Tourism and the COVID-19 Global Pandemic – Analysis of Opinions of Czech and Slovak Tourism Students

Research background: Coronavirus has hit universities on several levels, from interrupting teaching and returning students home and changing the form of teaching. Universities have switched to online teaching. The Universities in Prague and Prešov have agreed to use this situation to ascertain students’ views on the course of teaching during a pandemic and their opinions on the further development of tourism at home and in the world. Purpose of the article: The main purpose of the research was to examine the views of tourism students on current events in tourism from a global and local perspective and to compare the views of Czech and Slovak students. Methods: Both universities conducted an online questionnaire survey among tourism students. The questionnaire had two parts: students’ opinions on online teaching during the corona crisis and opinions on the further development of tourism in their countries and in the world after the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings & Value added: The results of the survey brought interesting findings. The COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on students’ lives, for example, lost their work while studying, cancel trips at home and abroad, including studies at foreign universities. Despite that, most students see their future in tourism. Students expect an increase in domestic tourism this year, a decrease in outgoing and incoming. They expect this trend in the next few years as well. Opinions on the development of tourism in the world are in line with the opinion on the development of national tourism.

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Evaluation Methods in Teaching Translation by Saudi University Instructors under Coronavirus Pandemic

International Journal of Linguistics Literature & Translation ◽

10.32996/ijllt.2020.3.12.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (12) ◽

pp. 33-46

Author(s):

Eman Mohammad Mahmoud AlOneen

Keyword(s):

Online Teaching ◽

Evaluation Methods ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Future Research ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Simple Observation ◽

Assessment Tasks ◽

University Instructors ◽

The World ◽

The Individual

Coronavirus pandemic has posed challenges in evaluating students’ performance in educational institutions all over the world. Therefore, university instructors may encounter some problems in evaluating their students fairly through online teaching since it was not an easy task before this worldly crisis. The current study aims at investigating the perspectives of instructors who teach translation courses at some Saudi universities towards the followed evaluation methods in teaching translation courses during Coronavirus pandemic. Two methods were used to collect data: simple observation and online questionnaire. The participants were 21 instructors from 10 Saudi universities. The findings of this study show that using machine translation and CAT tools by students in doing assessment tasks does not guarantee fairness among students during Coronavirus pandemic regardless of the nature of translation courses. In addition, online exams and assignments are less fair to show the individual differences among students compared with written exams before Coronavirus pandemic. To evaluate students’ performance in translation courses fairly, the participants of this study suggested some solutions such as modifying questions' patterns of some translation exams and assignments to cope with online teaching, emphasizing the importance of live sessions and online participation as assessment tasks for students during Coronavirus pandemic, using other evaluation methods such as live oral assessment, editing texts, multiple choice editing questions, etc. The study concludes with some recommendations for future research.

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Emergency Remote Teaching during COVID-19: A Comparison of Student Perceptions

10.31219/osf.io/wgf9q ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Kevin Fuchs

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Student Perceptions ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Online Teaching ◽

Hybrid Learning ◽

Perceived Performance ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

Education Community ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The World

The pandemic has shaken up the higher education landscape around the world, with responses from institutions falling into three categories: retaining in-class teaching with social distancing, adopting hybrid models (blended learning, limiting the number of students on campus), or transitioning to fully online teaching. However, there is a significant difference between emergency remote teaching and a genuine shift to online/hybrid learning, with the key distinguishing term being “emergency.” In response to the global pandemic, the higher education community is now working on the continuous development of action plans in a quest to identify means to manage the crisis more efficiently. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the perceived performance of ERT from the perspective of undergraduate students. For that purpose, samples (n=332) were taken in two different geographical settings, i.e., Thailand and Sweden. Moreover, it is the objective to compare both samples and identify similarities and inadequacies which help stakeholders to manage ERT more efficiently in the future.

