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Student perspective of classroom and distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic in the undergraduate dental study program Universitas Indonesia

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has become a global health issue and has had a major impact on education. Consequently, half way through the second semester of the academic year 2019/2020, learning methods were delivered through distance learning (DL). We aimed to evaluate the student perspective of DL...

November 9, 2021 Loknath Das Distance Learning No Comment

A Comparative Analysis of Student Performance in an Online vs. Face-to-Face Environmental Science Course From 2009 to 2016

A growing number of students are now opting for online classes. They find the traditional classroom modality restrictive, inflexible, and impractical. In this age of technological advancement, schools can now provide effective classroom teaching via the Web. This shift in pedagogical medium is forcing academic institutions to rethink...

October 26, 2021 Loknath Das Career No Comment

Student Loans: Here’s what you should know about student debt

What is the impact of student loans on your debt after you graduate? Labour MP Zarah Sultana has spoken about the impact of “colossal” student loan debt in Parliament. Holding up her loan statement, she pointed out that her debt of £50,000 built up £2,000 of interest last...

January 25, 2020 Loknath Das Education Loans No Comment

Advice from some of the first public servants to have their student loans forgiven

Source: Matt Tremel Matt Tremel is now debt free, thanks to public service loan forgiveness. Matt Tremel is one of 96 people to have his student debt canceled through the public service loan forgiveness program. Happy endings like his were not supposed to be so rare. One-quarter of...

November 23, 2018 Loknath Das Education Loans No Comment

8 Student Personality Types in Distance Learning Part 2

The first part of this article spent time discussing some of the less motivated student personality types I have encountered through the years, as well as providing some context to the learning environment. Distance learning (DL) presents a unique set of challenges for instructors ranging from the basics...

October 30, 2018 Loknath Das Distance Learning No Comment

Student loans: use of RPI costs graduates up to £16,000

Graduates with student loans in England are saddled with up to £16,000 more debt because of the government’s use of an unreliable inflation measure to set interest rates, according to research from the House of Commons library. The analysis, provided to Labour’s shadow Treasury team, shows that the...

June 30, 2018 Loknath Das Education Loans No Comment