a presentation on these grim and gloomy lockdown times what to do to rejuvenate.
webinar for english lecturers organized by kasturba gandhi degree college for women.
4. 32,00,00,000
Indian school children affected!
98.5% global student population impacted - UNICEF
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Closure of educational
institutions for 12 weeks
is estimated to cost 1% of GDP.
5. Disrupting economic and societal consequences
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Far reaching impact
Global Healthcare
Pregnancy / abortion
Interrupted learning
International students
School debt
Food insecurity
Demand for Agri products
Compromised nutrition
Family dynamics
Domestic violence
Sexual abuse
Crime
Religion
Entertainment
Border shutdowns
Travel Restrictions
Crashing oil prices
Contracted factory output
Cancelled sports events
Arts
Real Estate
Research & conferences
and a lot more
10. Disrupting economic and societal consequences
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Far reaching impact
Global Healthcare
Pregnancy / abortion
Interrupted learning
International students
School debt
Food insecurity
Demand for Agri products
Compromised nutrition
Family dynamics
Domestic violence
Sexual abuse
Crime
Religion
Entertainment
Border shutdowns
Travel Restrictions
Crashing oil prices
Contracted factory output
Cancelled sports events
Arts
Real Estate
Research & conferences
and a lot more
11. Challenges of Online Shift
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Access to technology
Fast, reliable internet
Objective assessment
Untrained teachers
Dropouts
Missing Social contact
12. Some Questions
1. Will touch be taboo?
2. How long will nations stay closed?
3. Will the digital divide further widen?
4. Will we have less polarization?
5. Will we change from doing-in-the-
world to being-in-the-world?
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Unleashing Potential 1
Who are Patriots?
Our caregivers, teachers, utility workers, employees
our frontlines with increased risk
not mercenaries
Is patriotism
cultivating the health and life of your community?, or
blowing up someone else’s community?
Let de-militarization of patriotism and love of community be
one of the benefits to come
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Unleashing Potential 2
Need for oneness & altruism
To fight the ‘common enemy’, we need to
look past our differences
work with fusion-like energy
show a singularity of purpose to reset
work for the ascendance of human compassion
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Unleashing Potential 3
Solidarity after Shock
Crisis comes paired with opportunity.
Strong, enduring relational patterns often
follow major shocks destabilize them.
Time is ripe for constructive patterns in our
cultural and political discourse.
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Unleashing Potential 4
Think Solutions
Deadly flaws in the health care system
Telemedicine – the future?
Who should develop, research, manufacture
medicines and vaccines?
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Unleashing Potential 5
Need for proactive Governments
Colossal failure of governments to slow / reverse the
pandemic-driven implosion.
Uncoordinated government responses have disrupted
financial industry.
Insist on functioning and responsive governments, not
emotional satisfaction.
Secure, cost-effective mobile-based electronic voting?
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Unleashing Potential 6
Be Upbeat!
If winter comes can spring be far behind?
Have we not gone through more turbulent times?
Ideal time to re-engineer and re-leverage
Include life skills in curriculum
(resilience, adaptability, collaboration, empathy, creativity,
emotional intelligence, experiential learning etc.)
Living peacefully and meaningfully
is the need of the hour.
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Unleashing Potential 7
Be a Better Human Being
Rediscover your own better version.
What does the system need?
What can you authentically offer,
Minimize scope for community transmission.
20. Be Upbeat!.
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Literature is an instrument of revolution.
Political turmoil, societal injustice, and genocidal
conquest can all be ended and resolved through
literature.
A writer can become a revolutionist with his words
as his weapon.
Not all revolutions have to be fought in blood.
The Indian economy was already passing through a recession and experts were saying that the economy was heading towards depression even before the advent of the corona virus. COVID-19 has dealt a severe blow on the economy. It will be difficult to come out of this situation and depression once the lockdown is over.
Impact on other sectors
Unprecedented challenge to global healthcare systems
(no access to women for an abortion; vulnerabilities of healthcare workers; insurance)
Crash in demand for agricultural products
Dampening demand for oil and crashing prices
Disruption of supply chain for manufacturing industries
(factory output in India has contracted by 56%)
Massive investments in disease prevention
The Indian economy was already passing through a recession and experts were saying that the economy was heading towards depression even before the advent of the corona virus. COVID-19 has dealt a severe blow on the economy. It will be difficult to come out of this situation and depression once the lockdown is over.
Impact on other sectors
Unprecedented challenge to global healthcare systems
(no access to women for an abortion; vulnerabilities of healthcare workers; insurance)
Crash in demand for agricultural products
Dampening demand for oil and crashing prices
Disruption of supply chain for manufacturing industries
(factory output in India has contracted by 56%)
Massive investments in disease prevention
Only 16% in rural and 42% in urban areas have internet access.
Giving a lecture on Zoom is not online teaching!
Campuses have unique ecosystem
Heterogenous backgrounds
Buzzing campus culture
Moving from “Is there a reason for me to do it online?” to “Is there a reason for me do it in person?”
Campuses have unique ecosystem
Heterogenous backgrounds
Buzzing campus culture
Will we have more sophisticate technology?
Will we enjoy life’s small pleasures better?
Moving from “Is there a reason for me to do it online?” to “Is there a reason for me do it in person?”
Altruism of millions of ordinary citizens who have stayed home, lost income, kept their kids inside, self-quarantined, refrained from hoarding, supported each other, and even pooled medical supplies and other resources to bolster health workers.
Integrate online education into coursework
World class education
Cost effective
It’s clear that in a crisis, rules don’t apply—which makes you wonder why they are rules in the first place. This is an unprecedented opportunity to not just hit the pause button and temporarily ease the pain, but to permanently change the rules so that untold millions of people aren’t so vulnerable to begin with.
The Doomsday Clock is ticking.
instructing students on the appropriate protocols for hand washing
2. covering sneezes and coughs with their elbows
3. self isolating if they are experiencing flu or cold-like symptoms
Instead of “We First” foreign policy, we need to return to multilateral diplomacy, and to the understanding that co-operation with allies—and adversaries, too—is especially necessary when it comes to dealing with global problems like climate change and viral pandemics.