Local post-secondary schools are considering ways to offer courses online due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
St. Clair College has decided it will move to online classes starting March 23 following March Break. As there are currently no positive cases in Windsor-Essex or Chatham-Kent student labs will continue unless the Ministry of Colleges and Universities suspends all face-to-face communication.
"There are no cases, so there is not a safety issue, so the labs can continue,” said Waseem Habash, Vice President Academic. “The labs are normally smaller section sizes, anywhere from 15 to 25 students. So the population density in those labs is small. We can run that now.”
Habash said the College is planning on finishing out the semester with online classes, which means they will run through to April 17.
The University of Windsor is still assessing its options.
"Presently, we are working to find ways to support a range of delivery methods as alternatives to face-to-face classes that professors and instructors can adopt. More information about potentially moving to online courses and alternative delivery methods will be available soon to support faculty and instructors, should this become necessary," said University of Windsor President Robert Gordon.
Information will be posted on the institutions' websites as it becomes available.
The college also announced Friday that its scholarship award ceremonies, scheduled for March 26 and March 30, have been cancelled. Recipients will be able to pick up their award cheques from the college's financial aid office beginning Tuesday.
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