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Multimedia pedagogy embodies the use of text materials, photography and other still images, audio files, video presentations and forms of animation, which are all excellent vehicles for Literature teaching. Prior to COVID-19, most lecturers in the selected universities had used multimedia to watch literature films but not to conduct entire lectures. After that pandemic, when schools reopened, the ODEL (Online Distance Education Learning) department's pleas to lecturers to continue with some online courses fell on deaf ears. This study undertook ethnographic research to establish the reasons for the apparent reluctance by both lecturers and students to interface using multimedia during creative writing classes. The observations and interview findings revealed that subject specifications and psychological factors influenced the lecturer and student more than the economic factors against the use of multimedia during lectures. The study recommended retooling teacher trainers in multimedia pedagogy because a person cannot effectively conduct online lectures unless taught how to. The study concluded that human beings are social beings drawn to learning using methods that involve close interaction between the teacher and the taught, and the elaborateness of literature with its genres consists of the teaching of intangible interactions between words and listener, demand for physical interface between teacher and teacher trainee to chisel and polish the genre specifications.
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[...]it has been growing in popularity in recent times. According to the WHO, the first three months of 2020 saw more than 6,000 people hospitalized globally, as a direct result of fake news about the coron-avirus. [...]this is a challenging task since the topic is very new and thus there is limited data available. [...]we carried out two processes in order to address the objectives. [...]we collected data manually using the Google Fact Check tool . Manual dataset collection To verify the validity of the information published online, the Google Fact Check tool can be used. [...]the API is designed to check the authenticity of data in order to prevent the publishing of fake news and misinformation.
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CONTEXT 2020 saw many Universities transition learning activities from in person to online or remote delivery methods due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in semester 2 some classes returned to on-campus delivery. MECH1400 Mechanical Construction is a first-year unit of study that introduces students to the engineering design cycle, drawing and machining techniques through an experiential design and build project, utilising traditional mechanical engineering machining equipment such as lathes, mills, and hand tools. In semester 2 of 2020 students were offered the choice of attending on-campus classes or remote offerings, with 41 of 73 students choosing to study on campus (note some were overseas with effectively no choice). PURPOSE OR GOAL The purpose of this study was to investigate whether online/remote delivery of learning activities can enable remote students to achieve equivalent learning outcomes as their on-campus peers, particularly as the unit is traditionally taught with experiential learning activities based around a mechanical workshop environment. APPROACH OR METHODOLOGY/METHODS This study analysed and compared student results for assessment tasks for on-campus and remote students, plus other factors such as Canvas access rates and class attendance. Informal tutor feedback and end of semester institutional student satisfaction survey comments were examined to gain further insights. ACTUAL OR ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES On-campus students had higher average marks for all assessment tasks (7.3% - 13.5%);despite remote students having an average of 29.8% more page views on Canvas. End of semester student satisfaction surveys indicate that students prefer the physical workshop sessions to online tutorials and workshops, though limited comments were available. Informal tutor feedback indicated that students were less engaged in the online learning activities, with some online students not attending their "virtual” workshop sessions, and online only tutorials having low attendance for both the online and physical cohorts. CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS/SUMMARY Remote students achieved a final mark for the unit that was on average 9.9% lower than their on-campus peers, despite having a 29.8% higher Canvas access rate. Two conclusions are arrived at: The online learning activities need further development to help reduce or eliminate this difference for the 2021 student cohort and/or further investigation needs to be undertaken to establish why the online cohort are not better engaged with the online curriculum. Copyright © R Fiford and P Briozzo, 2021.
