Varsity College prepares students for online learning

THE impact of the novel Covid-19 virus is strongly felt by all sectors, including higher education, within and beyond South Africa’s borders.

With the extension of the national lockdown by another two weeks until the end of April, the estimated two million students registered at South Africa’s tertiary education providers (public and private) are becoming increasingly anxious about the remainder of their 2020 academic year, as a result of Covid-19.

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To limit disruption of its students’ academic year, The IIE’s Varsity College will resume teaching and learning for their contact mode learners, but online.

A demonstration of the brand’s #NewWorldThinking approach to everything they do. The Brand’s Learning Management System (VCLearn), which all students are using during their studies, will facilitate this online learning.

Managing director of The IIE’s Varsity College, Louise Wiseman, said their priority is to ensure that their students’ studies continue and that their learning experience is an enriched one, where they remain in contact with their lecturers and fellow students.

“Students will prepare for this online mode of delivery in advance by completing the short learning programme available to them on their VCLearn landing page. Students will also be guided online by their lecturers.

“We appreciate that for some students the transition from face-to-face contact learning to online contact learning may be daunting; but we want to assure students and parents that our support team is ready to guide and assist our students every step of the way,” said Wiseman.

The IIE’s Varsity College developmental work is ‘data light’ to ensure that students’ online learning participation is manageable.

VCLearn also has excellent offline capabilities which allow students to download information with which they can then engage offline and go back online as and when necessary.

Students will have access to library resources online and the assessment tools have been modified to ensure that learning outcomes continue to be assessed while lockdown and social distancing regulations exist.

“We trust that all The IIE’s Varsity College students, staff and their families are adjusting during this time and can enjoy some quality time with family,” said Wiseman.

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