{"id":6029,"date":"2020-04-27T16:37:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=6029"},"modified":"2020-04-27T16:37:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:37:18","slug":"physical-therapy-student-continues-study-abroad-classes-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/04\/27\/physical-therapy-student-continues-study-abroad-classes-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical therapy student continues study abroad classes at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p>By: Page Olsen \u201920, staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harry Olsen, a second year physical therapy student, is continuing his physics, health and art science classes that he began in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Classes started for Olsen in the beginning of March at the University of Waikato. Due to COVID-19, he returned back to Pennsylvania on March 25. However, like other LVC students, his courses continue online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn top of a disappointing end to a trip, continuing my school with online classes has been a difficult process,\u201d Olsen said. \u201cIt is difficult because of the lack of in-person learning which is much easier to learn with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olsen\u2019s classes are composed of pre-recorded lectures and occasional live meetings with professors or tutors, in addition to written assignments and tests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite decreased contact, Olsen did note that his physics professor has been especially helpful with this transition for international students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe pre-recorded lectures are convenient because I can watch them when I want, but I can\u2019t stay as focused and get more easily distracted,\u201d Olsen said. \u201cI can\u2019t take as much away from them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olsen likes that he has more control over his schedule. However, the convenience of online learning does not brighten the situation much.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNew Zealand was too short,\u201d Olsen said. \u201cThe time that I had there was fantastic and I would do it again, even if it only lasted a short amount of time.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olsen is already looking to potentially return to New Zealand after the end of the pandemic, though not with LVC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By: Page Olsen \u201920, staff writer Harry Olsen, a second year physical therapy student, is continuing his physics, health and art science classes that he began in New Zealand. Classes started for Olsen in the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/04\/27\/physical-therapy-student-continues-study-abroad-classes-at-home\/\" title=\"Physical therapy student continues study abroad classes at home\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-features"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}