Tag: COVID-19
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 10 – Issue 1
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 10 – Issue 1 Editor-in-Chief: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Rachel Franks, University of Newcastle, Australia Published: July 28, 2021 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.1 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 10 – Issue 1 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship Dr Bernard Montoneri, Editor-in-Chief Articles Plastic (in) Paradise: Karen …
The IAFOR Symposium on Preventing and Overcoming Infectious Disease Outbreaks on Cruise Ships: International Challenges & Responses: Report
Introduction The IAFOR Symposium on Preventing and Overcoming Infectious Disease Outbreaks on Cruise Ships: International Challenges & Responses was an event organised by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) with the support of the Government of Japan through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on March 10-11, 2021. It was a hybrid (onsite and online) event …
Now Published: Volume 9 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Education – COVID-19: Education Responses to a Pandemic
When we first decided to run with a special issue on educational responses to COVID-19, little did we know that we would still be in the midst of lockdowns, emerging variants, and scary rising statistics as we reach publication. We knew that it would take time to return to some kind of normal, but not …
Welcome to Volume 9 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Education: COVID-19: Education Responses to a Pandemic
When we first decided to run with a special issue on educational responses to COVID-19, little did we know that we would still be in the midst of lockdowns, emerging variants, and scary rising statistics as we reach publication. We knew that it would take time to return to some kind of normal, but not …
Online University Teaching at the time of COVID-19 (2020): An Australian Perspective
Authors: Erika K. Smith, Western Sydney University, Australia Ece Kaya, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Email: e.smith@westernsydney.edu.au Published: April 2, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.11 Citation: Smith, E. K., & Kaya, E. (2021). Online University Teaching at the time of COVID-19 (2020): An Australian Perspective, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.11 Abstract The impacts of COVID-19 have been widespread, and the education …
Emergency Response in Educational Policies during COVID-19 in Nepal: A Critical Review
Authors: Sagun Shrestha, Dublin City University, Ireland Laxman Gnawali, Kathmandu University, Nepal Email: sagun.shrestha2@gmail.com Published: April 2, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.10 Citation: Shrestha, S., & Laxman, G. (2021). Emergency Response in Educational Policies during COVID-19 in Nepal: A Critical Review, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.10 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has brought chaos in education across the world, including developing countries …
Using a Design Thinking Approach for an Asynchronous Learning Platform during COVID-19
Authors: Lori Severino, Drexel University, USA Mark Petrovich, Drexel University, USA Samantha Mercanti-Anthony, Drexel University, USA Samuel Fischer, Read by 4th, USA Email: las492@drexel.edu Published: April 2, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.09 Citation: Severino, L., Petrovich, M., Mercanti-Anthony, S., & Fischer, S. (2021). Using a Design Thinking Approach for an Asynchronous Learning Platform during COVID-19, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.09 Abstract …
Teacher Professional Learning Whilst in Quarantine: A Case Study from China
Authors: Kevin Laws, The University of Sydney, Australia Feng Xun, Tengzhou Zhoudairu Kindergartens, China Email: kevin.laws@sydney.edu.au Published: April 2, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.08 Citation: Laws, K., & Xun, F. (2021). Teacher Professional Learning Whilst in Quarantine: A Case Study from China, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.08 Abstract Transforming two early education centres in China to incorporate the educational philosophy of …
Motivating Online Learning through Project-Based Learning During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Avneet Hira, Boston College, Massachusetts, USA Emma Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA Email: avneet.hira@bc.edu Published: April 2, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.06 Citation: Hira, A., & Anderson, E. (2021). Motivating Online Learning through Project-Based Learning During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.06 Abstract The transition of traditional schooling to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic …
Teaching Practice Online: Challenges in Japan, India and Kenya Under Pandemic
Author: Per-Olof Hansson, Linköping University, Sweden Email: per-olof.hansson@liu.se Published: April 2, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.05 Citation: Hansson, P.-O. (2021). Teaching Practice Online: Challenges in Japan, India and Kenya Under Pandemic, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.05 Abstract The coronavirus pandemic affected the whole world in 2020, with high pressure on the health sector, many deaths, reduced business activity, rising unemployment rates, …
Why Graded Assessment for Undergraduates During the COVID-19 Lockdown? An Experience Introspection
