How Online Media Changes Health Education Forever
Let’s face it, COVID-19 didn’t just shake the health system, it gave education a seismic jolt too. In North Carolina, classrooms transformed overnight. Physical lectures vanished, replaced by glowing laptop screens and Zoom calls. Students, once bound by location and lecture halls, suddenly found themselves attending classes from their kitchen tables and dorm corners.
Online health education wasn’t a futuristic idea anymore, it became the new standard. Learning management systems (LMS) like Canvas and Blackboard became the oxygen of modern health programs. UNC Chapel Hill and Duke Medical quickly adapted, offering fully virtual nursing modules and public health seminars. Platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams became synonymous with lectures, office hours, and even group labs...