The COVID-19 pandemic had witnessed a mass migration to online learning, with some Australian universities being more experienced at it than other,

Campus Review spoke to Associate Professor Petrea Redmond of the University of Southern Queensland(USQ), and a member of the Australian Association of Research in Education. 

The expert in online learning said that, while “there has been much talking about technology... educators need to consider equally the teaching methods being deployed."

During the podcast Redmond, who has been teaching online at USQ since  2000, said educators have been "thrown into this new environment "and it's understandable if lessons don't work out as well as intended."

She said there have been a host of success stories, as well as times when things didn't go to plan. The trick, she says is "We need to be forgiving of each other."

In essence, Redmond does not believe there is any difference is the quality of online versus face-to-face education; "it all comes down to context," she says. However, Redmond also contends that some students may be struggling trying to study from home, finding the lines of work, study and life difficult to demarcate.

"Finding a commitment to learning learning is a bit more difficult now," she said. 

Finally, she concluded that a key challenge facing both universities and students is availability, on a personal level.

"The biggest challenge at the moment is to demonstrate that you are available for your students," she said.

The COVID-19 pandemic had witnessed a mass migration to online learning, with some Australian universities being more experienced at it than other, Campus Review spoke to Associate Professor Petrea Redmond of the University of Southern Queensland(USQ), and a member of the Australian Association of Research in Education. The expert in online learning said that, while “there has been much talking about technology... educators need to consider equally the teaching methods being deployed." During the podcast Redmond, who has been teaching online at USQ since 2000, said educators have been "thrown into this new environment "and it's understandable if lessons don't work out as well as intended." She said there have been a host of success stories, as well as times when things didn't go to plan. The trick, she says is "We need to be forgiving of each other." In essence, Redmond does not believe there is any difference is the quality of online versus face-to-face education; "it all comes down to context," she says. However, Redmond also contends that some students may be struggling trying to study from home, finding the lines of work, study and life difficult to demarcate. "Finding a commitment to learning learning is a bit more difficult now," she said. Finally, she concluded that a key challenge facing both universities and students is availability, on a personal level. "The biggest challenge at the moment is to demonstrate that you are available for your students," she said.

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