10 Jun 2020

Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) will on June 15 introduce Collaborate, a blackboard-linked online system.

According to a BIUST media release, the new teaching mode will blend traditional face-to-face and online teaching in large classes.

The release says classes with large enrolment will be split into smaller sections to comply with COVID-19 protocols, while the spill over sections in any given class will be taught simultaneously, using the system.

It is further explains  that starting with the 2020/21 academic year, the university will gradually move to full online on campus teaching.

This will be a new normal for BIUST as students will no longer have to attend classes physically but attend from elsewhere on campus, says the release.

In addition, it says the possibility of using platforms such as zoom, google meet, webex will be explored.

The release says as students and staff are all on campus, it adheres to all COVID-19 protocols such as wearing of masks, temperature checks, washing of hands with soap and water and the use of BIUST homemade sanitiser and social distancing. Ends