2020

  • COVID-19 Peer Hub combats vaccine avoidance amid pandemic

    ADELAIDE, 27 November 2020 (University of South Australia) – More than 80 million children under the age of one at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases. UniSA researchers are evaluating a new vaccination education initiative – the COVID-19 Peer Hub – to help immunisation and public health professionals tackle the emerging dangers of vaccine hesitancy amid the pandemic.…

    COVID-19 Peer Hub combats vaccine avoidance amid pandemic - University of South Australia
  • Ideas Engine: What is The Geneva Learning Foundation’s insights mechanism?

    It’s a cliché to claim that data is the “new oil”, a resource to be mined. We collect it from the field, refine it with experts, and utilize it for decision-making. However, we rarely ask what this extractive model does to the workers and communities that provide the raw materials. This is a summary of…

  • Don’t cancel or postpone your conference, workshop, or training – go digital

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    How we respond to the threat of a disaster is critical. Organizations planning physical-world events have a choice: You can cancel or postpone your event OR You can go digital. Why not go digital? You think it cannot be done. You do not know how to do it. You believe the experience will be inferior.…

  • Pros and cons of online courses

    “Please, I need someone to enlighten me on the pros and cons of online courses for active learning and professional development.” There is quite a bit of contextual information missing to decode what is really being asked. We only know that it is an individual professional from an anglophone country in Africa. Still, I can…

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