With social distancing going on and many people in isolation, lockdown, or working from home, the social aspects of life are taking a big hit. Many people have turned to online resources, particularly free MOOCs, to keep themselves occupied for all those hours that they would normally spend commuting, shopping, working, and socializing.
Humans are a social species, so how can we keep some social connections while staying physically apart from our friends and workmates?
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I read today that, according to some online sources, Greta Thunberg is the front-runner for this year’s Nobel peace prize.
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When I was a small girl, my family regularly drove over the Story Bridge in Brisbane, Australia to visit our cousins. I was fascinated by the stairs I could see up the sides of the steel structure and wished I could climb right up to the top. My parents told me it was impossible: those were maintenance steps and only the bridge workers could go up there.
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Around six months ago, online course provider Coursera established a platform-wide discussion community. I wrote about it in February for Class Central, and mentioned it briefly in my March 19th post for Online Learning Success. In January, while researching the community for these posts, I joined up and posted in some of the topic threads.
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