Students confused over university guidelines ahead of spring semester
A college student listens to an online lecture in Seoul, in this March 29, 2020 photo. Korea Times photo by Jung Jun-heeBy Bahk Eun-jiUniversities' guidelines to conduct hybrid modes of learning ― online and face-to-face lectures ― are causing confusion among students. In line with the recommendation of the Ministry of Education (MOE) to expand in-person lectures from the first semester of this year, some universities have prepared new guidelines to conduct hybrid lectures. For example, Sogang University and Chung-Ang University will conduct face-to-face classes for fewer than 40 students and in-person classes for more than 40 students.Yonsei University and Sungkyunkwan University have chosen hybrid learning for some of the same subjects, meaning that students will attend some classes in-person and others virtually. As the learning options have diversified, many students are expressing their concerns when they have to take both types of classes on the same day. On an online community used by Yonsei University students, one user wrote, “Every Thursday at 5 p.m., after the in-per
