Welcome to the Meratas Memo’s Weekly Roundup! This is your weekly fix of higher education and alternative financing news. Here are this week’s stories:
A Simple Way to Make Online School Better
Remote education or a hybrid learning model has become the norm for the vast majority of students. While it’s certainly far from what folks are used to, students and teachers have begun to adapt well to these changes.
That being said, there’s always room to make remote classes a little better. This post by Edsurge shows one of the simplest ways to do just that.
Read the full story on Edsurge here.
Surveying Student’s Pandemic Experience
Speaking of moving to remote schooling, the education world has been flipped on its head as a result of the pandemic. Now that we’re 10 months into this new way of schooling, how do students feel about the whole experience?
While they still have some concerns about the whole process, students are giving their schools the benefit of the doubt.
Read the full story on Inside Higher Ed here.
Changes in Edtech Classroom Use During the Pandemic
With all of these classroom changes comes changes in the way teachers educate and students learn. The pandemic has changed the technology that teachers and students both prefer to use and may likely signal some trends for a future where they are back in the classroom.
