Platforms that offer all their content in open, applications to do zumba, aerobics, yoga or GAP, cooking channels, crafts, painting, DIY or crocheting on YouTube, memes and humor videos by WhatsApp, Telegram, Tik Tok , Snapchat and Instagram, a little while to disconnect with FIFA or to talk to friends at school in Fortnite … For several days, the confinement due to […] … learn more→
Author Archives: Kevin
How to manage abusive use of screens during confinement
Don’t worry about cancelled exams – research shows we should switch to teacher assessment permanently
The UK government recently cancelled GCSE and A-level exams. Instead, for this year only, teacher assessments will replace exam grades. These teacher assessments will be based on frequent low-stakes testing, performance in the classroom and homework or coursework. This is a dramatic change, from objective standardised tests to more subjective teacher assessments. The move might be distressing for […] … learn more→
Bernie Sanders’ free college plan neglects the value of reputation
With Bernie Sanders’ hopes of becoming the next US president in sharp decline, so is the likelihood that the US will implement free public higher education any time soon. Making study at college and university debt-free should have been an easy pitch for the man vying with Joe Biden to be the Democrats’ presidential nominee. […] … learn more→
Co-parenting in the coronavirus pandemic: A family law scholar’s advice
As millions of people around the world practice social distancing and self-quarantine, they are separating themselves from everyone but their immediate family members. However, for divorced or separated parents who share custody of their children, the definition of “immediate family” isn’t obvious. Already, family lawyers around the country are being inundated with calls from anxious parents worried […] … learn more→
How to remove a bankruptcy from your credit report?
A bankruptcy will be naturally erased from your credit report in either 7 or 10 years from the bankruptcy recording date, contingent upon what chapter you register. A Chapter 7 bankruptcy will be erased in 10 years in light of the fact that, right now, no amount of debt is returned. A Chapter 13 bankruptcy […] … learn more→
Struggling to focus at home? You’re not alone
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→
Confinement: when family life imposes itself on the company
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→
5 ways to keep human connections when moving learning online due to coronavirus
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→
Lecturing into your laptop is not nearly enough
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→
Living the COVID life
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→
