My Experience of Online Learning During Pandemic

   Hi! Assalamualaikum. Today I want to share my experience of online learning during Pandemic. I'm a Guidance & Counselling student from (IIUM). As a first-year and first-semester student, I was very excited to start my new semester with all my new friends. 

    I have made a lot of preparations to return to the campus but, the current pandemic now has changed everything. This pandemic has successfully forced the global shutdown of several activities, including educational activities. I'm very sad at that time. 😔 So I kept telling myself that I have to always be motivated as a student even we have to attend the class in distance. 

   Online learning is not as easy as we thought. Facing many challenges are the usual things to the online learners today, one of the impacts that affected my studies is, I think my productivity has been improved with the switch to online learning. I don’t have to spend time walking from campus to the faculty in the morning to attend the class. I can rather use that time to read an article, focusing on my assignments and presentations. I found these experiences are helpful. 

 

   Being in front of a computer all day long is exhausting. Sometimes, It’s never easy to stay focused on live classes. I felt so tired and almost sleep during my lecture hours. It is because we are isolated from each other so that we might felt like we are alone compared to the traditional classes. So that, I have to stay focused on my classes to make sure that I was not missed any of the information that has given to me. 

In my experience with Internet classes, it actually saved my money. If I were taking traditional classes, I have to think about all expenses that I have to pay. For example, accommodation, meal costs and other fees. So, through online learning, now I only expense to pay for my Internet Wi-Fi. I don't have to think about meals expense and other fees. 

 

                                      Sometimes when I feel hungry, I just eat in front of my lappy! 😆

Overall, my experiences during a pandemic and with online learning have been as positive as they could be. The support from the university has allowed it to be as smooth as possible with students being kept up to date at every stage. In the near future, online learning could be a key part of university learning and the past few months have proved that it has the capacity to be successful for many students and institutions.

Thank you for your time, so how's your experience with online learning? sure you can share with me! 😍