Online college can work better, depending on each person’s routine and organization. But, by comparison, besides paying for tuition and course materials, it may also require an investment in equipment and comforts that keep (or at least hinder) students from starting a college degree as soon as possible.
One of the main advantages of the on-campus teaching model is the support available and the infrastructure that meets each student’s needs for technology, comfort, convenience, and safety.
After all, it is very hard to concentrate and commit without an adequate space to do so, something especially present during the pandemic, when many people had to work or study at home, and were therefore limited to the not always ideal conditions of an improvised home office.
We had the opportunity to interview one of Fapuga’s students, and he told us a bit about how the conveniences available at the college have made his learning process much easier.
A student of Business Administration, Romeo Fernandes’s case has a particular feature: because he lives with a serious vision problem, he often has difficulty studying; it was that way in his school years, when seeing the board was always a problem.
His vision condition is such that glasses do not solve the problem. But at Fapuga, the student has found a very efficient solution through the availability of laptops for all students.
“Here, with the laptop, I don’t have that worry, so it makes my learning much easier. Sometimes I had more difficulty at school, because I couldn’t understand what was written; this helped my development a lot, I’ve grown a great deal with this support and help.”
It is not the first time a Fapuga student has mentioned how much laptops make learning easier. For different reasons, access to good machines throughout the degree is the kind of support that greatly helps in exploring different resources, or even in carrying out tasks and doing research without difficulty.
And, speaking of exploring resources, it is worth mentioning that Fapuga encourages its students to explore the world of games, which can help develop soft skills that matter in the working world.
Here on the blog, there is plenty of content about Gamified Methodology, and what it can contribute in terms of education and business vision.
When deciding between online and on-campus college, the possibility of networking should also be taken into account
And what better environment than college to develop skills, try out different games, software, and platforms, build deep exchanges with classmates from different backgrounds, and even make mistakes?
Unlike online college, networking is a much more constant and complex reality in the on-campus model, so that it becomes one of the biggest components of professional education in this period.
Professional development is constant, and every experience can be put to good use, but the undergraduate years are a fundamental period of development. It is the time to make the most of all the advantages and conveniences of an on-campus degree.
As Romeo puts it, speaking about his experience and outlook for the future: “I want to grow. I don’t like standing still and, besides my professional goal, I also want to grow personally, so the knowledge I’m gaining at college is already helping me a lot on the personal side, in looking at certain situations differently and having other kinds of behavior.”
