Webinar on online media education after Covid-19
By Prithvi Abhay Shankaregowda
Students of Times School of Media (TSOM) explored the world ofmedia education after Covid-19 in a joint webinar hosted by TSOM and the HSE University , St Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday.
The session was graced by panelists from India, Russia and Canada who discussed the advantages and shortcomings of online media education, “Online education plays a vital role in today’s day and age as anyone can access it from anywhere across the world, making it an important tool. But, student engagement, availability of technology and ethics of learning can be some of the major challenges faced,” Magdalena Gaete , head of Laboratory of Reputation management at HSE University, said.
Journalist and online educator Daria Animov emphasised on the importance of creating engaging curriculum for online media education and its efficiency. Various learning management systems were adopted by universities across the world that madeonline education efficient in the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Standardising online education through LMS and Dashboards is really effective. Along with that, what we did was hold workshops for students as well as faculty to educate them as to how online learning systems work,”Gabrielle Heard, online educator at Anderson College at Toronto said.
Technological accessibility and poor student-teacher relationships were the major challenges highlighted by the panelists. “In the Indian context, not everyone can buy a laptop. There are a lot of communication gaps that still need to be addressed. Especially in Media education, practical applications and knowledge is essential which cannot be completely taught online. At the end of the day, online education can be used as a tool but traditional methods make sure that the student and teacher are connected,” media professional and academician Shalini Narayan said.
Students participated in the webinar with questions on the future of online education and its ethics, “I wanted to know about the unfair practices that happen in online education. For example, students sometimes do an online course with the intention of earning a certificate and not gaining knowledge. This webinar helped me understand that while cheating can be done in online or offline mode, it’s the knowledge and how you apply it in your tasks is what matters,” first-year Journalism and Mass Communication student Disha Kapoor said.
(The writer is first-year BAJMC student with TSOM)
Students of Times School of Media (TSOM) explored the world of
The session was graced by panelists from India, Russia and Canada who discussed the advantages and shortcomings of online media education, “Online education plays a vital role in today’s day and age as anyone can access it from anywhere across the world, making it an important tool. But, student engagement, availability of technology and ethics of learning can be some of the major challenges faced,” Magdalena Gaete , head of Laboratory of Reputation management at HSE University, said.
Journalist and online educator Daria Animov emphasised on the importance of creating engaging curriculum for online media education and its efficiency. Various learning management systems were adopted by universities across the world that made
“Standardising online education through LMS and Dashboards is really effective. Along with that, what we did was hold workshops for students as well as faculty to educate them as to how online learning systems work,”Gabrielle Heard, online educator at Anderson College at Toronto said.
Technological accessibility and poor student-teacher relationships were the major challenges highlighted by the panelists. “In the Indian context, not everyone can buy a laptop. There are a lot of communication gaps that still need to be addressed. Especially in Media education, practical applications and knowledge is essential which cannot be completely taught online. At the end of the day, online education can be used as a tool but traditional methods make sure that the student and teacher are connected,” media professional and academician Shalini Narayan said.
Students participated in the webinar with questions on the future of online education and its ethics, “I wanted to know about the unfair practices that happen in online education. For example, students sometimes do an online course with the intention of earning a certificate and not gaining knowledge. This webinar helped me understand that while cheating can be done in online or offline mode, it’s the knowledge and how you apply it in your tasks is what matters,” first-year Journalism and Mass Communication student Disha Kapoor said.
(The writer is first-year BAJMC student with TSOM)
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