In addition to enabling educational delivery, Zoom has become a platform for delivering new experiences, fueling connection, and creating a sense of community through diversity events, trivia nights, and new student orientations.
UMGC Europe also brought its field study program (where students travel and learn for a week in different European cities) online when COVID-19 put a pause on travel. “We sent a faculty member to Frankenstein Castle in Germany and she did a virtual tour for students. Next, we did Rothenburg,” said Joshua Camacho, National Test Center and live-streaming program manager for UMGC Europe.
“It’s another example of how Zoom has allowed us to continue delivering our educational mission and connect to each other to provide the services our students need,” Camacho added. “And it’s done that by basically replacing everything we used in the past with one platform [for video, phone, and webinars].”
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