In this chat with 21-year old college student and Pearson Education intern – Mykel Broady – we discuss the latest Global Learner Survey findings and how he found the silver lining through it all (even through his COVID-19 diagnosis).
AUDIO QUALITY NOTE: I changed my recording location for this episode and while editing realized I may or may not sound like I am in a tin can 😩 for some bits of the interview. Apologies for the audio quality.
SKIP AHEAD:
- 04:56 : First thoughts at the beginning of the pandemic
- 05:30 : Two biggest lessons learned
- 08:26 : What it looked like to transition to university in a pandemic
- 10:35 : Lessons schools might have learned in the process
- 11:50 : “90% of people say that they believe internet is a basic human right”
- 13:23 : Long lasting effects of the pandemic might just be resilience and maturity
- 14:25 : How students found ways to cope
- 16:42 : Did the pandemic change how we think about education
- 19:09 : The silver lining of COVID-19 *
- 19:58 : How this collective trauma impacted program choices and career decisions
- 21:30 : “I don’t have all the answers and I need assistance”
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For context this was recorded during the Coronavirus pandemic 2020-1