1 00:00:00,020 --> 00:00:04,640 [Music] 2 00:00:03,679 --> 00:00:07,759 well my name is 3 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:08,960 john donald and i'm a professor here in 4 00:00:07,759 --> 00:00:10,800 the school of engineering at the 5 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,280 university of guelph i teach a course 6 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,200 called 7 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:15,440 engineering and design one the course 8 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,359 will be designed to be fully remote 9 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,359 one of the new advantages to having a 10 00:00:17,359 --> 00:00:22,000 course delivered remotely 11 00:00:19,359 --> 00:00:23,840 is the fact that not only can we create 12 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,279 videos in advance vdc but we can 13 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:27,279 actually record 14 00:00:25,279 --> 00:00:28,560 the lectures in process and that can 15 00:00:27,279 --> 00:00:30,560 help you in your studying 16 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,559 so you can review those later you can 17 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,920 slow them down you can speed them up you 18 00:00:32,559 --> 00:00:34,719 can find the spot that you want to 19 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,760 review 20 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:39,600 and so that material is available to you 21 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,440 like it has never been been available 22 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,280 before i know this can be seen as a 23 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,360 challenging time you're trying to decide 24 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:47,039 whether to come to school 25 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,879 when the courses are going to be mostly 26 00:00:47,039 --> 00:00:50,320 online i think would be very important 27 00:00:48,879 --> 00:00:52,800 to come and continue 28 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,480 if you're ready to go to university this 29 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,399 is the world this is the way that we're 30 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,079 going to be learning in the future 31 00:00:56,399 --> 00:00:59,680 engineers in terms of designing 32 00:00:58,079 --> 00:01:00,239 solutions are all going to have to deal 33 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,480 with 34 00:01:00,239 --> 00:01:03,840 these types of situations the use of 35 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,920 remote learning tools 36 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,520 the ability to be able to function in an 37 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,960 environment where you're not necessarily 38 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,560 dealing with people that are in the next 39 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:13,040 office but around the world 40 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,880 is a very important skill to develop in 41 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,600 that way it's actually a very exciting 42 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,320 time 43 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:20,240 to be coming to university and learning 44 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:27,840 how to use these tools 45 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:27,840 in order to be an excellent professional 46 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,799 you