COVID-19 displaced 1.4 billion students worldwide. We surveyed and interviewed students from BGU and WPI to explore changes in the student educational experience during the pandemic and recommend improvements to conventional education based on lessons from it. Students expressed that asynchronous material provides flexibility, allowing them to self-tailor schedules and their educational experience. Students reported increased anxiety alongside decreased motivation and attentiveness for courses during the pandemic. Our primary recommendation is to increase the availability of supplementary asynchronous course materials.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Weiner, Yoni
• Kirschner, Ravi S.
• Mohammed, Mohammed

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-071020-170937

Keyword

• Health Care and Technology

Advisor

• Brattin, Joel J.
• Davis, John-Michael

Year

• 2020

Center

• London, England Project Center - IQP

Date created

• 2020-07-10

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-09-08