So I started back at college last year and had normal class and clinicals until I went on maternity leave in December. I started back last week and everything online now because of covid. Not sure how I feel about these zoom meetings. Also have clinicals through online simulation until my sites open back up. Has anyone else had to continue school through zoom? If so how’d it go? Same for online clinicals if that applies to anyone as well. Im just afraid I’m not gonna get the hang of this
As an education major, it's been really interesting seeing how people adjust their pedagogy for remote learning. We had virtual tutorials (not on Zoom), and I enjoyed them but it was hard to talk to your friends while paying attention to the work because you have to like type at them and stuff and that's so slow compared to chatting. I've found it a lot harder to motivate myself to do work while I'm at home and not working. Productivity everywhere seems compromised. Anyway watch this
That Thats funny af. Why isn’t someone invading my class? The lectures are essentially the same as sitting in class, they still have the PowerPoint up it’s not much of a change as far as the class goes. But labs are awful. I’m used to being in a lab where you do something and if you can show competency in that skill you move on to something else. Nothing makes me lose interest faster than sitting through a lesson on something I already know or have been doing for years. Obviously you can’t prove over a video call that you can successfully do that skill. So this morning I’ve already sat through an hour of how to insert an IV and I’m fading mentally with every passing minute. But at the same time I’m worried that when we get to something i don’t know I’ll struggle if I’m not able to actually do it with my hands ya know. Sitting in bed during class is great and all but I also know that my attention is slipping being at home.
I graduated college in 2009, but it didn't prepare me for online elementary & middle school. I am struggling keeping 3 kids on task and the little one from distracting them. On top of that my husband is taking classes to finish his Masters Degree. He hates online college. His degree is in social work and it seems counterintuitive to take those classes with no social interaction. But his semester ends this week and he's already finished all of his work, he's just not looking forward to summer semester of online classes again. Also, he has to take atleast one on campus class per semester to get the full housing allowance on his GI bill. That's whatever, we're financially sound, but that's quite a bit of money and we'd rather have it than not.
I know for my school they talked about starting on campus labs again next month. They mentioned only having labs available for small groups of people at a time though so they’d have signups and you just have to sign up for one lab a week whatever time works best or is available I guess. Not sure exactly how they’re gonna make it work. But I wonder if other schools might start trying to bring some groups in for class during different time slots, especially in cases like your husbands where they need one on campus class, or maybe they’ll just wave that because of the circumstances?
His school is resuming on campus labs for nursing students only next semester. The on campus requirement has been waved for the summer semester already, and it may also be for the fall if all this crazy stuff is still going on. Either way it's fine, we're choosing not to stress over things we can't control. But I'm sure there are many veterans stressed over it, as most people using the GI bill are fresh out of the service and not employed elsewhere yet.
I'm kind of glad to not be in schooling at the moment, because I am someone that has attempted online classes before in college but absolutely struggle to properly learn. I love the classroom environment and being able to physically interact. I'm someone that considers myself to be very adept at utilizing the internet for communication, but it certainly isn't a replacement for the real thing. I understand these circumstances call for involuntary online learning, but I absolutely feel for those that are robbed of the learning experience of the classroom because I know I'm not the only one that would struggle. I just hope when this is over that involuntary online learning isn't something that becomes more widespread. Some people are able to thrive learning online. Some people are not. And it is up to them to make that choice. I do hope online learning is something that is more invested in, because it is so beneficial for many people. I just want there to be a choice. I don't want it to be forced upon people. It should not be a replacement.
I'm in my first year of college, majoring in environmental management, and the transition online has been good- especially considering that some of my courses have practicals every week. In that regard, I reckon teaching staff did a great job of transferring interactive material online. The real issue has been personal discipline, I've been really slack and fallen behind. What's helped me get back up to speed and keep up has been the cliché of “taking it one day at a time.” Getting up, looking at my planner and timetable- to know what needs to be completed on the particular day and then starting. Some days I get distracted, some days I do nothing. But those days end and then next day is a whole new oppourtunity. Beating yourself up makes things worse and takes away from time that you could help yourself out- if you're struggling help is always out there! Oh here's a resource that's benefited me: I’m just taking baby steps cause it’s all I can manage for now. All the best to you and your family during these times.✌💛
I don't mind the online classes. I don't have issues with self-motivation, it's something I've worked on cultivating for the past 2 years because I really needed to. My profs keep saying it'll probably go on into fall just so that international students will be able to join classes in case airports aren't fully opened.
That’s good they did that though. I know there’s a lot of places where exceptions are being made with things because they just can’t be controlled right now.
I think as far as lectures and book work goes online is great. It makes it more convenient for sure. But I hate having online simulations in place of actual lab and clinical work. Watching a video just isn’t the same as doing it with your hands when you’re trying to learn something new
Im good about getting my work done ahead of time, I rarely if ever fall behind on book work or assignments, I usually like to get it done the day it’s assigned and then I don’t have to worry about it. But the hours of videos to replace in class things is what makes me lose interest and then it’s really hard to stay focused. I think though once I get used to it I’ll enjoy online more. I’ll be finishing in December this year so honestly if online continues until then I’d be ok with it. I’d prefer to get clinicals and labs back but I wouldn’t mind online work and lectures until then.
Yeah, my sister is going into nursing and this was her second semester and she had to take her biology labs as online simulations. She said the simulations were kind of fun but didn't really help her learn as much as an actual lab would have.
See thank god I’m past all the biology stuff. I just have continued training and higher pharmacology and stuff. Cause I remember taking bio and chem years ago and it sucked. My simulations are weird, it’s set up like a video game it looks like you’re in a hospital and you can click to go into a room or pull a chart down but when it comes to doing something say a new admission assessment you obviously can’t touch and hear on a real person so everything’s in words, like this appeared red and swollen, or there’s wet popping sounds in the lungs.. so it’s weird idk
So an update: I felt like I’d been struggling a bit since starting back up, so I talked to the director of nursing yesterday, and was told they’ve seen just about everyone struggling. Whether it’s the transition to online or the distractions you experience at home, but they’ve been holding staff meetings every day to discuss student progress because they aren’t seeing As. So although it made me feel better about where I’m standing, it’s also kind of concerning. Each state in the US has their own board of nursing, and the requirements vary slightly from state to state. In ohio, anything below a B is a fail. If you don’t hold above a 3.0 you don’t pass, if you don’t physically do so many hours of clinical work, and lab work, you don’t sit for your test. And with everything that’s going they’ve started making exceptions. Obviously if your clinical site has locked down you can’t be there, if the state won’t let you sit in class you can’t go to lab. But at the end of the day, doing an online simulation or watching a video is never going to be the same as physically putting an IV into someone’s vein. Or teaching you how to keep your cool and not lock up during a code. Because so many people are struggling online I worry that extra credit will start being used to make sure people pass. And although most people I’ve seen are there for a bump up, to add to previous college, or work in a different area of medicine already, there are some who are new to college and nursing altogether. So it’s kind of scary to think about the possibility that people will sit for a licensure exam without proper clinical experience, lab work, and passed because of extra credit or completion grades. I think it’s likely that those people won’t pass the licensure exam anyways, but it’s still a little concerning to me.