Authors: Abdullatif Alshamsi, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Alex Zahavich, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Samar El-Farra, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Email: selfarra@hct.ac.ae Published: April 2, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.04 Citation: Alshamsi, A., Zahavich, A., & El-Farra, S. (2021). Why Graded Assessment for Undergraduates During the …
An Educator’s Response to COVID-19: Preservice Teachers’ Perspectives on Flipped Distance Education
Author: Osman Çil, Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Turkey Email: ocil@ahievran.edu.tr Published: April 2, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.03 Citation: Çil, O. (2021). An Educator’s Response to COVID-19: Preservice Teachers’ Perspectives on Flipped Distance Education, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.03 Abstract With the COVID-19 pandemic, students and instructors had to carry out lessons with distance education practices, and this sudden change made …
Teaching Future Educators During a Global Pandemic
Authors: Jacquelynne Anne Boivin, Bridgewater State University, USA Kathryn Welby, Merrimack College, USA Email: jboivin@bridgew.edu Published: April 2, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.02 Citation: Boivin, J. A., & Welby, K. (2021). Teaching Future Educators During a Global Pandemic, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.02 Abstract While schools are the center of attention in many regards throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, programs that prepare …
The Impact of Faculty Experience with Emergency Remote Teaching: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study
Author: Maha Al-Freih, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia Email: Maha.Alfreih@gmail.com Published: April 2, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.01 Citation: Al-Freih, M. (2021). The Impact of Faculty Experience with Emergency Remote Teaching: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2.01 Abstract The aim of this phenomenological study is to provide a deeper understanding of the impact of remote teaching …
IAFOR Journal of Education: Volume 9 – Issue 2 – COVID-19: Education Responses to a Pandemic
IAFOR Journal of Education: Volume 9 – Issue 2 – COVID-19: Education Responses to a Pandemic Editor-in-Chief: Yvonne Masters Published: April 2, 2021 ISSN: 2187-0594 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.2 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 9 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Education: COVID-19: Education Responses to a Pandemic Yvonne Masters, Editor-in-Chief, IAFOR Journal of Education Articles The …
Special Panel Presentation: Post-COVID World and Human Security at OCE2020
IAFOR is excited to announce a IAFOR Research Centre supported special panel discussion titled, “Post-COVID World and Human Security”. As the year of the COVID-19 pandemic comes to a close, the global community’s strengths and challenges have become apparent. The good news is that vaccines will become available soon, the development of which took place …
Public Research Project: Emergency Response to Infectious Disease Outbreak on Cruise Ships (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan)
The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) has entered into a contract with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) as of October 22, 2020, to conduct a comprehensive international study on the issues and challenges related to the outbreak of infectious diseases on cruise ships, as a supplementary budget public project for FY2020. Drawing from …
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Crisis of Global Politics: A View from Asia
In this Korea Foundation sponsored presentation, panellists discuss the impact of China-US relations on the system of global governance, and the claim that Asians’ “authoritarian tendency” is an asset to tackling the outbreak.
“Communication, Technology and Transparency in Times of COVID” ACCS/ACAS Plenary Panel Discussion
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a number of issues into focus relating to governance, decision-making and transparency in and between nation states, not least as these involve communication and technology. This panel will compare and contrast responses from several national contexts, and look at questions of privacy and freedoms in the context of lockdowns, and …
The Korea Foundation Sponsor COVID-19 Discussion Panel at ACAS/ACCS2020
IAFOR is delighted to announce a Korea Foundation sponsored ACCS/ACAS2020 panel discussion titled, “The COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis of global politics: A view from Asia”. The COVID-19 pandemic is now not only a global health crisis but much more. It has unleashed a cultural war in global politics, shaken the foundation of the healthy …
Our Response to COVID-19
Present, Publish, Participate Continued excellence in service, wherever you are Our commitment to you; academics, scholars and educators around the world, is to continue to run conferences where and how possible, but in the full knowledge that in these unprecedented and changing times, we must engage as much as is possible online, allowing those who …
A message from Dr Joseph Haldane, IAFOR Chairman
Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters of IAFOR, Since 2009, more than 30,000 academics from around the world have chosen to present and/or publish with IAFOR, as we have become the trusted global platform for the dissemination of interdisciplinary research, and an exceptional platform for the nurturing of the networks and relationships that make this International …