How the world & Korea are reacting to Coronavirus

Confirmed cases of Coronavirus around the world

The chart shows confirmed cases per 1,000 inhabitants. Italy, and Iceland seem to be the countries with most confirmed cases per 1,000 inhabitants. The U.S. also seems quite redder than other countries.

Comparison of countries by starting date

The U.S. marks a steep increase in the number of confirmed cases starting since day#0 of Coronavirus outbreaks. The increase rate of Spain and Italy are also much lower than that of the U.S. South Korea, meanwhile, seems to have quite a good grip in containing Coronavirus.

Impact on Education community

This is an overview of all countries’ education institutions that have been affected by Coronavirus, updated by UNESCO. Those countries in purple have decided to close down schools at a nationwide level. As of April 16th, 1,575,270,054 learners, that is 91.3% of total enrolled learners, have been affected by Coronavirus.

School closing in the U.S.

The UNESCO chart shows that the U.S. has not implemented a nationwide school shutdown, but in reality, most states have already ordered school shutdown in some duration or the other.

Preparing for remote teaching: Case of South Korea

In South Korea, all schools including K-12 to universities are conducting remote teaching. As a result, sales for the devices that support remote teaching skyrocketed. Not only hardware, but also software and IT tool have garnered heightened interest to create a seamless teaching experience online.

To help alleviate the impact of Coronavirus on the education community in Korea, some Ed-tech startups including CLASSUM have volunteered to offer their premium version for free until the Coronavirus impact subsides.

One of the biggest pain points arising from the classrooms is the lack of communication and interactions due to the distant environment. While offering a live lecture, or uploading a recorded lecture contents can be handled with the help of Zoom, MS, or Google, facilitating interactions seems to be an outstanding issue.

Many teachers and professors are, therefore, resorting to CLASSUM to supplement their online lecturing. CLASSUM provides a UI designed to bring out the most interactions within the classroom.

CLASSUM is a communication tool for education used by institutions around the world, including Samsung, Hyundai, LG CNS, Shiseido, and KAIST.

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