Iosefa Pulotu, 21, Vaitele-Fou

"There should be a balance on learning online and learning face-to-face with the teacher. It was hard at first to get used to learning online during the measles lockdown that I first got to know about online learning. So when we had to go online again last semester due to the COVID-19 lockdown, it was easier to access cause I was familiar with the process. There is also a need for data and the devices to send in our assignments which is a resource that some are lucky to have. Face to face learning is easier cause we can talk and ask questions to the teacher when we don't understand something and they can help explain better rather than asking our best friend google to help with homework."

Vasaloloa Filipo, 19, Motootua

"Online learning through Moodle, during the lockdown was able help us continue our foundation learning. We weren't able to come to the school but we were still able to learn especially since this is our first year in foundation which is important for us to learn skills. It is easier to do it from home where we are more confident and comfortable where we can get help from our family members as well."

Christian Maiava, 21, Moataa

"I don't like it to be honest it is very hard for me to look for credit everyday and when I do I go on Facebook, social media and everywhere but I hardly go on Moodle cause its my first time using it. I prefer face to face with the teacher than on Moodle cause I don't know how to submit things and how to navigate through the programs so it's very hard for me. I'm doing carpentry and joinery so everything that we do is mostly practical and its not really my thing to have it online, because I really like the teacher seeing me doing it in front of them, rather than posting the video on Moodle."

Hilary Schwenke, 19, Vailima

"I would rather have it face to face because online learning has the disadvantage of depending on the internet and where I am staying, Vailima and kua, the internet is always slow and when many people are on Moodle, the system will also be slow. So yeah, I prefer face to face because it helps me learn more with what my teacher is trying to express and online learning is boring and we can use social media while classes are online and we don't listen."

Oscar Toomalatai, 18, Lotopa

"During the times of lockdown there were difficulties that we faced in our academic learning process. The main one for me was the limited resources, like we have to buy credit and data sometimes, which is an issue for us because we are dependent on our parents and sometimes our parents don't have enough money to provide these resources for us. So I think face to face is better than online learning. For me, face to face itself is really effective where you had a personal connection with the lecturers, where you could ask them questions regarding our assignments or the subject itself but online learning there is a whole lot of processes to go through."

Jennifer Taualagi, 17, Vailoa

"Online learning is difficult because we have to buy credit to access online where as learning face to face is easier because the teacher is right there, easily accessible in class. Online classes, we have to use Moodle, create emails and buy credit to have access on data and internet to also contact the lecturers. Sometimes when we send stuff online, it doesn't get to the lecturer and they complain where as handing it in ensures that the teacher sees us do it."