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The coronavirus or covid-19, has been the primary concern of governments around the world since its appearance in 2020. Morocco, like other countries around the world, places the coronavirus among its main priorities, but still the examination and analysis of the impact of the health crisis compared to other countries on the continent and other countries in the world shows the effectiveness and efficiency of the taken measures. Nevertheless, Morocco has also benefited of this crisis to strengthen ties with African countries and consolidate its soft power. In addition to that, King Mohammed VI launched, on April 13, 2020, an initiative of the Heads of States of the African continent to enable the sharing of experience and good practices, to deal with the multidimensional impact of pandemic. Moreover, Morocco has proposed concert solutions to support African countries in the management of the health crisis in its various stages. The Moroccan model in the management of the health crisis has been approved by the WHO and other international organizations, the same model has been used as a means to strengthen the position of Moroccan soft power in Africa, and in the rest of the world. Moroccan companies based in Africa have also contributed to strengthening Morocco's soft power in Africa, in Abidjan, for example, a Moroccan company, "UNIVERS DES EPI", donated a large batch of medical kits to the health ministry. Such initiatives have allowed Morocco to strengthen its geopolitical position in the continent, and transmitting a message to African countries that Morocco is faithful to the historical ties and its commitments even in crises. Morocco has harvested the fruits of its soft power strategy in the era of the covid-19 health crisis, through the strengthening of its territorial integrity with a drilling historical diplomatic crowned by the recognition of several African countries offull sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over the Sahara. Furthermore, Morocco has signed several economic and social cooperation agreements with several African countries. The Moroccan pragmatical approach in managing the health crisis is limited not only to the health dimension, but also a political and geopolitical dimension. The paper analyzes the role of the measures taken by the Moroccan authorities in strengthening Moroccan soft power through the following axes: 1) Covid-19 and Africa: Morocco, a model in crisis health management? 2) Perspectives on the soft power tools of Morocco in the context of the health crisis. 3) Impact of COVID-19 on Moroccan's soft power in Africa. 4) After Covid-19: Perspectives on Moroccan's soft power.
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Facing many challenges of division in all aspects (social distancing, political and social divisions, remote work environments), University of South Florida Libraries took the lead in exploring how to overcome these various separations by providing access to its high-quality information sources to its local community and beyond. USFs purchases were informed by work at other institutions, such as the University of Minnesotas antiracism reading lists, which has in turn grown into a rich resource that includes other valuable resources like the Mapping Prejudice Project and a link to the Umbra Search.2 The Triad Black Lives Matter Protest Collection at the University of North Carolina Greensboro is another example of a cultural institution reacting swiftly to document, preserve, and educate.3 These new pages and lists being generated by libraries and cultural institutions seem to be curated by hand using tools that require human intervention to make them and keep them up to date. Umbra Search is a tool that aggregates content from more than 1,000 libraries, archives, and museums.4 It is also supported by high-profile grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and the Council on Library and Information Resources. Despite enthusiasm from libraries and other cultural institutions, new purchases and curated content are not going to reach the world as fully as hoped. [...]libraries adopt open data formats in favor of locking away content in closed records like MARC, library and digital content will remain siloed from the internet.
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The purpose of the study was to analyse the impact of social activities related to cultivation and outside the cultivation business as well as economic activities before and after covid-19. The method used in this research is a survey method. Data collection was carried out on 20 farmers, three fish seller, and two fish feed sellers. Data analysis was carried out quantitatively and qualitatively. The results showed that before the pandemic, 80% of FNC cultivators’ social activities were done face-to-face and after the pandemic, only 40% were face-to-face and the rest were through mobile phones. Social activities outside the FNC such as worship, marriage and other attendance frequency is reduced by 5% - 25% after the pandemic. The economic activity of aquaculture has decreased after the Covid-19 outbreak by 50% in 2020 and 37.5% in 2021. In 2021 cultivators have made a profit but it is lower than the profit before the covid-19 pandemic. The economic activity of aquaculture has decreased after the Covid-19 outbreak by 50% in 2020 and 37.5% in 2021. In 2021 cultivators have made a profit but it is lower than the profit before the covid-19 pandemic. The economic activity of aquaculture has decreased after the Covid-19 outbreak by 50% in 2020 and 37.5% in 2021. In 2021 cultivators have made a profit but it is lower than the profit before the covid-19 pandemic.