Students scramble to adjust to online learning

by Alena Masterson

Students at FPU and elsewhere are scrambling to adapt to online learning as campuses shut down for the year.

Senior Jason Reed has mixed opinions on classes being moved online. While having the freedom to do work whenever you want, the quality of certain courses goes down, like his own courses in glassblowing and dance movement.

“A lot of my class were based primarily on being in person and working with people and facilities on campus,” said Reed.

A sophomore from the University of New England, Monique Millette, found herself in a similar position. “I was disappointed and sad by the news because I have everything I need to succeed at school, and I don’t have all of those resources at home,” she said.

She is an athletic training major and has a lot of labs, such as her courses in anatomy and physiology. Millette finds that the virtual learning she’s doing now doesn’t meet the same quality as working hands-on with cadavers and other such resources her campus has to offer.

For numerous college students the quality of their courses is a major concern. Lexi Arsenault, a senior nursing student at Great Bay Community College found when it came to clinicals this was a giant roadblock.

Becoming a registered nurse in May she says, “One last clinical learning experience would have been really beneficial to make sure all my skills like administering medications, giving injections, and running IVs are proficient.”

When it comes to straight lectures, both Millette and Arsenault say since they are more visual and hands on learners, they find this makes their courses even more difficult.