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Between Isolation and Assimilation

The Diaspora and Returnee Entrepreneurship ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190911874.003.0001 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Nick Williams

Keyword(s):

Economic Activity ◽

Institutional Environment ◽

Home Country ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Policy Actors ◽

The World ◽

Different Types ◽

Negative Perceptions ◽

At Home

The chapter introduces key debates related to the role of the diaspora in their home economies, particularly the role that they can play as returnee entrepreneurs. With increased movements of people around the world, the role of transnational economic activity is becoming ever more significant. The chapter shows that the diaspora can be caught between isolation and assimilation. They can be isolated because of their years living abroad, as well as their negative perceptions of the institutional environment at home. Yet many of them also wish to become more assimilated and have an emotional desire to help their home country. Many stay away and do not invest. Those who return later can seek to avoid the negative impact of barriers to entrepreneurship, and can for example avoid government engagement activities as they mistrust policy actors’ intentions. The chapter sets out the implications of these different types of engagement for homeland economies.

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AN ANALYZING THE IMPACT PANDEMIC OF COVID-19 TO THE EDUCATION IN INDONESIA: STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS

Jurnal Konseling Pendidikan Islam ◽

10.32806/jkpi.v2i2.92 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 253-258

Author(s):

Risca Dwiaryanti ◽

Fadali Rahman

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Negative Impact ◽

The World ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

Teachers And Parents ◽

The Impact ◽

At Home

Pandemic covid-19 has surprised people all over the world. It happen suddenly and give many impacts to all aspects of human’s life including education in Indonesia. Since, the minister of education and culture stated that all he activity of teaching and learning should be done at home by online learning, then it gives some positive and negative impact. The negative impacts are; not all teachers, studemts, or parents have a facility to access internet, nor use IT well, for example theachers who are old or students of pre school still need their parents’ help. Then, not all parent can earn money to buy internet quota. Moreover, the positives impacts are; the students become familiar to use IT and it is safe for them to avoid covid-19 outbreak by studying at home.

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A word about . . . Called for such a time as this

Review & Expositor ◽

10.1177/00346373211011765 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 118 (2) ◽

pp. 143-145

Author(s):

LeAnn Snow Flesher

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Environmental Concerns ◽

Health Concerns ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

The People ◽

The World ◽

National Economies ◽

We The People ◽

At Home

The years 2020 and 2021 are some of the most unusual and memorable in the lives of those on the planet today. The world has been united in its efforts to address and eliminate a global pandemic. The pandemic has heightened our awareness of the intersectionality of class, gender, race, and more, at home and abroad. With health concerns at a zenith, national economies at risk, racial tensions at an all-time high, and environmental concerns looming, we, the people, are called to step up to do our part to bring solutions, resolutions, and conclusions. This moment is not one to sit back and wait, rather a moment for everyone to do their part. We are living on this planet together—each of us has a role to play. What is your role? Do you know?

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Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Dietary Habits and Lifestyle of Food Science Students and Professionals from Spain

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu13051494 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 1494

Author(s):

Ricard Celorio-Sardà ◽

Oriol Comas-Basté ◽

M. Luz Latorre-Moratalla ◽

María Fernanda Zerón-Rugerio ◽

Mireia Urpi-Sarda ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Dietary Habits ◽

Working Hours ◽

Alcoholic Beverages ◽

Sitting Time ◽

World Health ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

Mailing Lists ◽

The World ◽

Health Organization

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, forcing countries around the world to confine their population to halt the rapid spread of the virus. This study aimed to evaluate the changes in dietary habits and lifestyle during the COVID-19 lockdown a specific population with academic and professional knowledge in food sciences from Spain. An online questionnaire, based on 41 items, including sociodemographic data, dietary habits, food-related behaviors, and lifestyle were distributed using academic and institutional mailing lists and social media. Results showed a higher intake of fruit and vegetables, legumes, eggs, fish, and yogurt together with a decrease in consumption of alcoholic beverages between before and during the lockdown period. Nevertheless, an increase in consumption of some fruitive foods and an increase in self-reported weight were also observed, although in lower percentages than in other populations. A worse sleep quality and an increase in working hours and sitting time were also reported. Overall, trends towards healthier dietary habits were observed within the study sample during COVID-19 confinement period.

