Answer:
One way you could be a better student, or human-being in general is to wear your mask at all times, aside from eating, of course. The other way, which you should be doing both, is to social distance as much as possible. If you do, however come in contact with people or objects, wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water.
The gerund in this sentence is "learning". A gerund is a verb form which is acting as a noun, in this case after the preposition "in".
It contains an analogy and technical language but no allusion
