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The speed of spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 led to global lockdowns and disruptions in the academic sector. The study examined the impact of mobile technology on physics education during lockdowns. Data were collected through an online survey and later evaluated using regression tools, frequency, and an analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings revealed that the usage of mobile technology had statistically significant effects on physics instructors' and students' academics during the coronavirus lockdown. Most of the participants admitted that the use of mobile technologies such as smartphones, laptops, PDAs, Zoom, mobile apps, etc. were very useful and helpful for continued education amid the pandemic restrictions. Online teaching is very effective during lock-down with smartphones and laptops on different platforms. The paper brings the limelight to the growing power of mobile technology solutions in physics education. © 2018 Tsinghua University Press.
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The COVID pandemic, which has affected the whole world, the current military conflict in Ukraine, and the resulting energy crisis have pointed to the great interconnectedness of the world and the fragility of globalisation at the same time. There is no sector that is not affected by the current situation including the academic sector. Questions are being opened again for discussion regarding the required job skills for various professions, which are needed in a rapidly changing 'over-globalised' world of work. The teaching profession has also gone through a turbulent period in terms of skill requirements during the pandemic. This contribution brings insight into how small steps and initiatives of teachers can contribute to improving the level of the so-called soft or transferable skills of university students and at the same time foster the process of internationalisation. The specific projects both carried out and running ones at the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology of the Slovak University of Technology (STU MTF) are described from goal, outcome, and skill development perspectives. Some recommendations driven from the project data already processed are presented at the end of the paper. © 2022 IEEE.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought crisis to people from around the world resulting to a transition from face-to-face classes to an online class in the academic sector. Graduation ceremonies also transition into an online ceremony where students passively attend the session. In this study, a Social Robot named 'Gradbot' is developed to help the students participate actively in their online ceremonies. The Body frame was designed using Fusion360. The Gradbot is compose of the Arduino microcontroller, servo motors, Bluetooth module, mounted on a 2WD car chassis and was simulated using Tinkercad and MATLAB. This study also includes the investigation of the degrees of freedom, type of joints, workspace, and the cartesian product of the developed Gradbot. © 2021 IEEE.