Learning through the Pandemic
Tips and tricks on how to deal with online learning during the pandemic and ways to improve students mental health
Online Learning During COVID-19
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Due to this disease, it has caused many implications in people's daily lives. This can include, working and learning from home, experiencing lockdowns, and feeling very isolated from the world. In this section I will discussing the positives and negatives of online learning.
Pros of Learning Online
We will start this section on a positive note and say some of the good/ beneficial parts of learning online. Firstly, it adds flexibility to your schedule, brings education right to your home, and you can somewhat work at your own pace. It is an easy way to meet new people online with the resources that are provided and teaches us many new technical and social skills. It allows us to use any special tools which can include the 4 C's: Collobation, communication, Critical Thinking, and Creativity. With the use of these skills, it makes it easier to learn in the digital age.
Hardships of Online Learning
The face-to-face contact is gone when you move online, this aspect of learning is really important because it allows you to connect to your classmates and teachers. Not being able to have real in-person human interaction can be detrimental to one's mental health and can feel very lonely. There are of course, ways to communicate online, but it isn't the same as seeing and being with your friends in person. Socialization is very needed for a child's development as they learn from them and learn how to build real relationships with others. A relationship with a teacher is also very important because having a good relationship with your teachers has very positive and long-lasting effects for both students' academic and social development. By having this taken away because you are moved online it is more difficult to bond and truly have a positive relationship with your teacher over a screen.