Surving the First Week of 'Online University'
This week has consisted of a teams call a day and a lot of work in between! In terms of contact hours/the work itself I'd say not much has changed (I'm doing 5 modules this term, I have 7 hours worth of seminars & 5 hours worth of lectures with readings/forum activities to complete for seminars). However... it does feel like a lot more to handle. The jump from having a 7-month break to working normally again feels exhausting - you could call me lazy for not keeping my mind and body super active during lockdown I suppose but I just found the whole process draining. Everything about university feels so familiar yet SO different, for example, seminars are bound to be awkward in the first week when no one is comfortable yet but online seminars take this to a whole NEW level. I really do feel for the seminar leaders AND the students - on the one hand, you want to engage in the seminar like nothings changed because at the end of the day the seminar leader didn't make the le...
