Academic Skills Presentation: University's Covid-19 Response Analysis

This presentation analyzes the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on universities, focusing on the benefits and challenges experienced by students and institutions. It explores the economic advantages, flexible session timings, and enhanced student development opportunities that emerged during this period. Simultaneously, it addresses the challenges related to focus in online sessions, skill development gaps, and network issues. The presentation concludes by highlighting the positive and negative impacts of the crisis, emphasizing the importance of continuous analysis and improvement. The presentation also includes references to academic sources that support the findings and analysis provided. The presentation was created as part of the Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence module (BMM 3113) at the university.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
◦ INTRODUCTION
◦ BENEFITS OF BEING IN UNIVERSITY
◦ CHALLENGES OF BEING IN UNIVERSITY
◦ CONCLUSION
◦ REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
◦ There are a lot of issues and benefits which University have faced from the current situation of
Covid-19 in the world.
◦ Students and teachers of the university have learned and understood the importance of a lot of
topics in practical world.

NOTES
◦ Covid-19 got in a huge impact on the working of university and other aspect which are going
to be discussed further.
◦ The presentation would consist of benefits of university after Covid-19 raised and became a
global issue and there are also challenges which would be discussed in the further
presentation.

BENEFITS OF BEING IN UNIVERSITY
◦ Economically, there was a benefit which the students and their
family had making the investment in further planning for studying
was present and would be beneficial as well.
◦ Timing for the sessions were flexible and long which made the
students be able to find comfortability in working which is going to
be a great factor for the overall working.
◦ Encouragement and other aspects in the students and teachers
developed making the students be able to have a higher
performance and self development which took place.

NOTES
◦ A lot of students had a lot of time and made time management skills for themselves to be able
to develop effectively which was a great factor for all the students.
◦ Access to online reading and information was massive for the students which made the
concepts be able to develop more effectively and make the right working as well.

CHALLENGES OF BEING IN UNIVERSITY
◦ The focus on sessions and lectures were not present while
attending them since there was a lot of disturbance which was
present and family disturbances as well.
◦ Seniors are not ready to graduate since they did not develop
all the skills which are going to be beneficial for a long run.
◦ Network issues where present for the students which made the
teachers repeat again and again.

NOTES
◦ Lot of students did not take sessions and lectures seriously which was bad for the teachers to
achieve their targets and goals and make sure all the students were understanding.
◦ Mostly, teachers were not gadget friendly which made the online classes start very late and
this way the students missed out on a lot of important topics and development is limited in the
students as well.

CONCLUSION
◦ From the above presentation it can be concluded that the universities handled the global crisis
very well which is good experience and learning from this factor.
◦ Students got to understand the importance and other aspects of the university which they did
not value much before and more attendance was also present.
◦ All actions have a positive and negative impact which must be analysed and improved upon
with time.

NOTES
◦ During lock down the sessions and lectures did not take place but after time online classes and
safety measures for the students were taken so that there is going to be higher satisfaction
which is going to be present.

REFERENCES
◦ Adedoyin, O.B. and Soykan, E., 2020. Covid-19 pandemic and online learning: the challenges
and opportunities. Interactive Learning Environments. pp.1-13.
◦ Bailey, D.R. and Lee, A.R., 2020. Learning from experience in the midst of covid-19: benefits,
challenges, and strategies in online teaching. Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Electronic Journal. 21(2). pp.178-198.
◦ Besser, A., Flett, G.L. and Zeigler-Hill, V., 2020. Adaptability to a sudden transition to online
learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: Understanding the challenges for
students. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology.

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