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The Great Equalizer? Gender, Parenting, and Scholarly Productivity During the Global Pandemic

Political Science and Politics ◽

10.1017/s1049096520002036 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Marijke Breuning ◽

Christina Fattore ◽

Jennifer Ramos ◽

Jamie Scalera

Keyword(s):

Political Science ◽

Negative Impact ◽

International Studies ◽

Scholarly Productivity ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

Insight Into ◽

Great Equalizer ◽

Structural Inequalities ◽

At Home

ABSTRACT Has the global COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the scholarly productivity of academics? Do gender and parenting magnify its effect? To obtain insight into the changes the pandemic has wrought in the lives and careers of women and parents in academia, we surveyed scholars in political science and international studies. The survey was in the field during the period in which many academics were experiencing shelter-at-home orders and adjusting to a new reality. It captures initial reactions to changed circumstances as well as the fears and anticipated consequences of the disruptions. We find that perceptions of a negative impact are broadly shared. The open-ended responses suggest that the pandemic may widen the gender and parent productivity gaps. Although further analysis is needed to better understand the effect of the pandemic on scholarly productivity, we conclude that the pandemic exacerbates existing structural inequalities.

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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps and Technologies as a tool of Mass Surveillance: A Cure Deadlier than the Disease

Kathmandu School of Law Review ◽

10.46985/kslr.v8i2.2152 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 50-67

Author(s):

Arafat Ibnul Bashar

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Civil Society ◽

Crime Prevention ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Authoritarian Regimes ◽

Contact Tracing ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

The World ◽

The Impact ◽

Mass Surveillance

“Desperate times call for desperate measures” – COVID-19 contact tracing apps and technology have been operating in the desperate times created by the COVID-19 global pandemic. But the impact of these apps and technology on society is contentious, as the benefit gained from such is said to be largely outweighed by the negative impact it can have during and after the pandemic. Surveillance measures have always been a tricky business. Labeled as the ‘magical solution’ for most horrid problems of our time such as terrorism, crime prevention, it has always failed to live up to its name and has proved to be one of the prominent tools for the authoritarian regimes to oppress people and commit gross human rights violations. Over-reliance on COVID-19 apps and considering them a ‘magical solution’ to containing the spread of Coronavirus can have irreversible consequences. Instead, the pandemic and desperate situation posed by it may have provided the regimes around the world an opportunity to introduce new surveillance infrastructures or strengthen the existing ones, which would have taken years and lots of friction from courts, activists, and civil society, to achieve. The article assesses the legality of COVID-19 contact tracing apps and technology and tries to draw a picture of the society that faces the consequences of surveillance and data collected through such apps and technology and looks at how legal mechanisms can cope with such consequences.

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EMERGENCY ONLINE TEACHING DURING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC – A REVIEW OF SELECTED CASES FROM INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH TO DATE

Neofilolog ◽

10.14746/n.2021.57.2.5 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 237-247

Author(s):

Krystian Kamiński

Keyword(s):

Online Teaching ◽

Physical Contact ◽

Educational Systems ◽

New Order ◽

School Life ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

New Learning ◽

The World ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

Asking Questions

At the beginning of 2020, educational systems around the world faced one of the greatest and most important challenges of the 21st century. Due to the global pandemic and the need to introduce social distancing rules, it was decided to close schools and switch to modes of learning that do not require physical contact between learners and teachers. This decision was associated with numerous problems and difficulties in various areas of school life and the necessity to introduce new rules. More than a year after the introduction of the new learning reality, teachers and students around the world have managed to adapt. International researchers are trying to describe this new order by asking questions about what the school looks like in the time of the pandemic, how students are doing, and what strategies teachers have adopted. The article focuses on research on education and foreign language teaching conducted in 2020 in China, South Korea, Germany, and Poland. The findings to date are combined with a brief description of the educational situation in these countries. Finally, the first conclusions and recommendations are formulated that can be drawn on the basis of data collected by international researchers.

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