By Nishant Pandav (@npanium) In my previous articles, I have argued that lectures are boring, and, in most cases, people can find the information online. But what if the same lecturer was to deliver the content in short bursts? Would it be more effective? I was browsing Reddit the other …
Read More »Chants from the Chancellery #2: Testimony of a Student in an Online Lecture
By Nishant Pandav (@npanium) “I miss the air-conditioning and the comfortable seats” says a distraught Merry, a second-year marketing student. As a result of the worsening COVID-19 situation, she has had to start taking her classes online and give up some of the luxuries she had at the university, like …
Read More »Chants from the Chancellery #1: The Problem with Degrees
Check out the first installment of Nishant Pandav’s (@NPaNium) regular column on education and university life. When the coronavirus pandemic started getting worse by the day, faculties at UNSW and other universities decided to scrap some of their courses. This was because many Chinese students couldn’t make it to Australia …
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