DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/VJUE8328 Introduction In January 2019, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) outbreak started in Wuhan, China, and quickly spread around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020 and announced it as the COVID-19 pandemic on March 11, 2020 (World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/SNDB9676 Background The COVID-19 pandemic moved into the United States in January 2020 and by March, it had gained momentum (CDC, 2020; WHO, 2020). Over a very short time span, organizations were forced to respond to changing public health conditions. In Illinois, the first COVID-19 stay-at-home order became effective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/WPQR4003 Formulating long-term marketing plans is an integral part of branding and corporate communication. The strategic plan guides all marketing initiatives to ensure a shared vision and consistent branding. However, companies encounter internal and external events that disrupt their previous planned promotions. The COVID-19 pandemic is an example of
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/CIAW9995 Introduction The recent COVID-19 crisis forced university students to leave a structured learning environment for an unstructured one. In a structured learning environment, students shape their skills after their instructors’ skills (Dynan et al., 2008). In an unstructured environment, students have to practice their own self-directed skills with
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/LVKY7660 Introduction In the United States, communities have evaluated and implemented the closing of their local libraries as a means of saving taxpayer dollars. The argument is that the information available at a library can be easily obtained from online resources. Furthermore, books, magazines, and videos can be digitally
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/IJZP4542 I’m told that pursuing a doctoral degree involves an individual journey, fraught with promises and pitfalls that are unique to the individual experience of the student. To a large degree, this advice is very true. What they don’t tell you, however, is that this is more like a
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/CQKT5698 Walking into the Mauney 115 classroom on Thursday, March 12, 2020, for my 8 a.m. class, I believed I was about to experience something that I had never felt in my four-decades plus college teaching career. Much trepidation was looming in the air, though it appeared the students
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/JOPV9678 On December 31, 2019, China reported to the World Health Organization a cluster of cases of pneumonia in people associated with the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, Hubei Province (World Health Organization. Pneumonia of unknown cause — China. 2020). On January 7, 2020, Chinese health authorities confirmed
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/VTEF9057 Introduction Almost all universities in Bangladesh, as elsewhere within the world, are moving courses online to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19. This includes lectures and tutorials, which are ready to likely be delivered via the university learning management systems like Moodle or Blackboard and google classrooms, etc.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/UFDE5992 The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted my students this spring. I taught an upper-division required course (Principles of Auditing) to 22 students, of whom seven graduated. In the shift to a virtual platform for learning, I wondered how they were reacting. What was it like on the ‘other side
