{"id":133559,"date":"2021-11-29T15:52:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=133559"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:01","slug":"im-all-in-favour-of-online-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/11\/29\/im-all-in-favour-of-online-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m all in favour of online teaching\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

When EM<\/em> conducted a survey to find out how students feel about online teaching, we identified a small but notable group of students who don\u2019t really care for on-campus classes and wouldn\u2019t mind having all their classes online. So what is their story?<\/p>\n

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Many students miss being able to go to campus every day and see all their fellow students. Nevertheless, there are other students who wouldn\u2019t mind having all their lectures online from now on, or who\u2019d like to keep some hybrid learning at the very least. These students\u2019 personal views give us some insight into the other side of the story.<\/p>\n

Myrthe Hovius, 22, master in Medicine<\/h2>
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\u201cWhen I was still doing my Bachelor\u2019s in medicine last year, we\u2019d sometimes have four hundred people spread across two different lecture theatres. Students in Theatre no. 1 would sometimes be able to ask a question after the lecture because the lecturer was there. Students in the other lecture theatre were often unable to do so. It\u2019s honestly a lot easier [to ask questions] in online classes. Lecturers now address questions the moment you ask them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to seminars, I like that we can do it with breakout rooms. Here, too, it\u2019s a fact that once two out of sixty students have asked their questions, there is very little room left for any other questions. Breakout rooms allow for more interaction, and lecturers can provide more targeted help.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think in-person classes are only necessary for genuinely practical exercises, such as resuscitation, contact exercises and first aid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hazem Omran, 21, International Bachelor in Communication and Media<\/h2>
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\u201cDue to my ADHD, I prefer online lectures, because I get to set the pace myself. For instance, I can view the lecture at a faster or slower pace or watch something again if I don\u2019t understand what is being said or if something is going a little too fast for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother thing I\u2019ve noticed while attending online and on-campus lectures is that I\u2019m able to focus much better when attending online lectures because I\u2019m less distracted by people and fellow students. I\u2019ve noticed that when I\u2019m attending lectures on campus, I have a tendency to look around, chat with my fellow students or simply get distracted in general. But when I\u2019m at home, I\u2019m better able to take notes, take screenshots and follow what is being said.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dunya*, 24, bachelor Educational Sciences<\/h2>

\u201cI spend nearly all my time at home because I get fatigued very easily. Ever since age 16, I\u2019ve suffered from a chronic vitamin B12 deficiency, meaning I fall asleep or need some rest after three hours\u2019 hard work. I need an hour and a half\u2019s sleep to be able to go on. Because of that, and because I also have dyslexia, it will take me longer to complete my degree than I\u2019d like. In-person classes were quite the challenge for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnline classes are great for me, because when I\u2019m on campus I can\u2019t sleep in between my classes, and this way I don\u2019t have to do the two-hour commute from Zeeland.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment I find it hard to combine the eight hours of lectures I have in my degree programme with all the things I love. I have hardly enough energy as it is. It really takes quite an effort to get any studying done at all, so it\u2019s vital to me that I be able to watch lectures at a later time and view them at my own pace. Without this I can\u2019t really do it properly. So I\u2019m all in favour of online teaching!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chris Zandgrond, 32, legal counsel, is doing a part-time degree in Philosophy <\/h2>
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\u201cThe lectures taught as part of my degree in philosophy generally start at four and end at eight. It\u2019s very hard for me to attend them in person, because I work as a legal counsel at a Rotterdam law firm until five o\u2019clock or later. I work thirty hours a week, and focusing on my studies for twenty hours a week is hard without any form of flexibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo for me, online teaching is great. I don\u2019t miss campus life and student life. I had those before. I\u2019m all about the curriculum and in-depth study.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gertjan Soet, 20, bachelor Economics and Law<\/h2>
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\u201cI started in 2020, so I\u2019ve hardly had any in-person lectures. In other words, I\u2019m not used to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut yeah, if I had to choose, I\u2019d choose online classes, because I live in Bodegraven and it takes me about two and a half hours to go to Woudestein and back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m actually very lucky to have all these online classes, because I\u2019m doing two Bachelor\u2019s degrees. Being able to set my own hours is very useful to me, because I don\u2019t have an awful lot of time. This way my class timetables don\u2019t clash. I\u2019m able to view everything at a faster pace, and the fact that I\u2019m not always able to ask questions is something I can live with.\u00a0The only time I go to campus is for certain group assignments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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