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What is your experience post virtual learning?

What is your experience post virtual learning?

By Alyssa Spady • November 3, 2021
We’re still living during a pandemic, and it’s imperative that we all take a step back and rethink the way we do education.
What is your experience post virtual learning?

What is your experience post virtual learning?

By Emily Guderian • November 3, 2021
My schedule is full to the max, with barely any time to breathe, but after a year in my pajamas, I would not have it any other way. 
What is your experience post virtual learning?

What is your experience post virtual learning?

By Frankie Walls • November 3, 2021
There’s something funny about the workaholic/always on your grind mentality because no one tells you to slow down until you’ve already burnt yourself out.
Hundreds of admitted and returning students have decided not to attend the college for Fall 2020. Enrollment at the college has decreased from 6,266 students in Fall 2019 to 5,354 students in Fall 2020.

Fall 2020 enrollment drops as hundreds take leaves and defer

By Caitlin Holtzman, Assistant News Editor • October 1, 2020
Hundreds of admitted and returning students have decided not to attend the college for Fall 2020. Enrollment at the college decreased by 14.55%.
Steven Skopik, professor and interim chair in the Department of Media Arts, Sciences and Studies, teaches a class over Zoom. Skopik said that he has more confidence to teach online classes in the fall semester than he had in the spring because he had the summer to assess what did and did not work in the virtual classes he taught.

IC faculty feel prepared for online Fall 2020 instruction

By Jordan Broking, Staff Writer • September 18, 2020
Last spring, classes made a quick switch to remote instruction. The college created a reopening plan for fall that involved starting classes remotely.
Junior Summer Chavez shares her reaction to a virtual semester.

Commentary: Remote learning leaves students in limbo

By Summer Chavez • September 11, 2020
As of now, my plans for the semester are still unclear. It can be very difficult to plan for your future when you don’t know what's ahead.
President Shirley M. Collado explained the decision to make classes online for Fall 2020 during the gathering, saying the public health risks regarding the COVID-19 pandemic would be too high if students were to return to campus.

IC holds student gathering to discuss remote fall semester

By Alyshia Korba, Assistant News Editor • August 21, 2020
“I wanted to remain hopeful up until the very last possible day,” Collado said.
At around 10:30 p.m. the night of Monday, Feb. 21, an Ithaca College student was struck twice by airsoft pellets.

BREAKING: IC extends spring break and will hold classes online

By Alexis Manore and Cora Payne • March 11, 2020
Ithaca College will extend spring break for one week and move to a remote method of instruction from March 23 to April 3 due to the new coronavirus.

Editorial: Online classes disconnect students

By The Ithacan • March 19, 2013
Online courses cannot substitute for an in-class experience, and students on the Ithaca campus should be encouraged to take traditional classes.
Online college courses

College offers more online courses as part of IC 20/20 initiative

By Gerald Doherty, Senior Writer • September 19, 2012
IC 20/20 has charged the Task Force for Instructional Delivery Models with outlining how the college can offer more online courses and degrees and also enable students studying abroad or working in internships to take college courses from their computer.

UWF recognized for having best online classes in U.S. News Report

By Kevin McCall • January 19, 2012
University of West Florida was recognized for having the best online courses in the first edition of the 2012 U.S. World and News Report Top Online Education Program rankings. The ranking system was compiled using ratings from faculty credentials and training surveys, student engagement and assessment inquiries, and student services and technology rankings. All universities…
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