For many people, the next few weeks will be their first sustained period of working outside their normal working environment and the routine it imposes. So how can we resist the distractions of 24-hour news and get some serious work done on that article or book? There are a number of free strategies and tools […] … learn more→

In his address on Thursday, March 12, 2020 on the coronavirus pandemic, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, announced the closure of schools, crèches and higher education establishments. In itself, the announcement was not all that surprising, since neighboring countries had already initiated much stricter measures. But it has brought to light certain contradictions in our […] … learn more→

Universities across Canada and the world have been working to rapidly move their face-to-face classes to remote delivery. While digital technologies enable people to work and learn from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, this huge task of seeking to meet particular learning objectives while going online ultimately falls to the people — the educators and students — who are behind the […] … learn more→

With universities around the world moving their classes online in response to the coronavirus outbreak, many academics face a steep learning curve around effective online pedagogy. At my university, we digitised part of our pre-sessional language courses for international master’s students a couple of years ago. These are the tips that our experience taught us. […] … learn more→

I’ve always enjoyed memes but I never thought I’d come to depend on them to recalibrate my moods. I’m a person who loves working from home, using communication technologies, and social media. I also tend towards introversion. You would think that shifting to the current context would be easy and even desirable, with so many […] … learn more→

At college dormitories and student apartments across the U.S., census forms will be piling up – but many run the risk of not being filled in. The spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. has coincided with the start of data collection for the 2020 census. This may not affect the process for most people who are self-isolating […] … learn more→

A lot of research doesn’t go to plan. Researchers encounter a few hiccups along the way and in order to avoid problems, they make adjustments to their process. The research goes ahead, just slightly differently. But what usually goes wrong in research? The most common problems in the kind of research that I do are […] … learn more→

Since the start of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak in January, president Moon Jae-in has been under growing pressure to enact a full travel ban on Chinese visitors. So far, only those from Hubei province have been barred, allowing thousands to enter from other provinces. The outbreak, which has resulted in more than 8,000 confirmed cases in the country […] … learn more→

The question of how many children should be required to take the School Lunch Program is a very important one. Of course, the federal guidelines state that children must be taken for the program, but it can vary depending on the state. For example, many states require only small children to take the program and […] … learn more→

Before the turn of the millennium, international education mainly meant student exchange. It was an opportunity to spend a semester abroad, take in the sights, make new friends and maybe even learn something along the way. A few international colleges in European tourist hotspots, such as London and Rome, made a business of it. But […] … learn more→