OF
CALLED UNIVERSITIES THAT ARE
EXPANDING THEIR OFFERINGS SO
FIND SOMETHING CLOSE TO HOME
THAT’S THE THAT TO ME YOU KNOW
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASPECT SAYS
FIGHTS AND IT’S CLOSE TO HOME
THAT OFFERS THE FLEXIBILITY
THAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR AND IF
YOU DON’T FIND IT THERE THERE’S
A NUMBER OF
TOOLS ONLINE. THAT OR
MARKETPLACES FOR COURSES AND
YOU CAN SIMPLY IF YOU’RE IF
YOU’RE INTO
THE SUBJECT. JUST JUST DO A
SEARCH FOR THAT AND YOU’LL
ACTUALLY FIND A NUMBER OF
FORCES FROM DIFFERENT COLLEGES
UNIVERSITIES, ONE OF THESE
ABOUT CALL YOU RECEIVE CLOSE
TO HOME IS IF YOU DO THOSE
IN-PERSON COURSES WHERE THOSE
POINT OF COURSE IS IT’S CLOSE
ENOUGH YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE