Posts Tagged ‘Online learning’

Students who are more adaptable do best in remote learning

Monday, August 23rd, 2021
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The speed and scale of the shift to remote online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has really tested students’ adaptability. Our study of more than 1,500 students at nine Australian high schools during 2020 found strong links between their level of adaptability and how they fared with online learning. Students with higher adaptability were more Read more

Online learning: Vatican releases new rules for ecclesiastical universities

Thursday, August 5th, 2021
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The Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education has expanded online learning options for those who would ordinarily be unable to attend full-time classes in person. The new rules will provide distance learning opportunities for those who could manage coursework online, such as prisoners, migrants, the homeless, monks, contemplative nuns and even busy bishops. “By making use Read more

Quarantine taught me the value of an in-person Catholic school

Thursday, May 7th, 2020

My children’s parochial school is about as low-tech as it is presently possible for an institution to be. That has actually been a good thing in an era of “distance learning.” It was obvious from the start of the coronavirus pandemic that the students could not be expected to attend a battery of Zoom classes Read more

Pacific Seminary has online access to world’s best resources

Friday, July 18th, 2014

The seminary librarians at the Pacific Regional Seminary in Suva have catalogued 19,000 records and put the catalogue online. They have been assisted by Hans Arns who  is the project coordinator of Sharing the Word  an initiative  linking up Catholic seminary libraries and librarians throughout the world. This is being done  to provide all seminarians Read more