{"id":133417,"date":"2021-11-25T14:55:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=133417"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:01","slug":"online-education-here-to-stay-but-tutorials-preferably-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/11\/25\/online-education-here-to-stay-but-tutorials-preferably-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Online education here to stay, but \u2018tutorials preferably on campus\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many students and deans are in favour of online or hybrid learning. During coronavirus, it has been essential, but will we continue it after the pandemic too? During the EM TV broadcast, lecturer Ana Uribe Sandoval and Timo Zandvliet, student member of the University Council, had strongly differing opinions about how that future should look.<\/p>\n

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Whether it involves knowledge clips or recorded lectures, many students like online education, according to an EM survey this week. Looking back and being able to pause recorded lectures gives students a sense of freedom. Deans also recognise the advantages of online education. The online knowledge clips provide more time for questions and discussions during sessions on campus.<\/p>\n

Zandvliet is part of the University Council\u2019s blended learning taskforce and is one of the supporters of online education. He has enjoyed the last eighteen months. \u201cPersonally, I like the fact that lectures are recorded. I work alongside my studies, so I sometimes watch them in the evening. The fact that I can watch them at any time gives me a lot of freedom. It\u2019s just tutorials that I prefer to have on campus. When students are together in a room, it\u2019s much easier for them to consult each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\t

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Offline, online of hybride? De toekomst van het onderwijs staat dankzij de coronacrisis op losse schroeven. Wordt alles anders of wordt alles als vanouds?\u00a0In deze themaweek<\/a> kijkt EM van alle kanten naar wat coronaonderwijs voor studenten en docenten heeft betekent, hoe het beter kan en waar we zo gauw mogelijk vanaf moeten.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n

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Uribe Sandoval has also noticed that students prefer online education. However, she has her doubts about this form of education. \u201cInformation is not the same as education. You can watch a lecture at home in bed, but that doesn\u2019t give you the same experience as coming to campus. There you can ask questions and discuss the subjects with your fellow students.\u201d<\/p>\n

She is also concerned about teaching materials being reused. \u201cSometimes recorded lectures are used again, year in, year out. That shouldn\u2019t be the case. The world around is changing, and it\u2019s vital to adapt lectures to the subjects that concern students today. Obviously, this teaching method is cost effective, but it doesn\u2019t benefit the students.\u201d<\/p>\n

In short: too many issues have not been properly thought through, says Uribe Sandoval. \u201cWe must really take the time to consider the effect of workload and the mental health of lecturers, and about many other things. That\u2019s why I still support offline education.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018More research needed\u2019 <\/h2>

Education will probably never go completely online, according to Zandvliet. Because he too sees room for improvement. \u201cWe must first do more research before we can establish that. Will students become demotivated if most lectures can be followed online? Does online education have an impact on the figures? These are things we need to answer first. And if we want to have tutorials online, we must first study how we can improve the communication between students. Speaking with a delay really doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Online education indispensable during the pandemic<\/h2>

Uribe Sandoval and Zandvliet do agree on one thing though: during the pandemic, online education is indispensable. Uribe Sandoval: \u201cThese are unusual times, and we need online education.\u201d Nevertheless, she says: \u201cThis is an unusual situation. We can\u2019t plan the future of education based on the worst scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zandvliet also underlines the importance of online education in the short term. \u201cWe must now ensure that everyone can actually study, whether the students are at home due to coronavirus or not.\u201d The University Council therefore has regular discussions with the Executive Board about offering students online education. \u201cWe heard noises from various faculties that lectures weren\u2019t recorded, despite the promise to do so. The U Council is pressing the Executive Board to offer all lectures online.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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