Although Covid 19 has thrown everyone in the backfoot. It has some positives as well for the academicians like getting acquainted to technology and learning new skills. And also acquiring and upgrading knowledge by attending webinars.
It provides every researcher the opportunity of connecting others all over the world by attending online webinar&by acquisition new technical skills that was unfamiliar to him or her.
Yes dear Shameemul Haque i think there is a positive side of this pandemic. The New trend of communication between persons and New age of vaccination by réduction of in vitro tests and duration of lab analysis.
Everything has a negative side & a positive side. Perhaps the positive side of the pandemic is communication and competition between different academics in order to reach the best treatment and the best & safe vaccines to solve this problem.
Thanks Shaker A.N. Al-Jadaan , indeed every event has its negative and positive aspect.
I tried to use all the time available to invest in new knowledge. Also, I improved my knowledge about new digital technologies.
Dear Prof. Hague!
You pointed to an essential topic to consider. May I argue now it is still better to take a realistic view, hoping the best preparing for the worst:
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2) Charu Saxena et al. (2021). Examining the Moderating Effect of Perceived Benefits of Maintaining Social Distance on E-learning Quality During COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of Educational Technology Systems, Volume 49, Issue 4, Open access: Article Examining the Moderating Effect of Perceived Benefits of Mai...
Please let me state that the focus should be helping each other in universities:
Elsevier (2021). Asia-Pacific eBook Forum - an ongoing research project. please see further details at: https://www.elsevier.com/en-au/solutions/sciencedirect/apac-ebook-forum
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
Thanks Shameemul Haque for initiating this discussion, yes I agree that the pandemic has somehow created an opportunity for researchers to spend quality time on their work and share their work.
Interesting question and replies.
In the field of education and social sciences, there is definetely opportunities for research, in topics such as distance education, attitudes during pandemic etc
The world has come together under this crisis of Covid 19. This has benefited teaching learning also in a big way. It has definitely given us a technological edge. But I think the world academia has got a chance to see the functions, objectives, methodologies of others and that's a bigger advantage of this phase.