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Opinion: Online Learning — What’s Worked and What Hasn’t

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Art By Ally Armstrong It can be equally as challenging for professors to keep students engaged over Zoom as much as it is for students to engage with the professor. With a semester of online school already in the books, it's time to change how teachers approach online classes. Student feedback at the end of the semester is vital for all professors to understand the … [Read more...] about Opinion: Online Learning — What’s Worked and What Hasn’t

Opinion: Junior Transfers Are Losing the True Pepperdine Experience in Zoom University

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Art By Brian Zhou What’s Firestone? How do I get to the HAWC? Where can I find the CCB? What’s convocation? Why does everyone say the first-year dorms are so bad? Questions like these often linger in the minds of the 119 transfers within the 754-student class of 2022 — a number according to Stacey Montgomery, associate dean for transfers and commuter students. With many … [Read more...] about Opinion: Junior Transfers Are Losing the True Pepperdine Experience in Zoom University

Pepperdine Community Reflects on Potential Uses of Zoom Post-Pandemic

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Graphic by Ashley MowreaderWith issues like Zoom fatigue, lack of student engagement and hunger for in-person connection, many students and professors may be eager to leave Zoom or a hybrid modality behind.Professors, administrators and students said they have mixed feelings about whether virtual learning should continue to be used once in-person classes resume: some think it … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Community Reflects on Potential Uses of Zoom Post-Pandemic