Online Learning Tips for Success During COVID19

Online learning tips for success during COVID19

As the new normal sets in with the COVID19 pandemic, we turn to technology to work, learn, and communicate. We talk a lot about working from home, but what about learning from home. The student learning environment has changed completely, from face-to-face interaction in lecture halls, whiteboard lesson explanations, and verbal communication, to online presentations …

COVID19 What are your Chances of Getting it

COVID19 Decision Making Quadrants

Policy makers, governments, and political leaders are making decisions everyday in the management of the COVID-19 crisis.  The decisions they make greatly affect the outcomes and your chances of being infected with the disease.  And each country seems to be approaching each decision from a different desired outcome. News of wider community spread is being …

What You Can do to Manage the COVID19 Crisis

What you can do to manage the covid19 crisis

We all know by now that COVID19 is spreading throughout the world.  At this stage many governments are taking containment measures or mitigation measures, depending on their risk strategy.  The mainstream media, social media and discussion boards are rife with stories true and untrue, all of them instilling fear and sometimes panic in readers.  Panic …

Travel, the Spread of Contagions and the Economic Impact

A research paper on Travel, the Spread of Contagions and the Economic Impact

An increase in travel and tourism over the last century has seen economies boom.  According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, an authority on the industry, Travel and Tourism contributed USD 8.8 Trillion, and 319 million jobs to the world economy in 2018.  The industry continues to grow and grew by 3.9% in 2018 …

Is the Coronavirus a Catalyst for the Great Depression of the 2020s

Is the Coronavirus a catalyst for a Great Depression of the 2020s. Photo: The New York Public Library

The WHO has declared the COVID19 (Coronavirus) a public health emergency, and with the spread of the virus we know that there will be a large economic fallout.  The exact amount is difficult to quantify at this stage, but anecdotally there is plenty of evidence, and qualitative projections can prove that the COVID19 virus will …