Classes – Life @ U of T

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Adjusting to the Time Difference When Doing a Virtual Exchange

I am excited to join the Life @ U of T bloggers this term and blog about my virtual exchange experience at the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth, Australia! Although there are many great aspects of doing a virtual exchange, which I am looking forward to sharing in my future posts, I thought I would start off by sharing my experience with one of the main challenges that comes with virtual exchange – adjusting to the time difference.

How I Avoid Eye and Screen Exhaustion

We are lucky to have screens and that many parts of our lives can be adapted to the virtual net, however, I’ve noticed that my eyes often feel strained and I have become more exhausted due to working on a…

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Managing Synchronous and Asynchronous Lectures

Now that I’ve been in class for almost a week, I’m starting to notice a unique challenge of online learning this year… managing synchronous and asynchronous lectures! For those that don’t know, synchronous lectures refer to lectures that take place…

DIY Backgrounds for Online Classes

This week is a fun one (or at least I had a lot of fun doing it)! Now that classes are online I’ve been thinking a lot about backgrounds. Most of my professors ask us to keep our cameras on…

What I’ve learned from “bird courses”

As a student, I have had my fair share of taking “bird courses”—especially in my first two years at U of T. Some courses are said to be “bird” because they are “easy” and the course average is usually quite…

The Regrets of a Third Year Student

This post is inspired by the Macleans article “The Many Regrets of a Fourth Year Student”! I’m just starting fourth year, so these are my regrets as a third year, aka advice that I would tell my younger self who…

3 Lessons I’ve Learned from 3 Years of University

I can’t believe that in less than a month, I’ll be starting my fourth and final year of my undergraduate degree! Looking back on my degree, it’s been quite a wild ride to get here. I thought it would be…

Transitioning to Paperless Studying

It seems like since the start of the pandemic, a lot of things have begun to adopt online formats. I took this opportunity to try shifting to paperless studying and I thought I would share how I did that in…

5 Uni Hacks and DIYs

This week I’m bringing you some back-to-school DIYs and hacks. Weird timing you say? Well, I’m currently in summer school and need some motivation…getting crafty is usually my solution. This year is different because most of us are going to…

3 Reasons Why I Decided to Take an Independent Study

Next year is my last year of university and I’m excited to say that I will be taking not one, but two (!) Independent Studies. Independent Studies are courses which allow students to explore a topic of their own…

Category: Classes

Category: Classes

Adjusting to the Time Difference When Doing a Virtual Exchange

How I Avoid Eye and Screen Exhaustion

Managing Synchronous and Asynchronous Lectures

DIY Backgrounds for Online Classes

What I’ve learned from “bird courses”

The Regrets of a Third Year Student

3 Lessons I’ve Learned from 3 Years of University

Transitioning to Paperless Studying

5 Uni Hacks and DIYs

3 Reasons Why I Decided to Take an Independent Study

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Category: Classes