Archives for March, 2020

How to Stay Connected in a Time of Physical Distancing
International Debate
March 23, 2020

How to Stay Connected in a Time of Physical Distancing

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Free Webinar, March 26: “All You Need to Know to Support Academics with Text Mining”
Webinar
March 23, 2020

Free Webinar, March 26: “All You Need to Know to Support Academics with Text Mining”

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Tips from Behavioral Science to Flatten the Curve on COVID Anxiety
International Debate
March 21, 2020

Tips from Behavioral Science to Flatten the Curve on COVID Anxiety

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Active Online Learning
Teaching
March 20, 2020

Active Online Learning

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Learn From COVID-19 Myths – Don’t Just Debunk Them

Learn From COVID-19 Myths – Don’t Just Debunk Them

Instead of viewing rumors and myths as misperceptions that can be suppressed with accurate information, we should treat them as opportunities to understand — and respond to — the legitimate anxieties of the people who adopt and share them. In other words, we should look at them as valuable feedback that can help improve our own reporting and messaging.

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We Should Talk About ‘Distant Socializing’ Instead of ‘Social Distancing’

We Should Talk About ‘Distant Socializing’ Instead of ‘Social Distancing’

The same technologies that people once blamed for tearing society apart might be our best chance of staying together during the COVID-19 outbreak, says Stanford’s Jamil Zaki.

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Impact in Action: DRIVE-ing to Improve Elementary School Literacy

Impact in Action: DRIVE-ing to Improve Elementary School Literacy

A simple idea the authors had to help local schools has evolved into an enterprise that benefits struggling elementary readers, their schools, and future educators and school personnel who give back to their communities through their service to the profession.

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Why Are People Hoarding Toilet Paper?

Why Are People Hoarding Toilet Paper?

The other day I went into Costco to buy some toilet paper. It came as a small shock when I couldn’t find […]

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Empty Grocery Shelves! Are Supply Chains Resilient Enough?

Empty Grocery Shelves! Are Supply Chains Resilient Enough?

Toilet paper shortages, profiteering from hand sanitizer and empty shelves in grocery stores. Thanks to COVID-19, governments in most industrialized nations are […]

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What the AIDS Response Can Teach Us for Addressing COVID

What the AIDS Response Can Teach Us for Addressing COVID

The ways in which epidemics interact with human society suggest that much can be learned from previous epidemics. Drawing on the historical response to the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, Donald Nicolson describes four parallels between the responses to these outbreaks and suggests what lessons can be learned by public health authorities responding to COVID-19.

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Coronavirus UK – Why Closing Schools is (Generally) a Bad Idea

Coronavirus UK – Why Closing Schools is (Generally) a Bad Idea

School closures are widely seen as a quick fix for COVID-19 transmission. The UK government’s resistance to this measure has provoked considerable concern, including a petition to Parliament that has gathered over a half-million signatures at the time of writing. In practice, argues Robert Dingwall, the effects would mainly be risky for children and the consequences would other institutions’ efforts to work as normally as possible.

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Breaking Bad News: How to Talk With the Misinformed

Breaking Bad News: How to Talk With the Misinformed

It’s also common to encounter people who are misinformed but don’t know it yet. It’s one thing to double-check your own information, but what’s the best way to talk to someone else about what they think is true – but which is not true?

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