In what I suspect will be a recurring theme as the Vole adjust to life on a University campus after a 24 year hiatus I have more shock news to impart.
In the old days fifteen rather pleasant trees in Sweden had your name on them as they were ultimately destined to become study aids, books, journals and other necessary printed items for your period in an academic institution.
My how times have changed. Yesterday we were given what I assumed would be the first of many handbooks and guides. A room at Vole Towers had been allocated for storage. It was destined to be a very physical reminder of the task ahead. Read two shelves and get a degree.
Then our ‘module leader’ said those would be the last pieces of paper we’d see over the next year. Everything would be done online. Amazing.
E-Learning is what it’s all about so we’ve had sessions on everything from virtual studying an virtual resources to virtual assessments and virtual pastoral care. And even in the library you can now ‘e-snitch’ on noisy students! Another heavy IT session looms this afternoon.
Do University’s now rely on e-protests; e-karaoke and e-hangovers? Thankfully no, judging by the states I saw this morning. It cheered me up no end.
I’m off for an E-Guinness. That’s extra cold of course.
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