Forging bonds is the solution to online learning
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on proposals for online learning and ways to keep students connected during the coronavirus pandemic.
- The article says Brown University President Christina Paxson argued that U.S. college campuses should reopen, while Hopkins said it would offer some academic instruction and student life but had not finalized a campus return.
- The paper reported that the University held an educational hackathon and created advisory groups for student input; the author writes that he took part as an SGA senator.
- The article adds that asynchronous video lessons could help students in different time zones, but reports that some students found online education inferior and considered taking leave if it continued.
- The reporter writes that Hopkins should build smaller communities through expanded Peer-Led Team Learning and Study Consulting, more engineering design teams and peer-mentoring models for humanities students.
- According to the article, one professor planned to pair high-performing students with struggling peers after the first midterm for additional class credit, while the author also proposed mentorship credits and a leadership-education course.