HSRC Seminar: Coronavirus - Lessons in remote learning from China and Europe

7 April 2020

Online seminar

Overview: Is the quality of online teaching comparable to classroom teaching? Does the virus expose the challenges of the digital divide? This webinar offers an opportunity to hear first-hand from scholars managing these efforts in China. We also contrast the Chinese experience to those of sociologists in Italy and Germany, where the virus has forced governments to introduce unprecedented restrictions on movement in a bid to ‘flatten the curve’. Sharing knowledge and experiences will help South Africa respond to the virus and introduce appropriate measures to limit the spread of the virus. Will it be possible to replicate some of these solutions in South Africa’s uniquely unequal context?

Presenters: Mr Joshua Kobb -Vice Dean of Zhejiang International Business School (Hangzhou, China); Arch Paolo Motta – Member of European Institute of Political, Economic and Social Studies – BRICS Centre (Malaga, Italy); Prof Peter Herrmann – Research Fellow at the Human Rights Center. Law School of Central South University (Changsha, China/Berlin, Germany); Prof Ilaria Pitti – Senior Assistant Professor - University of Bolgna (Bologna, Italy)

Discussant: Mr Krish Chetty – Chief Researcher, Inclusive Economic Development, HSRC

Chair: Prof Sharlene Swartz – Divisional Executive, Inclusive Economic Development, HSRC

For more information: bit.ly/coronalessons

YouTube recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUer5RTCoFY