My experience in the pandemic

Hello, welcome to my blog...

Here you can find my experiences as an international business student while being in a pandemic.

I'm Ismael, and I'm coursing 7th semester of  bachelor's in international business.

To start, in this blog I will be telling my direct experience with Covid-19 and analizing the impacts this disease is having around the world 

Institutions in Colombia and  around the world have had to be innovative and adapt the way they teach and deliver classes over the last year. EAFIT University has introduced a new hybrid learning model which allows students to attend class in-person and online. I see the university as a vanguardist institution in the adoption of prevention measures as soon as COVID-19 cases were happening in Colombia and Medellín. The University clearly attached to their ruling principle of  "mutuo cuidado" which lead to the implementation of virtual classes by using technological resources and invested in the adecuation of the campus infrastructure to be certified in biosecurity practices by ICONTEC and started the safe return to campus initiative limiting the assistance of the campus to 30% daily capacity, which benefitiated first semester students,and the practical orientated bachelors such as enginering, geology, biology among other sciences.

The transition of presential classes to virtual classes was not a problem for me, as I am very tech savvy which did not represent any  problem to get used to it, instead I can now use better my time because I can multitask. Also I stopped traveling long distances daily to go to the university, situation that allowed me to move back to live with my parents in the countryside. It also give me the opportunity to register more courses in the semester by using  time management strategies that allow me to finish portuguese, take 7 courses and work in the previous semester because I wanted to take the challenge of studiyng and working as the same time and managing my time to acomplish my objectives. 

Finishing I think that this pandemic has brought us together due to interconnectivity and globalization and at the same time is being very challenging and difficult to handle for the Colombian society, as the immunization process is slow and the economy is weakening. This situations are making our community to face this crisis with support and collaboration between institutions and members of society, which has incentivized research and development among many innovative proposals to combat the pandemic. Finally, I think the virtualization can make a big impact in the access to transparent information by acknowledging official sources, situation that I think could foster the Colombian citizens to be aware from the official sources, what the government, health organizations, politicians and interest groups are doing that are benefiting the society and health organizations to prioritize safeguarding the health of our people. 

 

References 

EAFIT, U. (2020, November 11). EAFIT es la primera universidad del pais Que recibe de Icontec la certificación de bioseguridad. Inspira Crea Transforma - EAFIT - Universidad EAFIT. https://www.eafit.edu.co/noticias/agenciadenoticias/2020/EAFIT-es-la-primera-universidad-del-pais-que-recibe-de-icontec-la-certificacion-de-bioseguridad