With many months of online school ahead of us at the University of Ottawa, try to make your experience a little bit more comfortable by considering these studying from home office tips.
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After his parents lost their jobs, international student Ashwath Param was left on his own to pay his high tuition and rent fees. With little job experience, he struggled to make any sufficient income and for two months straight, the only meals he could afford were instant ramen noodles, which he could only eat once every other day.
In the age of online learning, an area of concern facing students living in rural areas and remote communities is the lack of high speed internet to attend lectures and conduct any form of evaluations.
Online classes have been hard for students and staff alike, but the lack of effort from professors makes remote learning incredibly difficult for students.
“The University of Ottawa places tremendous value on the student experience, yet it also recognizes that it has improvements to make in supporting student mental health and support for students in crisis,” write Mireille McLaughlin and Jenepher Lennox Terrion.
As students settle into the routine of online learning, students with disabilities observe the advantages and disadvantages of virtual classrooms.
For a lot of students working from home, having a computer that can handle your workload for the fall semester is essential. After building a few PC’s in the past, here are a few tips that will help you build your own personalized computer.
The Inter-Union Coalition of the University of Ottawa (ICUO) has written a letter to U of O président Jacques Frémont expressing their concerns with the University of Ottawa’s plan for the fall 2020 semester.
