Wednesday, March 12, 2008

University of Otago

I know, lousy picture, but i didnt take any pics of the uni so i had to resort to taking it from the universitys website.


Its a very nice place to study, despite the drunk people at night and the riots and all that.


For example, the lecture halls are well equipped. Comfortable for 550 students+


oshit, i took pictures of the lecture halls, but i cant find the cable that connects my handphone to my laptop. So no pictures of that either. Just use your imagination. Imagine an orchestrial auditorium, but without a stage, and instead of beautiful music theres an old bald guy talking. Got the picture?


Anyway, the thing that really impressed me is the usage of technology. Details of every paper you take is online. You have a username and a password that you use to log on your account (you can do this as long as you have an internet connection). Everything from past examination papers, to lecture slides and even the recorded audio of that lecture. So if you happen to miss a lecture, just download the audio and slides, and you can sit the lecture at home.


The departments use a webmail system to contact you or the other way around. You can ask questions on the discussion boards online. Even some of the tests are online. So you can open ur textbooks while you do it! They actually encourage you to do that, its called self learning or something. I just got two of my 2nd year friends to help me out.


Ok i know words are boring, so if you managed to read till this point, thanks!




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